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I know it has been awhile since anyone posted on this thread, but I wanted to share the link to a video of Judy Tuwaletstiwa and Erik Whittemore's BECon 2013 presentation: http://www.bullseyeglass.com/education/ ... emore.html

Mary Kay

On behalf of Bullseye, please accept our apologies for any technical issues playing the videos, and our sincere thanks for the supportive comments regarding the content. We offer more than 70 videos now, some with projects, some with general techniques, and some artist talks, and we are still in pro...

Hi Havi,

If you have a subscription to Bullseye's videos, here is a non-emulsion method to prepare your screen:

Screenprinting on glass with hand-cut stencils:
http://www.bullseyeglass.com/forum/inde ... =14&t=4024

Best of luck!

Mary Kay

Hi all, Bullseye recommends the Bohle pliers for inside curves and thin strips, not for most cutting tasks. We ran this thread by Janet, long-time manager of the Bullseye Resource Center. She sent me an email, saying, In my experience with these pliers, Cynthia’s evaluation is spot on. Most of the t...

Hi y'all- just where on Bullseye's site would we find the order catalog button? Thanks in advance, Cliff Ross :wink: Hi Clifford and all-- The first big mailing of Catalog #2: Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture is currently in the hands of the post office. After the dust settles, probably begi...

You are talking about stock, not art right? If so then plan to spend LOTS of time looking in the curious bins at BE. They put things in there that fuse slightly off the standard color or that might have some ripples or bumps or flaws outside the norm. There are some GREAT deals there--I got a bunch...

Hi everyone-- I have a little more information to add to the points I mentioned above---actually a correction: while testing a year or so ago, we did see a trend for the irid reaction based on which shelf separator was used. The irid foamy bubble reaction does seem to happen more often when the irid...

Hi Avery-- I am not aware of an irid formula change but am certainly happy to check on that if you can give me the sheet glass production date and style number for the rainbow irid that is acting weird. Meanwhile, I think your idea of switching to kilnwash for firing irid face down is a good idea, i...

Hi-- Here is what I know about the phenomenon where occasionally the irid bubbles when in contact from the shelf release. 1. It happens only occasionally. 2. When it does happen, it seems to happen where the irid is silver color. The color of the irid comes from the thickness of the irid coating. Th...

Hi Ted-

Glue your stringers to the piece. Let the glue dry. Then fire face down. Those stringers won't go anywhere.

Good luck!

Mary Kay

Hi Barbara, Cynthia and Ron-- Thanks for the examples! it looks like using clear glass on top is a good way to exploit the effect and that clear sheet glass, frits or stringers will do the trick. Barbara, it appears to me that you did two firings: One to fuse it flat and a second at a lower temperat...

Greetings-- From now until December 31, 2003, I would be interested in seeing a variety of photos of artwork that exploits the reaction that causes Bullseye 0146 steel blue to turn a grey metallic color. I have heard that some people fuse it and cap parts of it so that parts stay blue and parts turn...

Dear Lauren-- For Olive Opal--we have this around the factory on occasion and I am happy to tell you that we plan to add this to the regular product line in Spring 2004. Order 0212-30F for 3mm Double-rolled fusible, and 0212-50F for Thin fusible. Be patient with your Bullseye dealer--we have not ask...

Nancy: My bubbles are between my layers of glass. I'm on a pyrometer search and will report back on all my findings and solutions. Carla Hi Carla-- I've been doing some similar firings and this schedule has been working well in my really old, beat Paragon kiln (a brick kiln, not a fiber kiln). Shelf...

SAReed wrote:I'm using Spectrum 96, 3mm. Approx. 90% is 2 layers, the rest is 1 layer. The bubbles are forming under the 2 layers.

Hi--

Where the cold glass layup is 2 layers thick, how many millimeters thick is the glass actually?

Mary Kay

I'm pretty new to fusing and slumping and have had a problem with large bubbles. According to the Contemporary Warm Glass book it says the bubbles can be caused by gases given off by the shelf primer. My question is....If I "cure" the primed shelf at 500 degrees for 10 minutes, as per the...

Hi Barbara--Maybe your kiln is not cursed--perhaps it is trying to tell you something. Here is a link to Bullseye's TechNotes "Knowing your Kiln" which might help you understand the level of evenivity your kiln can support, or identify a kiln part that is busted. http://www.bullseyeconnect...

hi all, we artists on roanoke island are beginning to organise our first annual (we hope) pre christmas studio tour. any of you have any helpful hints/ideas to do (or avoid)? thanks, rosanna Publish a map with numbers for all the different locations. At the bottom of the map, list each number follo...

I am very new to fusing, and have had no difficulty with black and blue bullseye, but when I fuse red, or pink bullseye it either goes black or a yucky pink colour :( Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong. I have a kiln with a digital readout and am fusing using the following guidelines 500 for 2...

Cynthia Oliver wrote:Usually David and I disagree, but today I have to echo what David said and say...."What Ron said".

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What Cynthia said.

Mary Kay