Pot Drops / Kilns?

Tony Smith · Post by **Tony Smith** » Sat May 03, 2003 10:04 pm

Very nice work Steve... you're really doing your part to advance the art.

Tony

Dani · Post by **Dani** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:10 pm

I doubt if the flower pot would break since it was probably fired hotter to begin with.... clay and pottery is almost always fired hotter than glass, in some cases much hotter. That's part of the reason ceramics kilns are so much beefier than glass kilns... they have to work harder and at higher temps. Potters think we're a bunch of weenies

Dani · Post by **Dani** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:15 pm

PS Steve, the bowl is gorgeous. Also, there's a great demo of cutting that rim at Patty Gray's website, in case you haven't checked it out. Thanks, Patty, for sharing all that good stuff. And Steve, too! If Brad doesn't publish a techniques book soon, he'll have an entire set of encyclopedia for the warmglass artist!

Tess Farley · Post by **Tess Farley** » Sun May 04, 2003 10:46 pm

I have an Evenheat 18-9. It is only 9" deep. I have tried two pot melts so far, using a very wide but short (3 or 4 inch deep) pot on the first, and a taller 6" deep pot on the second. With the wider pot, I was able to prop it a little higher up in the kiln than the taller pot and got a better looking melt. The tall pot could only be propped up about 1.5 inches to be able to close the lid. It worked, but didn't look as good as the one placed on 4" posts. Both pots contained 3.5 lbs of glass. Next, I'm going to try it with two small pots sitting next to each other. What the heck, I'm having fun!