Decorative Glass
Cast Glass
Kiln-casting or slumping is one of the oldest techniques for shaping glass with heat. It offers a wide range of visual effects. A sheet of glass is heated in a kiln until it softens and "slumps" into or over a three-dimensional mold. On the mold side, the glass conforms perfectly to the shape and can take on a variety of interesting textures. The other side remains smooth, even if it is not completely flat.
Slumped glass retains the light-transmitting properties of the original glass, but causes varying degrees of diffusion and distortion depending on the pattern.
Glass & Mirror Craft offers more than a dozen standard patterns for cast or slumped glass. We can also work with you to develop a custom pattern suited to your specific needs.
All are available in clear float glass, low-iron float glass and grey or bronze glass. Slumped-glass panels can also be tempered and/or laminated for additional strength and safety.
To find out more about our decorative slumped glass, click on a sample below, or see our specifications. Or contact us for more information.
Cast Glass Options
Calypso
A simple organic dappled pattern, with very faint secondary crinkle markings.
Max Size: 59” x 107”
Loam
A texture suggestive of a fertile soil mixture of clay and sand.
Max Size: 59” x 107”
Elude
Resembles loosely woven fabric with natural occurrences of bursting segments.
Max Size: 51” x 107”
Cantalo
A unique, web-like, cross-hatching with varying degrees of relief.
Max Size: 51” x 107”
Cracked Ice
The non-directional crinkled texture is highly suggestive of ice formation.
Max Size: 59” x 107”
Sandbar
Very reminiscent of the ripples of a sandy ocean floor.
Max Size: 59” x 107”
Adobe
Evoking the architecture of desert climates, this has the texture of the hand-troweled surface coating of an adobe structure.
Max Size: 59” x 107”
Tortoise
A lightly textured background with a tortoiseshell relief pattern.
Max Size: 51” x 107”
Tattered
Random embossed scratch patterns and distinct, tear-like impressions.
Max Size: 51” x 107”
Foliage
A softly textured surface with random impressions reminiscent of fern leaves.
Max Size: 48” x 150”
Textured
A granular, non-directional surface texture.
Max Size: 48” x 150”
Waterfall
Both linear and textural, this versatile pattern offers both horizontal and vertical qualities.
Max Size: 48” x 150”
Velvet
Much like its namesake, this has a soft, subtle texture with random, non-directional creases.
Max Size: 48” x 150”