TheVillageCraftsmen.com - Isabelle Lussier Decorative Glasswork

		....In love with nature from early childhood, artist Isabelle Lussier was born in Quebec, Canada and moved to the Lowcountry over 9 years ago. Although Isabelle lets her creativity flow in many media, glass has quickly become a passion. Of all the materials known and utilized by mankind, glass ranks as one of the most ancient. In Mesopotamia and Egypt, man-made glass objects have been unearthed dating as far back as 4500 BC and 3000 BC respectively. Glass fusing is the process of using a kiln to join together pieces of glass. If you apply heat to glass, it will soften. If you continue to apply heat, the glass will become more fluid and flow together. Two or more pieces of glass will stick (or "fuse") to each other. When the right kind of glass is heated and then cooled properly, the resulting fused glass piece will be solid and unbroken.