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i would think that barring undercuts the foam could stay as one with the latex. otherwise a good coating of spray grease would probably work fine. i am putting this idea into my 'to try' file. rosanna

i wonder if the spray foam greg was talking about in another thread would make a good backing to stiffen up a cured latex mold. put it on before the mold is removed. rosanna

murphys oil soap works for me. maybe you will want to pull a latex type mold off your origonal so you can duplicate it if it gets damaged. rosanna

marty, you are too funny! 1$ ! i will throw this idea out as well. thanks. rosanna

any chance that there can be some form of silver in your silica? silver foil, silver filings, stirring with a silver spoon? rosanna

ok, that is a start. we are a diverse group, potters, weaver carver, painters,me.......... priobably about 15-20. last year we thought about this in october. MAYBE , starting now we can pull this together. rosanna

hi all, we artists on roanoke island are beginning to organise our first annual (we hope) pre christmas studio tour. any of you have any helpful hints/ideas to do (or avoid)? thanks, rosanna

not stewart but, regular black iron pipe. NOT galvanized. also steel bolts with a large fender washer and a nut under that. i put a piece of fiber on top. rosanna

hi bonnie, there is a thread going on molds in kiln casting dept right now that has good info. also search molds in the archives old and new. rosanna

i wonder if the 'neutral cure' silicones would be safer? they do not have that acrid oder. rosanna

i just really have a problem believing that there is any water left in a shelf at softening temps. i put wet shelves in the kiln alot. no problems. rosanna

not from richmond but that sounds exciting enough to come see! not a long trip from the obx. rosanna

and you are the man for frit controll! had another house guest go through this years mags and pick the orange tree as sumpin special!! rosanna

sounds kind of strange. there are some internet scams that target artisits going around now. i wonder about that 'competition' in korea. can't think of the name of it right now but it has full page ads in 'artist calander' mag and 'crafts report' too i think. 20 k prize i think. i just wonder how ma...

wow! what a great article. it brought back all the fun of the event to me. great job barbara! thanks again beth et al for all the hard work bringing this together. rosanna

hi marge, there are several good threads about do it yourself in the archives old and new. some with photos. i can not remember their titles though. rosanna ps also look up quenched frit while you search

hi john, i have been having some problems with edges as well. not devit so much as little fissures or cracks on fuse. i wet sand these out for the slump and the edges fire polish out nicely. i did have devit problems and got rid of those by religiously cleaning the cut edge. you would think that it ...

wow! that 'sky' in waterhole series is amazing. what a sense of largeness. rosanna

so who's the manufacturer? rosanna

another casual loop trick is to lamp work some glass strips into rings or U's and fuse those where needed for hangers. i make a double ring to get the glass to the preferred thickness. rosanna