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212. water evaporates at 212 degrees

It's a shame that the shape has to be cut out. Lots of time there! Or you could get the basic paw jet-cut I suppose. What are you doing now?

This is covered in Jody Walker's book, Prinntmaking Techniques on Glass. For sale from Brad.

Give H.I.S. a call. They may have them even tho not on the web site. Plus they'll give you great advice!

how? acetone doesn't do it very well, neither does glass cleaner. Anyone? anyone?

Every kiln fires differently and cold spots are definitely a possibility. Bullseye has a tip sheet on doing a kiln test to check how your kiln fires. I recommend it.

...I could....but I don't have ready access to welding and frankly I am feeling a bit lazy on this. Unless you're volunteering?

I go to the work table with an idea in mind, but not a final product. I make multiple components so that I can then experiment with the best way to express that idea. Some components make it into the piece, some do not, and I often am prompted to create more components in the middle of working.

What you want to do first is test the viscosity of each color (I think from your msg that you have a single color per sheet?) Take 2 kiln bricks, or pieces of kiln furniture, or whatever. Suspend a piece of each color of the stringer so that it's supported on both ends. Then slump. Then you will kno...

any mfrs on those bigger jawed nippers? Tx

I can't always get my nippers around the cane....

2500. wow. That's insane!

Is there such a thing as a mosaic nipper with a bigger opening? I have leponitt (sp?) nippers with great blades, but they are limited in the size that I can cut. Sometimes I get wonderful vitrigraph cane that's about 1/2-7/8 inches thick. The tile saw just eats it (plus it's no fun to hold it to the...

Valerie, mine is mounted on the wall with standard (home depot) sturdy brackets and part of a wire shelf with a hole cut into it. The shelf is steel and just sits on top of the brackets. They are mounted to studs and it's very sturdy. I do have to use a step stool to add the pot but that's not a big...

nope. weird.

you took them off the shelf. That white shelf hides a ton of stuff!!

I have a paragon caldera and love it for this purpose. I have used an EvenHeat Hot Box. Having the controller is nice. I have killed 2 hotboxes this way though - I do a TON of vitrigraph and that kiln isn't really made for that type of heatwork.

A local writer did a feature in our city mag about women in glass:
http://www.tallahasseemagazine.com/Janu ... iarticle=0
This doesn't seem to be a link so you may have to post it in your browser...

I guess it depends why you want the book. If you want to learn Kathleen's technique the book is cheaper than a class...but the class is probably a lot better. It sounds to me like she did a photo documentation of each step in the creation of a piece.

Another thing you can do - depending on your mold - is to put some fiber blanket around the bottom, basically so the glass can't get too close to the mold.

...and to keep the Powers That Be happy, post the next pic in the Photos forum....