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by CHRIS La PELUSA

YORKVILLE — It might not be real magic, but when Uncommon Glass owner Nicky Fairless of Yorkville puts little pieces of glass into her kiln to “bake” overnight, the results are magical, as she described it.

“(Glass) has a mind of its own, as far as shape goes, when you melt it together,” Fairless said.

The process is called fusing, in which layers of small pieces of glass are stacked together and heated in a kiln at about 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit until they melt together and then, when cooled, become one solid piece. Fairless uses this method to produce glitzy little pendants that are attractive and eye-catching to say the least, like a delicate candy meant to be worn.

From start to finish, it takes Fairless three days to produce each set of pendants. Fairless noted that the process can be disrupted and end in calamity almost immediately during its fusing in the kiln, which can’t be observed, resulting in a mass waste of glass.....

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