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I want to make candlesticks. I have fired multiple 2 layer pieces and want to stack them (staggered) and tack fuse them. Is this possible? If so, should they all be fired at once? Would I be better off gluing them or is there an alternate method to stack and attach them that someone could suggest? T...

Thanks to everyone for your help. I fired the piece using Cynthia's method and was successful. My reasoning for this was that my kiln has both side and top elements. My dam was made of fiber paper which I believed would be an insulator. I thought that having the one single layer on the bottom, less ...

Thanks Rose. Yes I plan to dam the piece. It's an odd shape so I plan to dam it using cut out fiber paper. Should this be 2-3 mm shorter than the finished piece, or the height of the finished piece? Do I understand correctly that you are recommending pre-firing 1 - 2 layer and 1 - 3 layer stack( wit...

I am attemping to make a 5 layer project. I will have 1 patterned glass layers with 2 layers of clear top and bottom. I am planning to pre-fire 2 double layers (2 3mm sheets) first. #1 Should I pre-fire the patterned layer to one sheet of clear, or fire the 2 sets of 2 clear layers and place the pat...