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First, the more people who see kiln carved architectural glass and glass sinks, the more people there will be who are thinking that they want some for themselves. My work will speak for itself and I'll get more business. --snip-- I respect Bob's approach of teaching a basic technique but not teachi...

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I'm gonna check my wash tomorrow! Thx.
BB

charlie wrote: it's happened to me on the gold parts of purple translucent irid down against the shelf/mold, against b.e. wash.

Hi Charlie.... hmmm.
I guess my next quesion is... do you know why it happened?
Thx.
Pdxbarbara

Go back a couple of weeks and read the thread on gold leaf and micas http://www.warmglass.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1772. I think you'll find that there are a number of people who have experienced this phenomenon with a number of different glasses. Ted Sawyer may be a good person to ask... but don'...

This sounds similar to the irid down problem that I've seen in the past, bust always with a black base glass... you can cratch the irid off with a fingernail and it's pitted under the surface. no answers... just validation Tony Hi Tony... YES. Do you think it's actually devit? Anyway, your descript...

P.S. your other questions, Bob....
Is the irid surface pitted?
YES.
Do granules of glass pop out?
No. Some of the crystals seem raised, tho.

Muchos gracias again, Bob.
xxoo
BB

Hi Barbara, I am guessing but I have had several irid coatings give the effect in the image. Is the irid surface pitted? Do granules of glass pop out? I have had that occur under two circumstances. One is rare and occurs on fairly "normal" pieces (i.e. I didn't expect a problem). I think ...

I'll try plopping the problem area on the scanner ... if it works, you'll see what I mean. Here are 2 scans. There are more at http://www.pbase.com/pdxbarbara/crystalized_irid_mystery_pix if ya'll get excited about this problem... Thanks guys... BB In the 2nd pic, the irid scratched off when I trie...

Barbara, does the location and shape of the problem area have any relation to the size and shape of anything slumped on this mold in the past? Different glasses seem to affect kilnwash differently. Some seem to leave more flux in the kilnwash than others as seen by the discoloration of the kilnwash...

I can't guarantee that he really cares about any glass other than mine, but he is quite adept at pretending to care when I ramble on for hours. Barbara Brian glazes (ha punny ha) over after 1.35 minutes of consistent glass talk... He does give me high praise though... says things like, "Yeah, ...

Amy... apologies for the pix.. every pic of your hifire coldworked sculpture turned out friggin' blurry. Must have been tired....
xxoo
BB

Amy Schleif-Mohr wrote:How could he not care about glass! Unreal!

Anyway, great pictures. One day I'll be able to post mine...

Amy

Amy.. Brian (my hubbette) is just like yours... & I say the same thing as you. "How could he not care about glass?"
Barbara de la PDX

Got some crystalization on irid. Slumping on kilnwashed (BE wash) SS plate. BE 1116 (turquoise blue) irid down tried to scrub it off (scotchbrite kinda thing, gently w/ wire brush. Actually took off some of the irid. Never seen this before. Usually the irid down helps with the release. Plus the crys...

afilloon wrote:
Dinah and I have begun working on a couple of new series and would like your thoughts.

Both are lovely, but I'm partial to the Mariposa series. Like clover leaf windows on universal cosmic phenomena...

Thanks for showing.
Barbara

Ah Just So, Brockomon.
TidalWaveGirl...

Go to http://www.pbase.com/pdxbarbara/whats_new & click on BECon. Sorry some pix suck, and tired of uploading for now anyways..... The glass is from the Legacy exhibit. All pairs are the teacher/student matches. Don't have 'm all here. Barbara Here's Nancy Weisser's contribution... http://www.pb...

Brock wrote:Yes, there we were, (Bob and Paul, Avery and Steve, Amy and I) in purgatory, displaced by kids art on the main floor of the gallery. Nice move! Brock

PSHAW, Brock... Consider yourself in an ELEVATED position... 'tis a nice move...

BB

I did it...Hey Paul & Bert... lookee here! I got a photo posted...
Thanks for the help.
BB

PDXBarbara (Bader) wrote:hang on... trying to post pix for 1st time...

HERE I GO...

Paul Tarlow wrote:Ok, now we are just getting silly and drifting into Spab-land.

And the problem with that is....... mmmm... can't think of one.
BB