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Your newave vases are beautiful!

My suggestion would be to call and speak with Marty at Centre deVerre.

He's extremely knowledgable and nice to talk to. He'd be an excellent source of information for you.

He's a sponsor of this board and you'll find his link at the top of the page.

Hope this helps,
Heidi

Lauralei,

Try checking the "old archive" and you'll find loads of helpful information about how to use mica powders.

Heidi

I'm sure someone with more experience can give you more detailed help, but to get you started, 1520 is much too high a temp for slumping. (In most kilns, that's hotter than necessary for fusing.) I slump between 1150 and 1250, often with a very short hold. I can't address your firing schedule, but I...

That looks really cool Jerry.

Heidi

Deborah, Needles like you've described are a result of overfiring. Without knowing your firing schedule it's hard to say if it's your temp or timing. With some experimentation you should be able to get the fuse you want without the needles, either by lowering your fuse temp or shortening your time a...

That is a glorious bowl!

Heidi

in a perfect world and if it flattens out to a perfect 1/4" thickness, it should be 12.24" in diameter. the math is left as an exercise to the reader. Thank you Charlie. I plan to watch it when it reaches temp, but I'll be less concerned about too much spreading thanks to your estimate. H...

I could view your link to the earlier /Melt/PotDrop.JPG just fine but I can't get these links to work either.

Very frustrating 'cause I wanna see! I think your pot drops are wonderful and I wish I had a kiln deep enough to try it.

Keep the pix coming, please.

Thanks,
Heidi

Hi Paul, I would like to see what you find out about what you can do with a tumbler. My husband has a vibrating tumbler and if I can use it to achieve an effect that's another tool I don't have to buy. I'll go over to craftweb and see what they say about what medium to use for possible finishes. Tha...

Thank you Cynthia. That schedule looks good and helps me a lot.

I've been cheering you on for your big show. I'm secretly admiring your courage and am sure you'll be rewarded tenfold for taking on the challenge.

Heidi

Heidi, I wouldn't go back up to 1700 for several reasons. First, the more you high fire a piece the more likely the different glasses involoved will become incompatable. Second, you will achieve the same result at a much lower temperature and you won't risk out of control glass flow. If you want th...

I've made a 10" round hi-fire piece about 3/8" thick, BE glass. For the dam I cut out a circle in a piece of Ceramaguard and lined it with fiber paper. I now want to refire it without dams to let it spread out to 1/4" thick with natural edges. (On a 21" round shelf, plenty of roo...