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hi again just rememberd another thing i need to learn: How do you fuse cabs with a hole for stringing them on a necklace? thanks sarah Here are a couple of ways: This one can be accomplished in one firing. There are 4 little clear chips in the corners. Fire to full fuse. http://www.clearwaterglass....

Jackie Beckman wrote:How odd Steve that you just happen to have that handy to post! You truly are a font of information! That will help Kelly far more than any explaination.

Jackie

Yes. And I made these pattern bars in your garage.....

Steve

Don't put Spray A on French Vanilla unless you want mustard yucky yellow. :shock: I learned that one the hard way. Its a reaction you want to avoid. Thanks Jackie - THAT'S GOOD INFO TO KNOW ! ...Kelly Here are some test piece photos of pattern bar slices, scrubbed but not sandblasted. Black and Fre...

I have 3 separate background pieces that have been fully fused. I'm planning on adding elements on top that will be taken to just tack/fire polish (in my larger 24" sq. shelf kiln, that's about 1450; 1525 is almost full fuse but with a slight contour and 1600 is fully fused). I know these temp...

The house: The workshop leader advised never to blast in the house as it will be impossible to fully contain the dust and it will recirculate through the furnace forever. I could plastic-off the space under the stairs to contain me and the cabinet. This space could be connected to my 300 cfm welder...

Phil I feel your pain. I think there are two issues here. One is what to do with the flawed piece, and two, whether you should or can prevent it from happening in the future. One of the first pieces I made had huge bubbles that I hadn't planned on. I was deeply disturbed by this, and almost had to g...

Thanks Charlie. I didn't dig deep enough into the web site to find the photos. They are much better looking than the photos demonstrate.

Steve

If this works I'm going to see if we can't work with a somewhat smaller group next year and do real tiles for a mural to be put on a wall in the school. I think that would be really cool. Soon-to-be-Crazy-Boy Phil, There is a fabulous mural of tiles done by elementary school children in the Seattle...

I was wondering where you found the nice, long arbor and lathe pictured in the calendar Nikki Hi Nikki, Dan at Covington Engineering made it for me. Steve Klein told me about this machine. If you call Dan he'll make you one, it's not in the catalogue. Costs about $1000. Just ask for the lathe he ma...

I gave my twin nieces small plates with their names on them 2 or 3 years ago. Last year, one twin put the other twin's plate in the microwave with some pancakes on it - and it exploded. I assumed it was thermal shock from uneven heating. Needless to say there was much finger pointing and recriminati...

So can you just tell me about the sides of your "Rainforest" piece??? The pale green in the middle - is that just thin pattern bars that you made??? How did you get such a thin sliver of pale green in between the dark green??? The border is made of about 500 pieces of glass. Each section ...

I agree with Ron and Brock. Scrape the kiln wash off with a single edged razor in one of those little holders. Brush off any remaining dust. Recoat (I use 4 layers) and let air dry. If I'm in a hurry I put it in the kiln to 500 degrees and let it cool off quickly in the kiln. I always recoat if I'm ...

Steve: I have to tell you that there aren't a whole lot of people's glass that make me react the way I did when I saw your "Rainforest" piece. It truly is awesome. Do you teach any classes??? Sounds like you probably don't have time, but..... PLEASE..... I would fly anywhere to be able to...

Bert Weiss wrote:Can you slice up a tibula and fuse it back together and then grind dimples in it?

Yes. I think you get a femulus if you do that.

Steve

Phil Hoppes wrote: So Steve, what is the annealing time for a broken tibula?

Phil

Six weeks.

(and, yes, I know there is no such bone......)

Steve

Has anyone noticed how quickly he puts these delicious pieces out? Do you think he has time for golf on Wednesdays? Do you think you have to wait forEVER in his office for your appointment because he's busy battuto-ing? While you visit his site, have you ever noticed the piece with off white river ...

Kathie Karancz wrote:It looks so organic - something living in a deep green forest....

Kathie,

Thank you for seeing and articulating what I was trying to put into this piece!

Steve

I have question: I tried to drape a vase yesterday, but I got a 19" glass taco. Is there a trick to getting a piece of glass to slump/drape on 4 sides? Here are some photos of the draping process. http://www.clearwaterglass.com/floral_former_vase.htm I have not done many of these, but it seems...

Try:

http://store.yahoo.com/aftosa-test/nl.html

http://store.yahoo.com/aftosa-test/nlclp.html

Steve

Try:

http://www.glasscolor.com/

Steve