New Picture - 20 inch Mica Platter
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New Picture - 20 inch Mica Platter
My last Mica Platter - Celtic Knot
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/273c8af2 ... .AmAC.3ZVr
If that will not connect because of Yahoo; try http://photos.yahoo.com/cwillfordsprint and go to #17.
Chuck
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If that will not connect because of Yahoo; try http://photos.yahoo.com/cwillfordsprint and go to #17.
Chuck
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Celtic Knot Not
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Cliff,
Very carefully, ha. All kidding aside, you have to make a firing of strips, in my case 13, that have refactory strips spaced underneath them. At slumping temps, the strips fall in the spaces and you get a set of hills and valleys. Take 6 of them and turn over and space in between the other 7 and you will create a tunnel that you can slide another set of "straight" strips through! Now you have a full weave that is of course very loose. You can now just tack fuse it together and slump later. What you are seeing is the second generation of trials using Spectrum "rack" pack glass. It has quite a bit of devit, but I was just trying to see if I could do it! To get the tunnels, I had to use a stack of paper 3/8" high to get a space that was big enough for 1/8" glass strips to slide through. Good Luck.
Chuck
Very carefully, ha. All kidding aside, you have to make a firing of strips, in my case 13, that have refactory strips spaced underneath them. At slumping temps, the strips fall in the spaces and you get a set of hills and valleys. Take 6 of them and turn over and space in between the other 7 and you will create a tunnel that you can slide another set of "straight" strips through! Now you have a full weave that is of course very loose. You can now just tack fuse it together and slump later. What you are seeing is the second generation of trials using Spectrum "rack" pack glass. It has quite a bit of devit, but I was just trying to see if I could do it! To get the tunnels, I had to use a stack of paper 3/8" high to get a space that was big enough for 1/8" glass strips to slide through. Good Luck.
Chuck
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Celtic Knot
Chuck,
What did you use to put the micas on?
Were you silk screening them. If so what do you use as a mixing medium with the micas on the screen.
Thanks
Michael
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The one on my profile is a dummy that Brad set up for me.
What did you use to put the micas on?
Were you silk screening them. If so what do you use as a mixing medium with the micas on the screen.
Thanks
Michael
My e-mail :
artglass101@hotmail.com
The one on my profile is a dummy that Brad set up for me.
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Basket Weave
Thanks for the information on how to "Weave" the glass. Your way makes more sense than what I was trying, and NO, I won't tell you about it. Sufice to say I bled for an hour.
Appreciate you sharing with us.
Jerry
Appreciate you sharing with us.
Jerry
Re: Celtic Knot
most probably with an airbrush. medium is klyrfire.Michael McNerney wrote:Chuck,
What did you use to put the micas on?
Were you silk screening them. If so what do you use as a mixing medium with the micas on the screen.
Thanks
Michael
My e-mail :
artglass101@hotmail.com
The one on my profile is a dummy that Brad set up for me.
process:
airbrush on a complete layer of mica
fuse fire
mask design with resist
sandblast
firepolish fire