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[quote="Brock Do you think I could do them in frit? How would you portray the rain on the cobblestones? [/quote] Sure. Glad to help. 1. Take a graduated handful of short blue grey streamers. Stand at the top of your near-finished masterpiece. Throw them towards the foot of the piece. 2. Careful...

Jerry, My apologies. I misaddressed my post. It was directed at the originator of the thread, not at yourself. If you re-read it in that light (minus the first word "Jerry" perhaps it will make more sense. Simon Simon, You missed my point. The original post seemed to me to be from someone ...

Jerry, I suggest you read the long (3 page) and informative thread on the second page of this board: http://www.warmglass.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=640 It isn't trivial (in my experience) to make cast molds that stand up to the stresses of glass firing. Thanks to the advice of the learned people her...

I just wanted to post quickly to say that I am following this long thread closely and to thank all the various people for posting their experiences and advice. I have to say that I'm not a lot clearer on what will work for me. Partly because people's methods differ so much. I do have a lot of ideas ...

Simon, It is highly unlikely that the clay will be compatable enough to get it it survive. That would be enough for me to go back. Compatible? Do you mean it would break because of the expansion/contraction of the glass as it cools? How do you mix the dry 50/50? It must be really well mixed so that...

I've been experimenting with 50:50 hydrocal silica open face molds for filling with frit and fusing. The molds have been about 6" by 6" by 3". So far the results have been unsatisfactory. The molds have cracked, sometimes catastrophically. when attempting to fire to cure, despite prol...

One point that I don't believe has been directly addressed here: Aren't these classes at least somewhat lucrative for those giving it? As I understand it, the master glass artists giving these classes profit in several ways: 1. The fees charged to students for attendance. Of course these vary, and h...