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I Love it!
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 9:46 pm
by Licha Ochoa Nicholson
Hi Ellen,
I just had a chance to peek at your new piece and it's quite stunning! It is a piece that just reaches out to the viewer! Congratulations on a piece well done.
Licha
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:49 am
by PDXBarbara
Gorgeous, Ellen... say, can I have it?
Barbara
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:14 am
by daffodildeb
I was just about to ask how you got the anole lizard to stay on the vase when I realized...WOW!
(Okay, it's supposed to be the clapping hands icon--you'll just have to imagine them, I guess.)
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:42 pm
by charlie holden
Incredible! Great use of the decorative leaves to enhance the form of the bowl.
I hope you are selling these for big, big bucks.
Would you be so kind to give us your firing schedule?
ch
firing schedule
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:18 am
by ellen abbott
Our schedule is divided into 3 parts. First we dry the mold by raising the temp from room to 300° (75°/hr) and hold for 3 hrs. Then we raise it to 1100° (100°/hr) and hold for 3 hrs. Next we cast the glass by raising to 1650° (550°/hr) and holding, in this case, for 3 hrs. Annealing and cooling is done br reducing the temp to 1050° (800°/hr) and holding for 6 hrs. Then reducing to 750° (15°/hr). Last it cools to room temp (50°/hr). Let it sit in the open kiln for a day.
Marc
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:25 pm
by rodney
excellent,,,,waytago,,,rodney
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:53 pm
by Nikki ONeill
Beautiful, elegant, sensitive, simply inspiring! I love how the anole is integrated into the piece. The three-footed support seems to lighten the piece and adds another artistic element, without being fussy. And the colors are luscious.
Great work, Ellen.
The bar has been raised again.
Nikki
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:47 pm
by lindapos
Your Work is wonderful. I am a newbie to glass and you instuction on how you do this process was very interesting. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Linda Posnick
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:32 pm
by ellen abbott
Thank you all for your wonderful comments.
E
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:25 pm
by froggee501
Do you make your own frit? And what can one use as a binding agent? Would simple glue and water work?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 7:56 pm
by ellen abbott
No I don't make my own frit, although I did before it was commercially available. I use Bullseye. There are all kinds of 'binders'. I use gum arabic. Other artists use CMC which is a cellulose product. I didn't care for the white stuff it left in my finished glass but it was very tacky. I have heard of using wallpaper paste. Don't know about white glue.
E
newest work
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:03 pm
by Sherry Salito-Forsen
Breathtaking!!!
Sherry
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:29 am
by Helen Stokes
Beautiful work Ellen, can't help but marvel at how you have mastered the technique especially the 3d or undercuts ie. the gecko's head and edges of some leaves. congratulations Helen
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:49 pm
by GatorGirl
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
Kim