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Yes, I'll be at CCM Santa Monica, Oct 31, Nov. 1, Nov. 2 in Booth 139. See you there.

Geri

Over the weekend I did a show. A customer from the previous year who'd bought a pair of long pierced earrings from me came into my booth, pulled one out of her ear after wearing it since last year (GROSS!), and plunked it in my hand without any attempt to clean it first. She wanted me to change some...

I've found that I've had better success with applying SuperSpray with a brush if I wash it before every application. You may only use the brush for SuperSpray, but it still can get contaminated from things in your environment. It will be cloudy if you're applying it too thick. After applying it, I t...

I don't have an EZ-Up, but I believe they leak because of their construction and there's really nothing you can do about it except to be prepared that things may get wet if it rains. One of the disadvantages of this canopy is that water tends to collect in low areas on the top of the canopy when it'...

I think I've used a different solvent from acetone but can't recall what it was. I know that Terry Ow-Wing has posted about it for removing posts, etc. that have been glued onto glass jewelry...perhaps a search for her posts would reveal what it is. The glue has to soak for several days and it leave...

Dichro is tricky to fire until you have some experience with it. First of all, never take it above 1500...high temps can burn the dichro coating off. Certain dichro colors tend to darken with firing, especially some of the DichroMagic dark blues and purples. After a firing or two, they can almost lo...

I may be wrong, but my understanding is that colors like red, yellow and orange are the ones that are susceptible to COE changes over multiple firings. I fire my "Firebird" series red, yellow and blue pieces 6 times and haven't ever experienced this. I also fire pieces in the same series i...

I'm puzzled as to your comment about the BE shelf you ordered. My 2 arrived in gorgeous condition. Perhaps you might want to contact them about it. It should be flat and not have any flaws. As for evil kiln shelves, they do exist. I had some and once I switched to the BE shelves, I haven't have any ...

There are two ways of removing the glue from a mirror that I've been successful with. One is to soak it in a solvent that will dissolve the glue. The other is to burn it off, which smells horrible and probably creates lots of nasty toxic fumes. Burnning off the glue on mirrors has been more successf...

There's information about how to do this in the old archives.

Good luck!

Geri

Good luck, Ruth! I've been doing shows since 1992 and am still learning new sutff. It's always an adventure. Just when you think you have it "down" something changes... A few words of advice about doing shows 1. Don't park your vehicle in someone else's booth space. This is a mistake I've ...

It sounds like you're trapping air. Do a "squeeze" at about 1180. I recently wrote a post about how to do this. Filling holes is problematic. I've used frit, chunks of glass I crushed from sheets. Often the hole repairs show, or blow out again when you take it to full fuse. Good luck with ...

I don't know anything about Kokomo specifically, but years ago I saw an article in some magazine about someone's attempts to fuse and slump various stained glass. I'd personally tried slumping some gorgeous Youghigheny (spelling is wrong) stained glass leftover from my stained glass days; it struck ...

In many kilns, you don't have to go to 1500 for a full fuse. That may be part of the problem.

Try your full fuse at a lower temp, but hold it longer.

Geri

It depends on the glass.

What kind are you using and what temp are you taking it to?

Geri

Well gee Brad, how to kill a possibly interesting thread. Might have been boring and repetitive, too. Of course, Chihuly's working in plastic now, so all this glass stuff is passe. I guess I'll have to start working on "Contemporary Warm Plastic." Heh. So the next time someone asks me if ...

Hi gang, I am about to do a large indoor retail show at a convention... many customers will be from out of town. I will be selling platters, dishes, bowls...heavy items.. This is my first show. When customer wants an item..should I box it up and have the customer take with them (will end up on airp...

I would guess that if they have any kind of thickness to them, the photo might be distorted. This is just a guess though.

You might want to make single layers cabs and just firepolish them.

Geri

I'm not sure what you're asking here...

Are you asking about using clear color (or actually, no color) transparent regular fusing glass or are you talking about using transparent dichro glass for cabs?

I've done both. It works.

Geri Comstock

Ok, being new here, I'm sure this topic has been beaten to death; however, I am curious and have no idea what to search for using the search engine. I had a lady look at my fused glass. I explained that I made it. She misunderstood thinking I did hot glass. When I explained that it was pre-existing...