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Been having some fun combining techniques, BL crackle, stencils and lampwork

Cut a half sheet of clear and butt against 1/2 sheet of first colour. Place your circle cutter in the middle of the join, score half circle on the colour sheet, adust length in 15mm, leave base as is, run second score. Replace colour sheet with second colour, score with same setting as previous, adj...

Hi Havi, I am in Australia (220v / 50Hz) and have 2 paragons, the GL18 (front loader) is fantastic, it also comes in a 24 if you have enough amps to run it. The ovation (coffin) is v.ordinary and I would steer clear (lid doesn't float, big cracks and bricks crumbling after 2 months use)

Both will work fine, I fire my ovation with no plugs, and have used fibre blanket when I've broken plugs

June 30 this year, big loss for Oz glass movement, am personally shattered as I had 3 pieces entered in this years emerging artist at mansfield and now they'll be in studio glass with the grown ups, much tougher gig

Hi Terry, no ideas about sheet alternatives (I just ordered what I assume will be my last crate of clear s96 which should last me a year). For frit and powder I've been using gaffer for the past 12 months with good results, i'm using mainly transparents ( lead base) and firing up to 6 times with s96...

Thanks guys Kevin, I'm working on getting shell like textures on the outsides, my husband thinks I've lost the plot, I used spend my time coldworking to get a smooth surface, now I spend the time fusing texture into it. Haydo, I'm in Darwin, we spend time on the water not in it (too many snapping ha...

Hi Jen, listing is ebay australia, the free freight makes it a good deal if you're in australia and can't purchase locally

After fusing for 8 years I'm finally making some stuff I'm happy with, this is my current favourite 45cm x 25cm, s96 and gaffer powders

Love these Haydo, Dreamtime makes my brain hurt, the bowl is sublime and the platypus makes me smile ...

Hi Kevin I'm a smoker (shame Fiona shame) so am already high risk for lung disease, when I first started using KL board I was horrified by the amount of dust I was exposed to, ditto fired papyrus. While they've run all sorts of tests on fibre products and say it's relatively safe I'm pretty sure the...

I've been using this chinese product (CCE wool) for the last week and am very happy with it. Crackle, wafers are both good, no embedded residue when I pot melt (920c) straight onto it. I vent to 440c and use the furrier side up. No affliation just a heads up, also got a roll of 1" blanket for m...

I have a cheap arse bunnings (full boar) sliding table saw with an aussie sapphire blade. Perspex (kitchen spashback) top, no probs 2 years in ....

Andrea R wrote:

Valerie Adams wrote:I think it's really sad to see this wonderful exchange bite the dust.

I'm afraid that FB has consumed many of the artists who used to post here regularly...

What is FB ?

Facebook .... (crypt of misinformation and 2 minute experts)

Are you trying to fuse and drape in a single firing? I've had some success doing this with float but not softer glass. I'd fuse the blank then slump/drape at a lower temp

Hi Jan, I'd say it was the no hold that caused the problem for 1 1/2 " (37mm) I'd hold for 6 hours. 30 mins for every 3mm. Then cool from 510 to room temp really, really slowly ....

I've been using one of these and am thrilled with the finish, I do 4 or 5 coats of primo, empty after each use and spray clean water through after so it doesn't clog up. I've been using it for texture tiles and don't lose any detail, you pump the top and it comes out like it's from a compressor http...

I've always thought confetti and shards were the same thing but did start as a lampworker, mark what you call shards I would class as mosaic frit. I wonder if terminology differences are regional, or depend on the books we've read or the teachers we've had?

Aka confetti