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by Chris Rogahn
Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:10 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: kiln casting with metal... please help!
Replies: 50
Views: 49124

Here's the way I would make my first approach at this: 1. Cast your front flower and back leaf shape separately - If I remember correctly you want to do these as Pate De Verre. This will add a step (as opposed to regular casting), but I think will give you a nicer end product. Then, according to th...
by Chris Rogahn
Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:49 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: kiln casting with metal... please help!
Replies: 50
Views: 49124

Emma, I just started reading this thread, I hope this doesn't come too late for you. When I read your description and saw your diagram on the Wet Canvas Site, my first thought was (given the thickness of your metal casting, and the shape and thickness of your glass) to keep them separated. The glass...
by Chris Rogahn
Fri May 16, 2003 9:10 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Who's going to Arrowmont?
Replies: 8
Views: 9919

Hi Barbara, I'll be there :D This is actually my very first post to the Warm Glass Board (I've been lurking - I mean learning - for the last year or so). I'm also excited (and of course a tinge nervous) about the class. Glass isn't my day job, so the thought of two whole weeks of uninterrupted creat...