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Do you have photos of this? Is this really ugly, or could you use this as a design element? Is it possible to make it happen regularly?

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Thank you all for your advice, I am going to contact the student again and try to resolve my concerns. I do sign my work, also with an asian style mark (really it's a symbol that incorporates my initials) and I know that my customers would know the copied designs from my things by this, just not at ...

are you fusing the silver as a decoration to be completely encased in glass, or as a hanger or something that will stick out of the glass somewhere?

Yes, I used a torch- oxy/acetelene with a very fine tip. You can get special fusion welders for around $500 that will do precision jewelry joints, like jumprings in a matter of seconds. I've never used one of them, but for those who do lots of jumprings it would be a great thing.

I guess I never thought of a stained glass approach, I've never done regular stained glass! :oops: I have used solder-filled sterling jump rings for jewelry pieces, they're available from Rio Grande, but I think they're really expensive. Better off to do it the old fashioned way. I'm ashamed to say ...

You can solder the silver ones with a small butane torch. Be careful not to burn up the silver though! It can be tricky to solder close to glass, also. If you want to do a really professional job (for strength as well as craftsmanship) cut through the solder joint with a jeweler's saw and re-solder.

I have been fusing for about 8 years. I've been teaching fusing for the past several years,and I sell my pieces (jewelry and panels) in a few select galleries within 150 miles of my home. Recently a customer of mine saw a piece in a gallery identical to one she had purchased from me a year before, t...

I've used mine for up to 3 firings.. same results as Jeri though, opals make a hole and cathedrals will leave the paper looking fine. gotta love this stuff!

Here's what I do to drill~ use a piece of modeling clay (plasticine) and make a snake- then wrap this around where you want to drill, fill inside with water and a couple drops of coolant if you want, drill just until you begin to get through the back side, then flip over and drill from the back side...

the circular one is my favorite, but I like the urban forest one a lot also. Your website is very nice as well!

I haven't noticed any edge curling with the new thin-fire. It is a lot dustier to clean up though... It seems a lot smoother pre-fired as well.

Linda, It's about 10 1/2 inches tall, 5 1/2 inches wide. I like the framing idea you had about making the frame shape fit the irregular sides... I wish I were more creative at the presentation/framing, etc. My other panels are framed in deep double mats, like a shallow shadowbox. I plan to sell them...

I have a new piece I'd like to share, just born this morning. I haven't tried posting a photo since the BB changed, so I hope this works. Photo does no justice, I used a flash.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/656 ... 6585uovEic

I used the cone that my dog had around his head to keep him from biting a wound- it's thick translucent plastic. He was pretty relieved to be rid of it, and I was pretty happy to get more use out of my $6 !

I just read a pretty good thread yesterday on photographing jewelry with a digital camera on the crafts report site: http://www.craftsreport.com

did you try borax? green scrubby pads?

scum stinks

what kind of mold?

you could fire it upside down to try & sag it off the mold (not wet though)

two days might not be long enough if it's a porous mold & the humidity is high.

I'd be interested in the coldworking & such... I haven't been in since the move awhile back. Please email me off the board w/ class info. By the way, kiln came open when cooled, just pulled some fiber off both sides and cracked the bottom. I think I just panicked when I opened it up and found th...

thanks Michael,
I never thought about using fiber paper... good idea. my brain has obviously shut down for the day. Anything new at Glass Axis?

I'm embarrased to even admit that I did this, but... I was fire polishing several dichro pendants in the quickfire this morning (to go to the gallery tomorrow, so I thought). I set the timer that I always clip to my body because I'm half deaf (really) and can't hear it unless it is attached to me, t...