This is the main board for discussing general techniques, tools, and processes for fusing, slumping, and related kiln-forming activities.
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mwalker2992
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Location: South Carolina
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by mwalker2992 » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:33 pm
Good morning all:
Besides etching your name onto glass, how are others signing your pieces? Is there a special pen to use after the piece has been fired?
Thanks.
Margaret Walker
Brock
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Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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by Brock » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:36 pm
You could sandblast, use a Dremel or Foredom, silk screen glass enamels, use a gold pen . . .
My memory is so good, I can't remember the last time I forgot something . . .
Jennifer Polver
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by Jennifer Polver » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:47 pm
Vitrea 160 Marker. Baked on at 325 in regular oven.
Eric Baker
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Location: Owasso, OK
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by Eric Baker » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:49 pm
if you get the chance, check out the kiln-forming video with Rudi Gritsch, put out by the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass.
in that video, at the very end, Rudi is signing his name with glass stringer and a small torch. I've not yet experimented with that trick, but it seemed to make a neat effect, and isn't probably all that difiicult once practiced.
warm regards,
Eric