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- Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:33 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Glass Places to See In UK
- Replies: 6
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Way up north there's the National Glass Centre in Sunderland (near Newcastle on Tyne). The main exhibition varies, http://www.3k1.co.uk/ngc/general/indexglass2.htm but it is also the home to the university glass studios, where - if you are lucky - you can get to see some pretty amazing kilns (with a...
- Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:30 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: tabletop belt sander? + clear scrap usage
- Replies: 22
- Views: 23703
clear scrap usage
Second, any good suggestions on clear scrap usage( aside from giving it all to one of you!) I have no problem using all my colors, but I seem to be swimming in clear. clear eyed jeri I periodically make platters with bits of clear scrap stacked with randomly placed stringer and frit - it takes seve...
- Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:21 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Thin fire and scuz
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4859
..apart from the pre-fire needed to dry the shelf, of course.Brad Walker wrote:No pre-firing, either!Brock wrote:But then, kiln wash doesn't scuz the edges at all. Imagine that! BrockBrad Walker wrote:Thin fire can fall apart with pre-firing.
The new thin fire is supposed to be less likely to scuz the edges than the old.
- Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:16 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: jewelry for guys
- Replies: 22
- Views: 25872
Bolo?
For the benefit of an uneducated Brit, what's a bolo?ruthpowers wrote:Has anyone tried bolos for men/women?
- Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:17 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Schedules for Murano (Effetre)?
- Replies: 1
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Schedules for Murano (Effetre)?
I've got some Murano sheet and millefiori, coe 104. I'm firing 2 layers sheet + millifiofi + bits of cut sheet. Sheet colours clear + turquoise transp + translucent white. (max 11cm square) I've done compatability tests to 800 (deg C), anneal 30 min at 520, and all seems OK - this gave a 'full but n...
- Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:14 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Diamond saws in the uk?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3024
Re: Diamond saws in the uk?
Try Bohle, http://www.bohle.deDave Pascoe wrote:Hi everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy a saw similiar to the MK 101 in the uk? There doesn`t seem to be a great selection over here.
I want to use it mainly for cutting pattern bars. Thanks in advance....
- Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:26 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Is old kilnwash inert?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3534
Is old kilnwash inert?
Until recently my back garden was a building site, and I happily sanded my kiln shelves clean outside, allowing the kilnwash dust to settle on the rubble. But now I've cleared the site and planted lots of plants.... can anyone tell me whether I'm poisoning the flowers, or is old kilnwash chemically ...
- Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:20 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Painting the back of tiles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7981
- Tue Sep 16, 2003 12:41 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: What do you use to cover your cutting table?????
- Replies: 32
- Views: 30303
- Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:43 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: What do you use to cover your cutting table?????
- Replies: 32
- Views: 30303
I have one backlit plate glass work surface, and one with one of those green cutting mats (intended for cutting paper using a knife). It is pliable enough to 'give' a little to run scores, and has a very useful grid printed on it. You can get them at large stationary and office supply shops in the U...
- Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:23 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Designs on Dichro
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25322
- Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:55 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Metal for fusing links
- Replies: 28
- Views: 26564
Thanks Peg. I was rather surprised to hear about the dark spots from silver that you reported. I hadn't heard of that before. What type of silver are you using? Sterling (.925) or fine (.999)? I use Sterling - I know 'fine' is better, but I understand it will still stain. Even when the kiln shelf l...
- Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:22 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Metal for fusing links
- Replies: 28
- Views: 26564
silver
I make a 'U' from silver, and sandwich the ends by first gluing the silver to a tiny bit of BE thin (anout 3x6mm), and when dry put on the kiln shelf then sit the pendant or whatever on top. If the top bit is small, I sometimes glue it onto the silver. Word of warning - if the silver touches the she...
- Tue Aug 26, 2003 3:32 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Chroma paints - anyone tried them?
- Replies: 3
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Re: Chroma paints - anyone tried them?
Chroma Europe Ltd. - Trading as Tomas Seth & Co. They might be able to help you. Good luck. thanks - but it's a different 'Chroma'. I believe the paints I mean are made by a company called 'Ullman', or similar. They are kiln-fired paints, enamels, metallics and textures - quite possibly made fo...
- Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:20 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Chroma paints - anyone tried them?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3807
Chroma paints - anyone tried them?
Has anyone tried the Chroma range of paints, as used in Bettina Eberle's book on kiln fired glass? The range includes 'interference paints' and 'crystal ice'. I'm planning to order some from Switzerland (where I assume it is made) - and as it will take a few months to be delivered I plan to order a ...
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 9:09 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Happy bunny
- Replies: 3
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- Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:49 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Happy bunny
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4782
Happy bunny
Just back from my second visit to my first gallery - they took my first consignment a few weeks ago, and I was looking forward to getting my 50% cut from the sold items. After delivering my second batch of glass they handed over my money - and hey - I'm on 66.66%! So I'm one happy bunny - my first g...
- Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:26 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: fired a cab, top layer of glass did not flat fuse
- Replies: 14
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When you fire dichroic film down onto a piece of regular glass, and if it's hot enough, the middle of the dichro will melt into the glass and the edges of the dichro will form a rim of the dichro metals. But because the dicho coating itself does not melt, a dicho-to-dichro layering will not always ...
- Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:12 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: First Time Art Fair, Looking For Tips
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21467
- Thu Jul 17, 2003 3:36 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: drop ring
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6617
Re: Magazines
I just wrote an article on using drop rings for Glass Craftsman magazine. Here in the UK we are pretty starved of specialist magazines - and I'd never heard of the mag you mention. I checked out their website and have now ordered a subscription ... and I've heard nothing since then. Does anyone hav...