I think it was probably the ancient Mesopotamians, around 1500 BC. But don't worry, I'm sure there's someone alive who will claim to have invented it.Dani wrote:And who dreamt up this technique anyway??
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- Fri May 02, 2003 9:16 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Pot melts & hole size
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19166
- Fri May 02, 2003 1:03 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Bracelet mold & gravity?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7508
Complete instructions for using the mold here: http://www.edhoy.com/braceletmaking.pdf
- Thu May 01, 2003 11:31 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Bubbles from my shelf?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14142
Try Bullseye. http://www.bullseyeconnection.com/stockup.htmlSandpiper wrote:Next question who is the best supplier for the BE shelf and shelf wash. Any suggestions?
- Thu May 01, 2003 8:35 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: How Hot?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3444
Small molds take longer to slump than large ones. In general, you should keep the slumping temperature below 1300F (some people never go above 1200, but for small items 1275 is fine). You want to vary the TIME you spend soaking at the temperature. It's not unusual to have to soak 1/2 hour or longer ...
- Wed Apr 30, 2003 10:04 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: hextal glue
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11704
I think Pete VanderLaan sells it, but not sure. He's the moderator over at craft web. Amy Pete handles (or at least used to handle, I know his wife still uses it) a competitive product, which I believe is less expensive and said to be comparable to Hxtal: http://www.guadalupeglass.com/Guadalupe%20G...
- Wed Apr 30, 2003 5:22 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Another Photo
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22578
Brad, generally I would agree with you. There's something different about this occurance. I purged every cache file on my PC trying to make it work. Purged everthing, history as well. Oh well. Back to the techy day job. Well, hmmm.. That sound you hear is me scratching my head. Don't have the sligh...
- Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:19 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Another Photo
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22578
Brad - anybody. Please try that link again and let me know. It works for me. The reason it would work for you and not for others is that the photo is already cached on your PC from when you originally looked at the site. Since we haven't seen it, it's not cached on our PC, but when we try to view i...
- Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:29 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Another Photo
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22578
- Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:36 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Element Contamination
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5018
I would agree with Ron. That said, there are a number of contaminants that can impact elements. Most of these are more likely to happen in ceramic kilns than in glass kilns, and most result in degradation of the elements, not in causing the element to sag. Here's a url that has some info about eleme...
- Tue Apr 29, 2003 4:20 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: What happens in a full fuse in a slumping mould?
- Replies: 19
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Despite what you've been told, I would refuse flat rather than try to reslump in the original mold. Assuming a bowl-shaped mold, if you refire to 1400, the glass will slip down the sides and you will probably get some buckling and such in the bottom. The shape will definitely change. Refiring to fla...
- Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:25 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Fuse compatible glass when casting?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5130
- Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:24 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: WG@BEIII ??? Any information yet ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6125
We are having it. It will be in November at Bullseye's new Resource Center facility. The exact dates aren't set yet, but I would expect entries to be due in late August/early September. It's not too early to start your work for the exhibition. Last year's information is here (but this year's will ha...
- Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:11 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: 110-J paper for kiln shelves - any good or bad remarks?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6629
IMNSHO, nothing beats a well prepared kiln shelf. Brock I don't know, if you use nothing doesn't the glass stick to the shelf? :badgrin: Seriously, I would agree that a well-prepared kiln-washed kiln shelf may give you the smoothest bottom surface, provided that your firing schedule is slow and low...
- Mon Apr 28, 2003 4:34 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: coloring tempered glass
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16347
At the risk of being out-Googled, here's what I hope is a simpler explanation. Annealing is the process of slowly and carefully cooling glass so that stress is removed. Tempering is a process of rapidly cooling glass so that stress remains in a specific pattern. One of the characteristics of tempere...
- Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:36 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Fixing Sagging Elements
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17900
- Sun Apr 27, 2003 3:54 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Fixing Sagging Elements
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17900
- Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:49 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Warm Glass Conference 2003
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25284
- Mon Apr 21, 2003 3:17 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Technique Ownership - A Question of Ethics
- Replies: 183
- Views: 177914
... The other view is that a full and rich understanding of the technical aspects of fusing is a necessary foundation to entering the field. Brad, I hope you aren't lumping Bullseye into that position. We believe that what's needed to *enter* the field is being inspired by making a successful proje...
- Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:02 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Technique Ownership - A Question of Ethics
- Replies: 183
- Views: 177914
- Mon Apr 21, 2003 1:36 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: bottle glass
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12776
Re: bottle glass
Anybody tried casting with bottle glass? How was it? Franklin Though it's not exactly what you've asked about, the Clean Washington Center has done a study of using bottle glass for blowing and casting. The results weren't very good, with extra cleaning time and compatibility issues with cullet fro...