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- Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:23 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: layering color
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4729
Re: layering color
Thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge!!! I'm going to try it.
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:51 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: layering color
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4729
Re: layering color
Thank you. Should I have used frit instead of cut pieces so I could layer white underneath? I really wanted the red background.
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:07 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: layering color
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4729
layering color
Some advice would be greatly appreciated! - I started out with a red opal and layered different colors of transparent design pieces. I took it to a full fuse, which I think was a mistake, but I wanted a smooth finish. I was disappointed and a little surprised to find that the red had soaked up all t...
- Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:23 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: kiln in unheated garage
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11607
Re: kiln in unheated garage
May I add a question to Susan's original question? My kiln is also in an unheated garage. The outside temperature warmed up for a few days to about 50 degrees and I assembled some pieces in my kiln, but I wanted to add two more pieces before firing and I ran out of time. NOW, we are having extreme c...
- Tue May 28, 2013 10:32 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Sulfur bearing? - Copper bearing?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10802
Re: Sulfur bearing? - Copper bearing?
Thank you Dana! I found the System 96 chart after I looked at the BE one!
Thank you Morganica! I will definitely read your blog tomorrow! That is a good rule of thumb!
Thank you Morganica! I will definitely read your blog tomorrow! That is a good rule of thumb!
- Tue May 28, 2013 7:24 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Sulfur bearing? - Copper bearing?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10802
Re: Sulfur bearing? - Copper bearing?
Thank you! I was looking for something like this on the BE site, but somehow I didn't find it!
- Tue May 28, 2013 6:13 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Sulfur bearing? - Copper bearing?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10802
Sulfur bearing? - Copper bearing?
Is there a way to recognize different minerals in the glass ( sulfur, copper, etc.) just by looking at it? I know certain minerals create certain colors, but after all the reading I've done, I've started to realize that a completely different color from what I thought a single mineral would create, ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 7:13 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
Re: My bowl didn't fully slump.
Mary Lou - I just finished reading the BE Tech Notes...VERY helpful! Thank you!
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- Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:10 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
Re: My bowl didn't fully slump.
Hi Susan! Thanks for the info! I was actually looking at all of Laurie's great stuff! I'm going to have to look more closely!
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:55 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
Re: My bowl didn't fully slump.
Hi Mary Lou! The Bonnie Glo only has side elements...I don't know if that makes the difference??? I do not prop my molds up, but after you said that, I might try it out and see if there is any difference, good or bad. I've kinda gotten the impression I've only just begun with the reading!...There is...
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:04 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
Re: My bowl didn't fully slump.
Hmmmm....lots to think about! Thanks to all!
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:36 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
Re: My bowl didn't fully slump.
I'm sorry Mary Lou! I was actually reading on here for days before I joined and couldn't find what I was looking for. I guess I shouldn't be asking so many questions. :oops: I've been reading up on all of this since January. There is a lot to read. I also have several DVDs. Sometimes it's hard to pu...
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:48 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
Re: My bowl didn't fully slump.
Thanks for the advice everyone! My mold is dry and I'm going to re-fire today. With regard to Laurie's schedule - my schedule holds at the peak for 20 minutes, in addition to it being hotter, and yours only 10 - would that be because the ramp up is slower so it's actually slumping slower? Also, how ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:19 am
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: MR-97 mold release
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9218
Re: MR-97 mold release
Thanks Bert! You've given me some good advice and things to think of!
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:17 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
Re: My bowl didn't fully slump.
Thank you both for your advice! Laurie - How do you decide to slow it down 100 degrees? Do you just get a feel for it? Or is there a rule of thumb? I'm glad you both told me to peek...I keep reading conflicting information regarding opening the kiln. In my mind, it seems I would have to look in orde...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:31 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Would you lovely people do something for me...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5782
Re: Would you lovely people do something for me...
I missed the occasion, but I would have voted...I LOVE this! I hope I can achieve this someday!
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:27 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Remake frit painting
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26262
Re: Remake frit painting
Wow! That is gorgeous! That is what I'm aspiring to. Ohhh....One day I hope...
- Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:40 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: My bowl didn't fully slump.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19670
My bowl didn't fully slump.
I made a 9" square bowl, with a 2" lip, making the bowl part a 5" square. I used 2 layers of System 96 clear glass that I had previously fused. I made a mold from 1" thick KL board, shaped like a frame so that the bowl would slump down to the kiln floor, however, it did not fully...
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:06 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: MR-97 mold release
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9218
Re: MR-97 mold release
Thanks Jim! I will!
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:43 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Inclusions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9338
Re: Inclusions
Thank you! I'm so glad people on this bulletin are so willing to share their knowledge! I've been reading tons of literature, but sometimes it helps to be able to ask someone about something!