The photo above is my first attempt at string pull painting on glass. The piece has two layers of glass measuring 4" x 8.5". Materials used include acrylic paint, COE96 glass, and cotton string. I approached the abstract design by loading paint onto a string and placing it on a piece of black glass. Then I slowly pulled the string in one direction to see what shapes would form. The lucky thing about working with glass is if you don't like the results of the pull, you can wash the acrylic paint off and start over. That is, if it hasn't been fused.

I have a few fusing schedules using acrylic and enamel paints so I stacked the black painted piece of glass on a clear piece and full fused. The results were better than expected. Not having a wide selection of acrylic colors, I used peach, marine blue and white. The colors don't exactly pop against black so I created two additional pieces, one black with more paint loaded on the string and one piece of white glass painting with brown, peach, and marine blue paint. (See a string painting on white glass.)

More paint in various colors should be here in a few days and I will create a few more pieces. If you're interested in learning more about this process, please check back.