Your success in the glass studio means everything to us!
To ensure that success, Bullseye’s Research and Education staff regularly publishes articles and references meant to assist and inspire you. They include Quick Tips, TechNotes, project ideas, product use information and much more.
For more information about specific Bullseye Glass styles, visit About Our Glass.
The Articles
TechNotes
Achieve greater control in your studio by studying a few key fundamentals used to shape kiln-glass. Our Technotes help curate the scientific details you’ll need to excel in the art of glass.
TechNotes 1: Knowing Your Kiln
TechNotes 2: The Vitrigraph Kiln
TechNotes 3: Compatibility of Glasses
TechNotes 4: Heat & Glass
TechNotes 5: Volume & Bubble Control
TechNotes 6: Preparing the Shelf System for a Large Kiln
TechNotes 7: Monitoring Kiln Temperatures for Successful Annealing
TipSheets
Tackle these in-depth creative projects to unlock entire realms of skill and possibility. You can treat this collection like something of an undergraduate curriculum in kiln-glass.
TipSheet 1: Kilncarving
TipSheet 3: Working Deep
TipSheet 4: Designing Your Own Art Glass
TipSheet 5: Bullseye Box Casting
TipSheet 6: Roll-Ups
TipSheet 7: Platemaking Tips
TipSheet 8: Basic Lost Wax Kilncasting
Studio Tips
Learn to make your studio work safer, more efficient, and more productive. These tips should help you work smarter and spare you from many bumps along the road.
Annealing Thick Slabs
Bullseye Glass Inventory Worksheet
ºF/ºC Temperature & Rate Conversion Calculator
Glass Cleaning Basics
Glass Cutting Basics
12 Ways to Improve Your Glass Cutting
Kilnforming Project Notes
Pre-Firing Your New Kiln
Safety in the Kiln-Glass Studio
Quick Tips
Want to keep on your creative toes? Eager to keep your skills sharp and your kiln warm? These quick-hitting tips provide a veritable dojo for go-to ideas, exercises, and projects.
A Riot of Effects
Alchemy Metallic Palette
Circles from Squares
Circles from Squares—Decals (Video)
Color Line Dot Bowls
Cutting Ribbons (Video)
Fibonacci Fade Plate
Fine Lines
Fix Surface Flaws
Frit Balls
Fritfetti
Glimmering Irids
Holiday Punch
Inky Blue Brush Strokes
Iridescent Squares
Keen on Green
Kilncarved Billet
Kilncast and Slumped Bowl
Little Wisp Bowls
Making a Chevron Design
Multitasking Molds
On the Edge with Transparents
Opaline Overlays
Petrified Wood
Powder Power
Put a Ring on It
Quick Circles with the Studio Circle Cutter (Video)
Raise the Bar on Your Soap Dish
Reaction Action
River Rock Reaction
Silver Stripe Jewelry
Smooth It Out
Sparkle Sparkle
Stripes and Dots
Tint Overlay Palette
Wet Scraping Kiln Shelves (Video)
Make It Projects
Ready to make something useful that shows off your favorite glass styles? Here are a few tried-and-true ideas for you.
Make It: Dilution Solution
Make It: Inline Plate
Make It: Linear Reaction Plate
Make It: Opaline Sushi Set
Make It: Tint Tone Plate
Product Use
Having the world’s best glass products in your studio is one thing. Knowing how to use the properly is another! Getting familiar with our in-depth Product Use articles will save you money, keep you safe, and elevate your projects to new levels of success.
Alchemy Glasses
Bubble Population
Bullseye Brainstorm: Textures & Irids
Color Conversion Chart
Color Line Paints
Color Line Paints Instructional Video
Drilling Small Holes in Jewelry and Ornaments
Food Safety
Frit Tinting
Get a Reaction
Heatwork & Cadmium-Bearing Glasses
Investment Mixing Instructions
Invisible Shield Protectant Gel
Know Your Gold Hold
Murakami SP-9500 Diazo Sensitizer Mixing Instructions
Reactive Potential of Bullseye Glass
Reusable SilkeMat Drop-Out Molds
Special Effects: Steel Blue Opalescent
Stained Glass: Getting Started
Tekta Sheet Glass
ThinFire Shelf Paper
Tips for Using Vermiculite Board
Underglaze Pencil
Using Bullseye Shelf Primer
Using Color Line Screen Paste
Using Milestone Decals
What Size French Cleat Do I Need?
What to Expect from Bullseye Glass
What to Expect from Opaline Striker Frit
Working with Accu-Cast 880 Blue
ZYP Tips for Ceramic Casting Molds
Mold Tips, Bullseye Molds
With molds, gravity becomes a kilnformer’s best friend. Discover all the possibilities molds open to your glasswork.
Tips for Using Bullseye Slumping Molds
Mold Tips: Big Bowl
Mold Tips: Cone Bowl
Mold Tips: Deep Form
Mold Tips: Heart Casting Mold (8976)
Mold Tips: Pyramid Casting Mold (8948)
Mold Tips: Suggested Slumping Schedules
Mold Tips, Colour de Verre Molds
Colour de Verre shows you how to use their molds to best effect.
Aralia Leaf
Boron Nitride Lubricant Aerosol
Box Basics
Branches, Pine Cones and Small Leaves
Cabbage Leaf
Feather
Fill Weight Chart
Flaming Hearts
Holiday Stars
Kiwi Leaf
Large Round Box
Monstera Leaf
Northwoods Maple Leaf
Offset Pendants
Pillow Pendants
Simple Round Beads
Snowflakes
Tricks of the Trade