Adapted from an article on: www.matthawkins.co.uk

Unless you are a complete idiot, you will have realised that in the movies, any time some innocent victim gets smashed over the head with a bottle or thrown through a window that the glass isn't exactly glass...

There are the obvious benefits of using real glass for violent scenes. One benefit that comes to mind is the added realism from your actors (e.g. "Fuck this really hurts") to the wide availability of real glass (your liquor cabinet, the local off-license) and also the bonus of not having to make any fake blood as plenty of the real stuff will be pouring out of your actors head.

So real glass - a big "no, no" I'm afraid. Unless of course you find a way to legalise manslaughter and have an actor willing to lay down their life for your film. In all other cases though you need fake glass - or sugar glass as it is also known.

Below is a short and simple introduction to sugar glass making. Don't be disheartened if the first time you try it it doesn't look exactly as planned. Just persevere and eventually you will master the craft and then discover a thousand uses in your low budget feature for your easy-bake glass. Just don't be eating eat - it tastes like shit.

Happy baking!

Instructions

Materials :

• Old saucepan
• Oven
• Baking thermometer
• 2 measures of water
• 1 measure of golden syrup
• 3 1/2 measures of sugar
• A mould for your glass (depending on the shape requirements)

Steps :

• Mix the water, golden syrup and sugar together in the saucepan and bring it to a boil on the oven.
• Leave it boiling until the mixture is thick, with almost all the water boiled off.
• Pour it into whatever mould you're using and let it cool.

Notes :

• Keep it out of moist areas and direct sun.
• Sugar glass doesn't last long (warps or goes sticky) so make it close to the time when you plan to use it.
• Though only sugar, the glass can have sharp edges/points when broken, so be careful when handling.
• Do not let the sugar caramelise otherwise it turns into a horrible brown
• To achieve the see through glass affect use liquid glucose instead of golden syrup. It still has the same properties just that it is clear.