What is Glass fusing?
Glass fusing is when you melt glass in a kiln and it basically fuses together. Beyond that very basic explanation is a whole industry of glass with different properties like, expansion rates, colors, textures chemicals, and metals. Glass with a metal coating on the surface is called dichroic glass, it has a highly reflective mirror like surface which scintilates at different colors. Because of the cost this glass is typically used for smaller works like jewelry. Glass with a chemical coating on the surface is usually called iridized glass, the surface of this glass shiny and reflects many different colors.
Beyond the glass types you can control the effects of the final product by varying temperature. The higher the temperature, the more the glass will melt down into a solid chunk, aka full fuse. At cooler temperatures the glass will just stick together but the edges will still round, aka tack fuse. And even slightly cooler temperatures the glass will just bend and change shape, aka a slumped fuse.
An that is all, glass fusing in a nut shell.
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