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I'd call Poppy directly, at Hang Your Glass. She's usually pretty forthcoming about product capabilities. I've never worried about it, because the HYG products are metal and therefore the adhesive doesn't need to be colorless--you're going to see the metal through transparent glass anyway. But she s...

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Thanks for the help. I thought the bullseye glass was both 96coe and compatible, learning curve :) I have only used the spectrum glass pebbles and have not had a problem. I do think the shape was a major contributor. I have attached a pic of a different piece that I did and also slumped it and no p...

I've got a method where I lightly embed twisty shapes of foil or thin glass in a glass slab in one fusing to smooth things out and eliminate a potential air trap, then cast the whole thing in a subsequent step. No idea if it would work here but you might experiment and see. Basically, set the fishho...

Yep, it's an ongoing problem when you work with plaster/silica refractory molds. There are lots of ways to limit the risk of this happening. Many are just common sense: --Use the correct water:dry mix ratio, preferably kept on the low side (a dryer mix is usually stronger) --Make sure you've properl...

Cynthia (and whoever else is reading): Happy New Year! I realize over two years have passed since my original question, but I see that you still post to this site, so I’m hoping to revive this thread. After searching, I found that they offered fine and extra-fine heads for my GlasStar grinder, and ...

Arcoroc has a lot of this kind of stuff, at least in clear glass. The question would be if they're wanted in some kind of color or pattern, I suppose. The other question would be whether the design itself is copyrighted. But yes, you can definitely make a mold of this. Several ways to go about it: T...

Whoa...as Val says, it's probably time to dial things back a bit and take this step by step. Glass fusing looks simple but there are a LOT of variables. When you're starting out, and want to try a lot of different ideas at once, it can be tough to figure out exactly what's going wrong. First thing y...

You could achieve that effect by screen printing, by sifting powder over a piece of lace/paper doily and carefully lifting it off, by spraying adhesive onto the glass through a stencil and sifting/sprinkling powder over the entire glass, then shaking off the excess. Or you could use a vacuum pen or ...

Small circles can be difficult to cut consistently using standard circle-cutting tools, at least until you've had some practice. And if the circles are really small, i.e., 1-2 inches in diameter, they can be a ruddy pain even when you're good at scoring and breaking. If you plan on doing a lot of sm...

I've met a lot of artists, and I could count on the fingers of one hand those that actually can take a compliment about their work. By that I mean without apologizing or questioning the observer's sanity, pointing out a missed flaw, looking uncomfortable or astonished or dubious or amused, carefully...

Castalot? Really? Are there any kiln casters out there who have actually had any success with this product? I can see how you can maybe make a mold without ANY DETAIL (perhaps A smooth bowl or plate). For any kind of detail tho, it has not worked for me. The glass comes out with rough, hazy finish,...

Permanent ceramic mold, i.e., one you can cast in multiple times, or a refractory plaster/silica mold?

Make sure you're looking at the latest version: http://www.bullseyeglass.com/images/stories/bullseye/PDF/other_technical/reactive_potential_of_bullseye_glass.pdf The older versions used to list the transparent and opal glasses separately. The new chart mixes them up. Opal glasses will have a 0 in th...

Also beware of firing lavender oil without adequate ventilation. In sufficient quantities it makes pretty nasty smoke. The one time I tried firing it in my kilns I wound up boarding the cats and sleeping in a hotel for a couple of nights while the place was aired out. Took about a week for the react...

Which red?

1) Yep, stop using so much glasstac. The less gunk you use to stick the glass particles together, the less outgassing you're going to get, the fewer bubbles get blown. 2) Not sure what your second segment is doing--it's not really hot enough for a bubble squeeze, and you shouldn't need to equalize t...

So is the idea that you wash the frit with dilute sulfuric acid to create iron sulfate or hydrochloric acid to make iron chloride, and then (since both are water soluble) you wash the frit again like crazy to dilute and remove the aqueous salt solution? You would want to make sure you get the frit v...

As a name, Nizhoni certainly works. I might, however, have chosen "Nineez," because getting all those strips exactly right must have taken forever.

Yes, you can definitely smooth it out. Remember, though, that you're working in negative space, so you're going to get a bumpout in the glass to match the hole. I'd try a firing with the chip as-is first, see if you like the result, and then potentially alter the mold with a fine diamond file or som...