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Claudia, I use silicone made by GE, get it at the closest hardware which happens to be Sears. My acrylics guy says he tested them all and concluded that this was the best. He has pieces that are huge and have been outdoors for 20 years without the silicone joins degenerating. That's good enough for ...

When I was learning about glass and just started fusing I worked with a tabletop kiln, a little Paragon Quickfire with a 4 inch shelf. barbara You astound me, Barbara. Here I thought that I was the only one left in the world that had one of those little 4" jobs. :wink: Jim Jim, I keep thinking...

I find that making the vanilla sheet from frit builds in the color gradations. So you may be able to get some of the creamy color range back by furing fine vanilla frit on top. Have never blasted vanilla and fired again so i don't know if you can get it back, but when I slice the vanilla (frit glass...

Vidrio, try using fiber paper , or bead release coated steel mandrels for bead holes. Some folks have had less than success with bead release coated toothpicks. if you are new to glass I strongly recommend that you purchase the "bible" Brad's Warmglass book. When I was learning about glass...

Leslie, I recommend using silicone for glass to glass (or glass to acrylic) bonds. The silicone has give to it, which means that the bond is less likely to break when jarred. Definitely go for the "neutral cure" that Lynne recommends if you are attaching mirrors. I have had numerous E6000 ...

Becca, did you dot the antique gold over the blue? Or are the two haloes in different spaces? I am guessing that the color change may have been a chemical reaction between the two halo colors. Gold luster sometimes goes pink or purple anyway (never when you want it to, only when you don't!) Barbara

Hi Cheryl. I agree with Sara on that one. But, in case you don't believe that that's the problem, I refer you back to earlier WG discussions where it was suggested that you can introduce stress in a piece in an overlong annealing if the kiln's evenivity is off. Run a check your kiln (as per BE) to r...

Stacy, you caught the thinfire before it had finished burning off the binders. The soot you saw would have been all gone without leaving a visible trace on your glass had you gone over 1000 degrees. It is tough when you are just starting out and you see things you didn't expect to see. Your question...

my bad Marla. I meant more than 20! (not a great typist and I rush and don't always proof!) sorry!

Try the old archive instead of search. I typed in menorah and got more than 200 posts. The second thread in my list was about candle cups for menorahs.

Barbara

Had the bottom been on a kiln washed shelf? I have found occassionally that even though I thought I had gotten the glass very clean, when I flipped and fired, after the fuse I saw lines which must have been kilnwash. My solution has been either to sandblast it clean and fire again, to live with it a...

Perhaps I came across as whining. I don't expect to have content critiqued in classes where we learn technique. I think I was trying to express what may be a void for some people. Particularly those who have not taken classes and are working in their own corners, finding a resource for critiqueing m...

Brock brought this important question up in the "Thoughtful work" thread started by Catherine. I thought the question deserves some reflection apart from the "artist/voice" question. . . .But also be sure you ask someone you know has the skills and ability to provide you with a v...

I don't think mullite shelves come bigger than 20 by 20. Bigger would be too heav. You would need 2 people to put in and take out your shelf. That's why many people are using shelves made of fiberboard. Not sure where you would get them, but plenty of people here do know.

Karla, are you looking for a mullite shelf or a fiber shelf?

You could write about what inspires you, what parts of your life led you to this path, find the work around art in your past that led to this. While some customers are interested in your pedigree, others just want to know what it is about you that drives you to make what you make. If you can't write...

and it is normal for all but the layer of mica that adhered to the glass to wipe off.

Barbara

David, if you are not accustomed to doing pieces this big, you may be trapping the air on the same speed ramp up because of the size of your piece. It is closer to the elements so you are probably more likely to seal the edges before squeezing the air out , and you have the possibility of trapping a...

"Why are you doing the work that you do? What is your thought process behind your work? IS there thought behind it? Have you researched your premise? What is it that you're saying, are you saying it clearly, and why are you saying it at all?" Yeay! These are the kinds of questions I have ...

I agree with Jerry on this. A while back I was heating my work up at 200F per hour and it was still too fast for that work. Everything was breaking in the kiln. Depending on the arrangement of the elements and the shelves and the pyrometer, it is possible that you could also be heating up a lot fast...