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Whew! Finally Done
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:28 pm
by Randy W
It only took me a week to do but I finally got it done. Now I can concentrate on my maglesses.
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/74dodg ... r=/BigBowl
It's 15-1/2" diameter, all Spectrum glass. The red/orange/yellow strips are a cut up pot melt.
Randy
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:46 pm
by Don Burt
Cool piece. Looks like laguna agate slices.
Do you have any of that pot melt left? It would be interesting to see it on other substrates too.
I would have liked to see a sparser or less regular arrangement of the little bar stripes too, but the uniform pattern is still nice.
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:49 pm
by Kim Bellis
Randy - WOW!! I love it!!
Kim
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:08 am
by Paul Tarlow
Nice workmanship Randy. And a cool design.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:03 pm
by twinkler2
Randy
Great work
I would have loved to have seen it pre-fired.
very cool idea
Me Kim
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:51 pm
by Barbara Muth
twinkler2 wrote:Randy
Great work
I would have loved to have seen it pre-fired.
very cool idea
Me Kim
Check out tthis link. Randy posted the piece pre-firing.
http://www.warmglass.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... ght=#25850
Randy, I like it a lot, which given my lack of enthusiasm for yellow, is amazing.
Barbara
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:27 am
by Mark Hughes
Looks great to me too!
How did you solve your white scum problem?
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:40 am
by Randy W
Thanks for all the wonderful compliments. I had fun making it and plan on making more. It was well received by others I have shown it to also. It gets a little boring cutting all those strips but the results are well worth it.
Here's a pic of when I first started assembling it.
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/74dodg ... C00002.jpg
I had no real plan, I kinda made it up as I went along.
I don't have any strips left from that pot melt, I used the rest to make pendants. But it's not a problem to make another one.
I sandblasted the scum off then fire polished without using borax spray and it came out clear and shiney. I think I got scum cause I sprayed the borax on twice. I coated it once, let it dry then applyed a second coat. I live by the rule "more is better". I guess some new rules for borax spray is use ONLY when needed and never apply two coats.
Randy
