Another box design, with a twist.
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Another box design, with a twist.
A new fused box design. This one has no texture from sand, it was fused freestanding on a kiln shelf. Just a light sandblasted finish to soften the colors.
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Lovely
Ron, it's so lovely! If you made it freestanding on the shelf... was your process similar to making, say, a large & wide bracelet (looking at the opening) with a lid & floor?
Love it.
Barbara
Love it.
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Ooooo, that's mighty cool, Ron. The colors are so soft and beautiful. Lisa
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Re: Lovely
The sides, 3 pieces,were slumped to shape first and then fused to the bottom piece. The top is separate. There are three open slots in the sides.PDXBarbara (Bader) wrote:Ron, it's so lovely! If you made it freestanding on the shelf... was your process similar to making, say, a large & wide bracelet (looking at the opening) with a lid & floor?
Love it.
Barbara
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Hey Ron, it looks pretty thick, could you share your annealing schedule?
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Ron Coleman wrote:The sides, 3 pieces,were slumped to shape first and then fused to the bottom piece. The top is separate. There are three open slots in the sides.PDXBarbara (Bader) wrote:Ron, it's so lovely! If you made it freestanding on the shelf... was your process similar to making, say, a large & wide bracelet (looking at the opening) with a lid & floor?
Love it.
Barbara
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Re: Lovely
All the pieces are 1/4 thick, but because of the unusual shape I annealed for 90 min at 960 f and then a 3 hour cool to 750 f and then kiln off. There was no peeking until it was cool.
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What a fabulous piece. It immediately invokes a carousel in my mind, since I'm old enough to remember them.
Why don't the sides fall in when you fuse the assembly? I thought that was why you had to do these in sand.
One of you superb tutorials would be greatly appreciated by this amateur and probably many others.
PLEASE.................................G'pa Jim[/img]
Why don't the sides fall in when you fuse the assembly? I thought that was why you had to do these in sand.
One of you superb tutorials would be greatly appreciated by this amateur and probably many others.
PLEASE.................................G'pa Jim[/img]
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The elves have been busy in the research lab recently and they added some new controls to the kiln. I'm still trying to figure out all the adjustments, maybe you can shed some light on the subject.Jim Wolverton wrote:What a fabulous piece. It immediately invokes a carousel in my mind, since I'm old enough to remember them.
Why don't the sides fall in when you fuse the assembly? I thought that was why you had to do these in sand.
One of you superb tutorials would be greatly appreciated by this amateur and probably many others.
PLEASE.................................G'pa Jim[/img]
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Re: Another box design, with a twist.
Okay, stop it Ron -- or none of us will even bother entering anything in WG@BE III.Ron Coleman wrote:A new fused box design. This one has no texture from sand, it was fused freestanding on a kiln shelf. Just a light sandblasted finish to soften the colors.
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Re: Another box design, with a twist.
Don't give up too soon Paul, I'm still trying to figure out how you made the snake.Paul Tarlow wrote:Okay, stop it Ron -- or none of us will even bother entering anything in WG@BE III.Ron Coleman wrote:A new fused box design. This one has no texture from sand, it was fused freestanding on a kiln shelf. Just a light sandblasted finish to soften the colors.
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Hey Ron,
Another lovely project. are the curved sides fused to the base , or are they slumped and then "cold-laminated" to the base?
Lovely subtle colours. I didn't see carousels.... I saw a Tibetan tent... or perhaps an upscale igloo... it hit -30C here on the weekend. You guys are worried about anealing cycles. I am more concerned with the thawing cycle.
Cheers
Bob
Another lovely project. are the curved sides fused to the base , or are they slumped and then "cold-laminated" to the base?
Lovely subtle colours. I didn't see carousels.... I saw a Tibetan tent... or perhaps an upscale igloo... it hit -30C here on the weekend. You guys are worried about anealing cycles. I am more concerned with the thawing cycle.
Cheers
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Thanks Bob, the colors come from frit, clear and lacy white BE. The inside surface has an interesting look too. I had trouble deciding which side to turn out.Bob wrote:Hey Ron,
Another lovely project. are the curved sides fused to the base , or are they slumped and then "cold-laminated" to the base?
Lovely subtle colours. I didn't see carousels.... I saw a Tibetan tent... or perhaps an upscale igloo... it hit -30C here on the weekend. You guys are worried about anealing cycles. I am more concerned with the thawing cycle.
Cheers
Bob
The sides were slumped and than coldworked for square edges and then it was all fused together.
Thirty below.........., that's just light jacket weather in Canada isn't it? We haven't been hearing much from the global warming people this winter, maybe their calculators are frozen.
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The piece is stunning. I want one. What did you do to keep the sides from sagging while they fused to the bottom section?
You want global warming! - it's been in the mid to high 80's and muggy for weeks here in South Florida. The big kilns are taking twice as long to cool down. The A/C is on in the house and car. I would gladly trade places to cool off a bit.
You want global warming! - it's been in the mid to high 80's and muggy for weeks here in South Florida. The big kilns are taking twice as long to cool down. The A/C is on in the house and car. I would gladly trade places to cool off a bit.