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by Katie M
Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:07 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Santa brings power tools!
Replies: 8
Views: 8733

Re: Santa brings power tools!

Lucky you. I am in the market for a lap grinder. Who makes this one? I am interested in a 24" diameter machine.
by Katie M
Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:57 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Kiln-carving firing schedule
Replies: 3
Views: 4923

Re: Kiln-carving firing schedule

Thanks Brock!
by Katie M
Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:51 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Kiln-carving firing schedule
Replies: 3
Views: 4923

Kiln-carving firing schedule

I am going to fire my first kiln-carved piece. I prefired 2 layers of Bullseye 1/8" glass together (14" diameter circle). I cut out a few leaf designs from 1/8" thick piece of fiber paper and have layed them down (they are 1/8" thick only, not layered on top of each other) on ano...
by Katie M
Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Firing glass over plant material
Replies: 6
Views: 7026

Re: Firing glass over plant material

Thanks for the info everyone. I do fire on 1/8" fiber paper, not ThinFire. I think it will work if I cut the fat part of the cattail in half. Will try again.

Katie
by Katie M
Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Firing glass over plant material
Replies: 6
Views: 7026

Re: Firing glass over plant material

Thanks for the info Dana. I fired my cattails and unfortunately the piece broke after it was out of the kiln for a day. The Cattails were pretty thick and I think I took the top temperature too high. When I took it out of the kiln the areas where the thick Cattails burned out were like hollow bubble...
by Katie M
Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:25 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Firing glass over plant material
Replies: 6
Views: 7026

Firing glass over plant material

I want to take "cattails" and hit them with hairspray and sift colored powders over the plants and lay them on a sheet of fiber paper. Then I am going to cover them with a single sheet of clear double-thick spectrum glass to create an imbedded image. I have lost my notes on my firing and a...
by Katie M
Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:09 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Using clear prismatic glass and powders
Replies: 2
Views: 2565

Re: Using clear prismatic glass and powders

Thanks very much. Really appreciate the help this forum provides!
by Katie M
Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:41 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Using clear prismatic glass and powders
Replies: 2
Views: 2565

Using clear prismatic glass and powders

I would like to use a piece of Bullseye Clear Prismatic glass and then sift different colors of transparent powders into the channels of the glass to create a linear pattern. I've not done this before so I am unclear as to whether I should cap it with a layer of Crystal Clear or put the Prismatic gl...