Functional and Colorful #2 (3, 4, 5)

I only had one small piece of cyan scrap, but had a larger piece of "cascade and infusion" French vanilla, and light turquoise cascade - 3" x 12" of the cascade, in fact, left over from a large bowl.  I cut four 3" x 3" squares for the central portion each coaster, then cut 16 border pieces from the streaker pieces. 

Trivit on top

I was concerned about what the reaction would be on all of the edges of the French vanilla sitting next to the light turquoise.  On 15 of the edges, there is only a fine line defining these edges. 

Coasters, with French vanilla cascade in the middle and the turquoise/white streaker around the edges.  The French vanilla and turquoise will react and did, as you can see on the edges bordering the central square. 

Coasters, with French vanilla cascade in the middle and the turquoise/white streaker around the edges.  The French vanilla and turquoise will react and did, as you can see on the edges bordering the central square. 

Where there was a large blob of turquoise in the French vanilla cascade, the turquoise turned brown.  The 16th edge is much more clearly defined as a result of this cascade mix of reactive glasses at the time of forming the sheet.

Coasters, with French vanilla cascade in the middle and the turquoise/white streaker around the edges.  The French vanilla and turquoise will react and did, as you can see on the edges bordering the central square. 

As with the trivit, I added four bumper buttons to the bottom of each coaster to protect both the coaster AND the surface it will be sitting upon. 

Coaster stack with bumper protectors on each piece - French vanilla cascade in the middle and the turquoise/white streaker around the edges.  The French vanilla and turquoise will react and did, as you can see on the edges bordering the central square. 

Cascade and Infusion is a type of glass created by glass manufacturers, such as Bullseye.  Each large sheet of glass is unique.  All appear as though two or three colors of molten glass are poured into an "anchor" color of glass and allowed to flow vertically downward like a torrent river pushing water and silt south.  In the majority of these pieces, the added colors are located in the middle of the large sheet, however with cutting, many of the added colors look as if they divide and smaller piece of glass down the middle (i.e. large sheet cut in quarters.)  I'll share an example of this product, fired, tomorrow.  It is actually the other piece of the smaller French vanilla pieces in the coasters above.