I put two 4 1/2 inch squares with blue transparent on top and clear on bottom. One I placed with blue on top and the other the clear square was larger than the blue so I placed the clear piece on the top. I followed the colour de verre firing schedule for a panel fuse which kept the temperature very low so they suggested grinding the corners before firing. Well I did not do that, knowing my kiln burns hot and both squares came out fine with rounded corners. In fact I liked the one with the bigger clear square on top because placed the other way it could have fired with a clear rim around the blue top and that would have not looked like what i wanted. The only problem with the firing was that I had "blemishes" on the bottom of both squares. I had placed them on thin fire paper because my shelf itself had some blemishes but did not expect that they would show through the paper, but in this firing they did. Well I am going to go ahead with them anyway. I placed a snow flake on each one of them. A few edges of one of the snow flakes had broken off but i placed it on the square, as I did the other and applied some glue and here is what they looked like. Once they dry i will replace my shelf with the other one I have, although it too has blemishes, and I will tack fuse the snow flake to the square.
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