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by gocoach
Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:03 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fine grinding in a tight space
Replies: 0
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fine grinding in a tight space

Am searching the archives as a newbie but still haven't found exactly what I'm looking for.....help? I'm having great success using a small drop-ring mold to make 4.5" bud vase-like vessels. I'm using circular "blanks" of glass which I've pre-fused (most are 90COE-combination of clear...
by gocoach
Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:33 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Learning from the Higuchi's
Replies: 3
Views: 5674

confirmed Higuchi's

Thanks folks. I got the CMOG class brochure and the Higuchi's are scheduled for 6/21-7/2. Will notify the Studio that their website is alittle out of whack.

Sue
by gocoach
Fri Dec 19, 2003 3:26 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Learning from the Higuchi's
Replies: 3
Views: 5674

Learning from the Higuchi's

Earlier this Fall, I'd heard that the Higuchi's might be teaching at Corning in the summer of 2004. I've just checked CMOG's website and do not see them listed in the summer catalog of courses. Does anyone know if the Higuchi's **will** be teaching this summer (2004)? And where? Thanks much in advan...
by gocoach
Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:42 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Reassurance on temperature issues
Replies: 3
Views: 4399

Thanks!

Thanks Cynthia, Thanks Steve - yeah, the bunching up is a good way to describe it...seems very prone to pulling away from where the intersections lie. I"m going to try two more test of this pattern....one that is exactly as described just at a lower temperature. The other with more than one lay...
by gocoach
Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:16 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Reassurance on temperature issues
Replies: 3
Views: 4399

Reassurance on temperature issues

I've just tried the snowflake/ornament pattern in a recent copy of Glass Patterns. Used Spectrum 96 noodles (opal one time, dichro another) and have had similar results - all test pieces are coming out fully fused but also fragmented...as if they have pulled apart from one another though the design ...