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Kelly I am very new yet to fusing so I am in awe of most folk's work on this site and therefor do not comment on others work, but I did want to express a particular liking of your "paths" piece. Not only do I like the piece but after reading the thread I believe you should pursue the serie...

Thank you both for your quick feedback. Sounds like I have a couple modifications to make in my current methods but the mold is a go.
Again-thanks

I have a Skutt 1014 (23') octagonal kiln using a 20" shelf. I had a 11 5/8" BE ball surface mold but wanted to make a larger bowl. The next step available where I buy my molds was a 20". It came last night and although it does fit on the shelf (just barely) I am concerned it is just t...

Thank Barabara-It certainly would be simplier to just use the shelf. I use high fire kiln wash but some of the things I read in the archives lead me to believe you need to drop onto something like a saucer or another piece of glass. It would appear I lost a shelf anyway so next one will try to use s...

Thanks Rosanna-I figured something to do with heat or cooling but was not sure what to change. It was a very heavy saucer and I sat it directly on the shelf.

I tried my first pot melt yesterday with mixed results. Here are the details: Using a skutt 1014 kiln, used 4 colors of glass, lime green, black, orange and white. All Coe 90 and all BE. This was a 6" pot with a 7/8" hole dropping 3" into a 14" clay saucer that had been kiln wash...

Thanks Al. I am looking forward to getting it all installed and operational.

Thanks to everyone who responded and best of luck Valerie with getting the compressor out of the kitchen.

New to blasting and getting ready to purchase some equipment of my own. Doing the usual newbie blasting such as light etching, removing irid etc. I have read as much as I could find in the archives and this is what I have chosen for equipment................ Cabinet=780-TL Top load cabinet from TPTo...

Thanks you all for your quick responses. It sounds like my best option since the back has a decent matte to it is just keep the polished side up and go to the slump now.
Thanks again.

I have been reading through the archives about fire polishing and am wanting to clarify steps before I move forward. I have a 12" x 12" fused piece (BE clear base with opal white cap, orange and yellow mardi gra strips and various small strips of multiple colors and stringers throughout. I...

What Brad suggested does work really well. The local ceramic store was moving to a new location and in the clean up of storage areas they had almost 10 partially broken shelves which they were happy to let me haul away for free. I used my tile saw to "slice" a few up at various lengths and...

I finally completed a bowl that fused and slumped correctly. Certainly not overly complex and to the skill level I someday strive to achieve but I was happy with it. It named it "Family Ties" as it was to symbolize my families connections to each other-some near, some far and yes some not ...

I just recently purchased a BE ceramic ball surface mold. When I tried to apply kiln wash I had spots where the wash would not adhere. I use BE wash applying several thin layers with a sprayer. I have always used this sprayer for my shelf and other molds and it works great. I cleaned the mold and tr...

Thank you all for your advice. I used a solid bottom layer 1/8"(black) then on top were my pattern bar slices 1/8" and I filled in around them with clear. I was trying to be sure I had 1/4 " thickness. I don't believe I had the ends good and square (thanks Brock I will keep a very clo...

I just made my first set of pattern bars 1" x 1" x 5" long. I then cut these length wise on my tile saw to 1/8" thickness. I made a southwest style 10"x10" square panel and added a Navajo design in one corner made from stringers. The piece was 2 layers thick. My issue w...

Amy
Do you vent just through certain temp range or entire ramp up?

I had never painted on glass before but wanted to paint japanese letters onto a fused piece. I got some FuseMaster Opal paints from a local stained glass store. They said they used vinegar as a medium for the paint. I mixed some canary yellow and painted 1 symbol onto BE adventurine green and a made...

Thanks to all for the responses to my location questions. Sounds like the garage will work great. Have somewhat of a concern now about my kiln choice. Is pieces falling from the lid common to kilns or is the Skutt 1014 just prone to this

I am just expanding from Stained Glass into fusing. I am looking to purchase my first kiln. After a lot of talking, reading and studying I have decided on a Skutt model 1014. My question is location. The only space I have available is in the attatched garage. This once 2 car garage is also my woodwo...