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What a fabulous piece. It immediately invokes a carousel in my mind, since I'm old enough to remember them. Why don't the sides fall in when you fuse the assembly? I thought that was why you had to do these in sand. One of you superb tutorials would be greatly appreciated by this amateur and probab...

All the pieces are 1/4 thick, but because of the unusual shape I annealed for 90 min at 960 f and then a 3 hour cool to 750 f and then kiln off. There was no peeking until it was cool.

Ron

Ron, it's so lovely! If you made it freestanding on the shelf... was your process similar to making, say, a large & wide bracelet (looking at the opening) with a lid & floor? Love it. Barbara The sides, 3 pieces,were slumped to shape first and then fused to the bottom piece. The top is sepa...

It's fused.

Ron

A new fused box design. This one has no texture from sand, it was fused freestanding on a kiln shelf. Just a light sandblasted finish to soften the colors.



Ron

Try oxalic acid to remove the rust. It should be available from the hardware store.
Zud Cleanser and Barkeepers Friend have oxalic acid in them and should be available fron the grocery store. You don't need to scrub the surface, just wet it and apply a little powder and let it set.

Ron

Looks like it's working Steve.

Ron