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- Tue May 08, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: HOMEMADE IRIDIZING?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 33104
- Tue May 08, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: HOMEMADE IRIDIZING?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 33104
Re: HOMEMADE IRIDIZING?
Years ago I bought some stannous chloride, thinking I could iridize glass in the kiln. Fortunately a chemical engineer friend warned me that I'd be building a bomb in my kiln so I didn't try it. I just now googled 'glassblowing & stannous chloride' and lots of info came up. I understand it's use...
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:00 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Giant clam
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16395
Re: Giant clam
Vonon, your question has gone unanswered for a few days so I'll take a shot. I'm pretty sure the handbag reference is about crocodiles. Their skins are used for leather goods. No fun swimming with giant Salties (salt-water crocodiles). Jellies would be jellyfish which can have trailing, stinging ten...
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:51 am
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Relief casting mold
- Replies: 14
- Views: 45080
Re: Relief casting mold
[quote="Don Burt"]Can I buy some sort of refactory product into which I can carve out the tree limbs in relief, coat with kiln wash, and then cast frit into? Or can I cut out tree limb shapes with a razor knife out of some sort of blanket and cast into the cookie mold onto the kiln shelf? ...
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:18 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Disposing of ground glass
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19852
Re: Disposing of ground glass
DON'T put it down the toilet if you have a worm-powered sewage system. It'll tear their little guts out!
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:21 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: glass I'm working on
- Replies: 20
- Views: 48571
Re: glass I'm working on
Thank you very much for clarifying that, Don, and the advice regarding antique v float. Those borders have the sparkle and intensity of flashed glass.
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:41 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: glass I'm working on
- Replies: 20
- Views: 48571
Re: glass I'm working on
I'm running out of superlatives here, Don. Is the blue enamel R&G transparent? It's so intense, not wishy-washy at all. Is it the sandblasting on the back that contributes to the intensity? I can get reasonable results on white but on clear glass the effect is pretty blah. I don't have R&G e...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:21 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Which properties makes blowing glass ? Engineering Cold Warm Thermoset Polymer Glass Blowing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8404
Re: Which properties makes blowing glass ? Engineering Cold Warm Thermoset Polymer Glass Blowing
Excellent advice, Marty.......was trying to think how best to frame advice around a topic I know little about.
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:27 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: glass I'm working on
- Replies: 20
- Views: 48571
Re: glass I'm working on
Beautiful intricate work, Don, and a few more steps up the degree-of-difficulty scale. Thanks for sharing, Jen
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:52 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Waiting for Don Burt
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12155
Re: Waiting for Don Burt
Happy New Year to you, too, Don and to everyone else. May 2018 be good to you. Jen
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:23 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Waiting for Don Burt
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12155
Re: Waiting for Don Burt
Yeah, Don.....been staring at this small screen for days....release me..
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:17 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: 3D printer to glass casting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7467
Re: 3D printer to glass casting
Roykirk, Sounds as though you need a different recipe for your mold mix. Put 'Mold mix for casting' into the search field at the top of the page and you'll get lots of good info.( Nefertiti looks pretty spiffy! )Good luck, Jen
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:26 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Finally sharing some work
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12643
Re: Finally sharing some work
Wow! that's impressive. Well done. Jen
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:08 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Old plaster
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10495
Re: Old plaster
I've read that, too, a few times. Is it a myth put about by the manufacturers? Or is there more to it? Here's some chat about it: http://www.potters.org/subject82013.htm I've got some that must be ten years old. I was thinking of putting it in the kiln before I tried to use it. Would I be wasting my...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:42 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Another...recent work
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18846
Re: Another...recent work
All the most appropriate adjectives have been used so I'll simply agree! Love the fine, serene detail lines and the contrast with the turbulence of the individual squares. Well done!
Are you using a mold, Jim, or is the shape made using fibrepaper or board with a square cut out? Jen
Are you using a mold, Jim, or is the shape made using fibrepaper or board with a square cut out? Jen
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:22 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Second plate for 2017.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13567
Re: Second plate for 2017.
What they said! Meticulous attention to execution, nothing sloppy here. Congrats again, Haydo. Jen
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:16 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Attaching Glass Panel to Aluminum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15284
Re: Attaching Glass Panel to Aluminum
Richard la Londe's Book 1 describes the process in fine detail for larger pieces. Jen
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:24 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Working my way back to a passion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15433
Re: Working my way back to a passion
AWESOME, Sharol. Love seeing your new work. Jen
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:15 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Ventilation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19179
Re: Ventilation
Interesting topic. Working alone I position a fan to blow fumes away from me, gently, so as not to cool the soldering iron. With a group that wouldn't work as someone(s) :lol: would always be in the firing line. I've been thinking about a range hood exhaust fan dangling over the layout table. That w...
- Wed Jun 14, 2017 3:33 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Cracked as a feature
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8770
Re: Cracked as a feature
A long time ago last century I made a large (3) - panel shattered glass screen for a restaurant as well as a few table tops. Each panel was composed of a single sheet of tempered glass laminated between two sheets of annealed (non-tempered) glass. The exciting part is putting the tip of a nail again...