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by Don Burt
Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:16 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: photoelastic scattered light scope
Replies: 1
Views: 2896

photoelastic scattered light scope

Tony, here's a product for you to make:

http://www.glassfiles.com/library/lib_a ... bcat_id=38
by Don Burt
Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:06 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Air Brush recomendations
Replies: 29
Views: 26983

Re: aztecs and kiln wash

Do y'all use your aztecs for spraying kiln wash? I sprayed a ss bowl using the coarsest tip in the kit and it seemed to plug up a lot. I mixed the kiln wash thinner than usual. Any thoughts? I tried spaying kiln wash with my el cheapo Paasche external feed. It sprayed-on, but it resulted in a wierd...
by Don Burt
Mon Jul 21, 2003 1:22 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Air Brush recomendations
Replies: 29
Views: 26983

I saw in an airbrush magazine that aztek was making a metal-bodied version of the 4709. Sort of an upscale Delorean version.

I love my badger 100LG for glass paint. I have a aztek 4709 too that works fine for most things.
by Don Burt
Sat Jul 19, 2003 7:14 am
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Its finally My turn
Replies: 5
Views: 6670

Re: Its finally My turn

Well- Ive been in the background for a while now and I finally have something to show for it. Feel free to comment. Now lets see if I can post it...http://community.webshots.com/s/image2/6/32/86/81863286vlocpL_ph.jpg You could clip the url and put it between the righthere tags. That would help. I l...
by Don Burt
Wed Jul 16, 2003 11:54 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Architectural and site-specific kilnformed glass
Replies: 9
Views: 9374

Carol wrote: clip
I've been doing kilnformed accents for my stained glass commissions
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I love mixing the techniques together.

Carol (Swann)
Me too

Don Burt
by Don Burt
Wed Jul 09, 2003 4:58 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Ohio
Replies: 5
Views: 5803

Re: Loiusville

db, I'm going to be in Louisville at the end of the month. I'd love to get any recommendations of places to visit while there. Please feel free to email me. Thanks, BobB sweet-joy@comcast.net Check out Marta Hewetts Gallery; http://www.martahewettgallery.com/ Do a google search on Glassblowing and ...
by Don Burt
Wed Jul 09, 2003 7:37 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Ohio
Replies: 5
Views: 5803

10 days in Ohio. Hang in there, you can survive it. I'll email you some suggestions for the weekend of the 19th as the date draws nearer. A road trip to Louisville would be something to consider too.
by Don Burt
Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:18 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: New Booth Sign
Replies: 24
Views: 26893

luvhug wrote:clip
You never really get used to the stupid questions and just when you thing you heard it all, somebody comes up with a more stupid question.
I have tasted the flavor of my work being ignored: I invite any and all questions, stupid or otherwise. That may change as I become more rich and famous.
by Don Burt
Sun Jul 06, 2003 5:36 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: New Manufacturer of Dichro?
Replies: 15
Views: 14825

Sara wrote:
I will be anxious to hear about color consistancy of the coatings, evenness (how DO you spell that?)

Sara
evenness? Sara, have u been paying no attension at all?
by Don Burt
Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:02 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Images for Dichro Addicts - you know who you are!!
Replies: 9
Views: 8943

clip They look just like our dicro only it is sometimes fused between plastic and sometimes glass. clip I saw an article in a recent magazine about Chris Rhies's crystal sculpture. He apparently understands reflection and prism effects and how to control them. This plastic dicro stuff probably has ...
by Don Burt
Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:53 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Lustres and Micas < 1260ºF
Replies: 7
Views: 7627

Thanks for the advice. I'll try mixing powders wih my paint like suggested. Most of the piece is going to be made w/Lamberts flashes in double layers. I think it will be pretty cool if the client goes for it.


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by Don Burt
Sat Jun 21, 2003 9:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Lustres and Micas < 1260ºF
Replies: 7
Views: 7627

Lustres and Micas < 1260ºF

I'm doing an Art Deco-like geometric stained glass window. I designed the borders with black geometric banding ornament, for which I would ordinarily use 1260ºF black glass paint. I was thinking instead about using a paint or something that would be more metallic in reflected light. The glass will ...
by Don Burt
Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:57 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Is it plagiarism?
Replies: 23
Views: 21490

Hey, I'm feeling artistic, can someone tell me where to get a pattern book, and maybe give me some help with the glass selection. Brock Which pattern themes are you looking for? There are hundreds of different pattern books available. We can't help you if you aren't specific. Large Dog Breeds? Spor...
by Don Burt
Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:20 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Firing Un-Attended & Failure of Relays
Replies: 32
Views: 43314

clip To make it perfectly fail safe you'd want an overtemp circuit with its own controller and thermocouple. Given the inexpensive bare bones controllers these days you could get the whole set up, controller relay and thermocouple for around 200$. The thing is though I've really reconsidered the ne...
by Don Burt
Wed Jun 11, 2003 12:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Identifing Some Glass
Replies: 2
Views: 4257

Re: Identifing Some Glass

clip from a lady who inherited if from her Dad that had a studio. clip This stuff is at the very least 10 years old it is thin (1/16) it is rather smooth a couple of the pieces are somewhat streaky. Inherited? The world has apparently lost an long-time fuser. Did any of you oldtimers feel a ripple ...
by Don Burt
Wed Jun 11, 2003 12:01 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Slides/photographs of kiln-formed wall sconces wanted
Replies: 10
Views: 10079

Re: Slides/photographs of kiln-formed wall sconces wanted

Greetings, I am researching for an article on kiln-formed wall sconces (or other types of lighting fixtures) I would welcome slides and/or photos - and any information you might want to share. I will, of course, fully credit each contributing artist. thanks, judith If you want something a little di...
by Don Burt
Mon Jun 09, 2003 10:56 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: "Crafter"?!?#@$*&(*#&%!
Replies: 38
Views: 42543

Re: "Crafter"?!?#@$*&(*#&%!

Why does this bother me so much? I just got an email from someone (undoubtedly a nice person who has never pulled whiskers off a cat) who is looking for some crafters to fill a show in December. "Crafters", I shouted! "There are no "Crafters" here!" Actually, I replied...
by Don Burt
Thu Jun 05, 2003 6:21 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: What impresses you?
Replies: 17
Views: 14646

David Williams wrote:Clip

We might not recognize it as that consciously, but our brains do, and we find it interesting. That's meaning to me.

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Yeah: what he said.
by Don Burt
Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: What impresses you?
Replies: 17
Views: 14646

I recommend reading 'The Values Of Art - Pictures, poetry, and Music' by Malcom Budd. It confirmed to me something that I've always suspected: That publications by Oxford-educated academics are completely impenetrable by non-academic American readers. I labored paragraph by paragraph to read about a...
by Don Burt
Tue May 27, 2003 7:31 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Tinted Glass Block
Replies: 6
Views: 8867

One of the board sponsors Fusion HQ, sells fusemaster enamels. I've never used them, but since they sponsor our board, they're wonderful. There are other vendors whose products I've used: Reusche, Rynnes. They sell clear fluxes, but achieving transparency/brilliancy would be difficult trying to colo...