Pate de Verre - Ballotini
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:04 am
I have a large amount of extra fine glass balls ballotini. It's small enough to be described as a powder. I would like to do a little experimentation using it for the clear base with which to mix powder colors for Pate de Verre.
If I was to take "any" powdered glasses, i.e. fritted bottle glass, or my ballotini, crushed float, Bullseye, System 96 or even lead crystal and use as a clear base. Can I then mix any of these base powders with any color, any C.O.E. from Bullseye, or Kugler, etc? This is of course if I cast the entire piece with one "mixture".
For example, 90% ballotini and 10% powdered Bullseye?
My question is, If I mix with 20% 0r 30% Bullseye, for darker colors, can I have different ratio mixes within the same piece without cracking? (I don't know what my ballotini C.O.E is measured at).
When I watched the Higuchi video, it showed them fritting and grinding furnace glass (96), then mixing it with bullseye color powder (90). I heard from one of their students they use Kugler (96) in their own studio. They had all sorts of mixtures and ratios they seemed to be mixing for the same piece of work.
If your using powder, anything goes?
If I was to take "any" powdered glasses, i.e. fritted bottle glass, or my ballotini, crushed float, Bullseye, System 96 or even lead crystal and use as a clear base. Can I then mix any of these base powders with any color, any C.O.E. from Bullseye, or Kugler, etc? This is of course if I cast the entire piece with one "mixture".
For example, 90% ballotini and 10% powdered Bullseye?
My question is, If I mix with 20% 0r 30% Bullseye, for darker colors, can I have different ratio mixes within the same piece without cracking? (I don't know what my ballotini C.O.E is measured at).
When I watched the Higuchi video, it showed them fritting and grinding furnace glass (96), then mixing it with bullseye color powder (90). I heard from one of their students they use Kugler (96) in their own studio. They had all sorts of mixtures and ratios they seemed to be mixing for the same piece of work.
If your using powder, anything goes?