Preserved Baby Footprints / baby footprints in glass

Materials:
baby footprint
non-toxic black inkpad
white sheet of paper
stencil making material
stencil cutter
black permanent marking pen (Sharpie)
2 pieces of clear float glass
scrap piece of glass
powder enamel
powder enamel screen
glasscutter
glass breaker pliers
copper wire
wire cutters
kiln
1/8" ribbon



1. Press the baby’s foot onto the inkpad.
2. Place the baby’s foot onto a white sheet of paper to make an imprint.
3. Place a sheet of clear stencil making material over the paper with the imprint and trace the baby footprint on the stencil making material.
4. Place the stencil material on a scrap piece of glass. Using the hot stencil cutter cut the template by burning through the stencil material.
5. Peel away the excess pieces of stencil material leaving the cutout footprints.
6. Place the template onto the float glass.
7. Pour powdered enamel into the sifting screen and sift the enamel onto the template and the float glass.
8. Carefully remove the template.
9. Make a ring out of the copper wire.
10. Place the ring of copper wire onto the top center of the baby foot piece of glass.
11. Place the second sheet of glass over the baby’s stenciled footprint and place both pieces in the kiln.
12. Fire the baby footprint piece and let it cool.
13. Tie a piece of 1/8-inch ribbon through the wire loop. Hang your preserved baby footprint piece.