Ed, thanks so much for that great idea.
Do you just use kiln wash on the TC or do you cut fiber paper circles?
With the edge particles - how much of an edge on, say, a 6-inch diameter blank?
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- Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:36 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: tack fusing 4 layers 3mm without dams to keep the volume
- Replies: 13
- Views: 26641
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:22 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: calculating weight of glass for potmelts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10821
Re: calculating weight of glass for potmelts
This made me curious about the specific gravity of recycled glass cullet, which I use sometimes. Surprise - it is also 2.5 (well, 2.49 if you want to get picky). http://www.penndot.gov/ProjectAndPrograms/RoadDesignEnvironment/Environment/PollutionPrevention/Documents/FS-%20GC%20Fact%20Sheet%20FINAL%...
- Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:59 am
- Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
- Topic: "Dumbing down" of glass art?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 192688
Re: "Dumbing down" of glass art?
I appreciate so many of the posts on this topic - so, first, a general Thank You for all the thoughtful responses. My start in warm glass was when I took a community arts center class in fusing almost three years ago, and it was like a FB group - no formal instruction, everything was fired by the in...
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:57 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Sand mold for IN the kiln
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16224
Re: Sand mold for IN the kiln
Hi Tony - I am also interested in this technique - does it matter what kind of plaster? No. 1 plaster, or plaster of Paris...?
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:48 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: calculating weight of glass for potmelts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10821
Re: calculating weight of glass for potmelts
Yes, 2.5 is specific gravity of Bullseye. I believe you also have to add 10% to allow for the glass that sticks to the pot. If you’re trying to calculate the volume of an irregular-shaped object (say a plaster mold for a sculpture), you weigh a large container of water, fill the mold with water to t...
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:31 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: How to polish a casted sculpture
- Replies: 18
- Views: 69398
Re: How to polish a casted sculpture
Wow!!! Cynthia, I’m so grateful to you for this detailed description! It sounds like just what I want for the pieces I have. THANK YOU for taking the time to write it up!!!!
Update - thanks for that info about the 3M pads, too!!
Update - thanks for that info about the 3M pads, too!!
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:43 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: How to polish a casted sculpture
- Replies: 18
- Views: 69398
Re: How to polish a casted sculpture
I’d like to hear more from Cynthia and anyone else about hand-polishing cast glass. In a casting workshop I just took, the only techniques demonstrated were: potter’s wheel with sanding surface; loose grit on plate glass; wet belt sander. I don’t have the room or money for the potter’s wheel or wet ...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:39 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11745
Re: Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
Oh, good reminder about using PAPYRUS (same here, love Papyrus :) to line the mold. This may all be moot, as this morning I fired the molds with rigidizer (from Delphi), and not only did it stink to high heaven but it turned everything with kilnwash - shelf, posts, floor - BLACK. I got the worst of ...
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:21 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11745
Re: Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
Thanks, Edpal! Yes, I am using rigidizer and kiln wash on the mold.
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:55 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11745
Re: Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
Hi Judd, Sorry I wasn't clear. I'm not slumping a bottle. I'm slumping art glass. I fused two layers of art glass and now I want to make a spoon rest with it by slumping it through a custom mold made of 1/4" fiber felt, on 1/2" posts. I can make the drop mold with a round spoon shape and a...
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11745
Drop mold for a spoon rest (open end)
I'd like to use 1/4" fiber felt to make a custom drop mold, which would create a spoon rest. Looking at the ceramic spoon rest that I currently own, it looks like I should make an oval and then a long slot that goes all the way to the edge. Here's the ceramic spoon rest IMG_2349-2.jpg IMG_2351-...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:32 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Cheap vases - are they safe to fire?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5435
Re: Cheap vases - are they safe to fire?
Thanks very much, Marty and Brad. I’ll continue my experimentation with these limitations in mind!
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:18 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Cheap vases - are they safe to fire?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5435
Cheap vases - are they safe to fire?
I bought some colored vases and bottles at Dollar Tree thinking that I could use them for color accents on my float glass creations. But when I broke them up, I saw that the thick bottoms are clear glass; only the thin sides have color. I'm concerned that the colors are some superficial coating (lik...
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Opinions needed for new kiln
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20411
Re: Opinions needed for new kiln
Thanks Edpal - very helpful!!
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Opinions needed for new kiln
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20411
Re: Opinions needed for new kiln
I am considering buying a new (preferably used) kiln, and have lots of questions - so I apologize in advance! (I hope the moderators will move this post if it needs a new thread) UPDATE - just saw an add here for an Olympic 1814GFE so would appreciate any thoughts about that particular kiln and its ...