Whew! Finally Done

Randy W · Post by **Randy W** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:28 pm

It only took me a week to do but I finally got it done. Now I can concentrate on my maglesses.

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/74dodg ... r=/BigBowl

It's 15-1/2" diameter, all Spectrum glass. The red/orange/yellow strips are a cut up pot melt.

Randy

Don Burt · Post by **Don Burt** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:46 pm

Cool piece. Looks like laguna agate slices.

Do you have any of that pot melt left? It would be interesting to see it on other substrates too.

I would have liked to see a sparser or less regular arrangement of the little bar stripes too, but the uniform pattern is still nice.

Kim Bellis · Post by **Kim Bellis** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:49 pm

Randy - WOW!! I love it!!
Kim

Paul Tarlow · Post by **Paul Tarlow** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:08 am

Nice workmanship Randy. And a cool design.

twinkler2 · Post by **twinkler2** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:03 pm

Randy

Great work

I would have loved to have seen it pre-fired.

very cool idea

Me Kim

Barbara Muth · Post by **Barbara Muth** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:51 pm

twinkler2 wrote:Randy

Great work I would have loved to have seen it pre-fired.

very cool idea

Me Kim

Check out tthis link. Randy posted the piece pre-firing.

http://www.warmglass.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... ght=#25850

Randy, I like it a lot, which given my lack of enthusiasm for yellow, is amazing.

Barbara

Mark Hughes · Post by **Mark Hughes** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:27 am

Looks great to me too!
How did you solve your white scum problem?

Randy W · Post by **Randy W** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:40 am

Thanks for all the wonderful compliments. I had fun making it and plan on making more. It was well received by others I have shown it to also. It gets a little boring cutting all those strips but the results are well worth it.
Here's a pic of when I first started assembling it.
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/74dodg ... C00002.jpg

I had no real plan, I kinda made it up as I went along.
I don't have any strips left from that pot melt, I used the rest to make pendants. But it's not a problem to make another one.
I sandblasted the scum off then fire polished without using borax spray and it came out clear and shiney. I think I got scum cause I sprayed the borax on twice. I coated it once, let it dry then applyed a second coat. I live by the rule "more is better". I guess some new rules for borax spray is use ONLY when needed and never apply two coats.

Randy