tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374830334033275082024-03-13T05:38:07.880-05:00Oakview ArtsThis is a blog to document our adventures in glass fusing, beading and painting. Art may occasionally happen.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-87174670772347564972014-07-31T21:52:00.001-05:002014-07-31T21:52:10.754-05:00Wow…May 27th…has it really been that long.<p>It’s been a while since I posted. The problem with blogging is that there are days when I can think of better things to do; the act of writing often feels like drudgery. But enough wining for now. </p> <p>I haven't been firing up the kiln quite as often mainly because I’ve been doing more complex pieces. Take this one for instance:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m1EQU80zJR0/U9sAeFhWZMI/AAAAAAAABpg/mZ6z9CVgtOw/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex1" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ailIzIt23Pg/U9sAfcM6ciI/AAAAAAAABpk/yuO1KBeUeFo/BLOG_Complex1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="723" height="543"></a></p> <p>This took a couple of weeks for this one to come together. I like the concept and design (but don’t look to closely at the soldering job ;-/)</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jh-etKXyOsk/U9sAgZGrRcI/AAAAAAAABpw/bqJM4_hIFC8/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex2" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hTAxQdXBxI4/U9sAhJxUOdI/AAAAAAAABp4/jVMmCcwjz94/BLOG_Complex2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="727" height="546"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QNOgLiK1zYY/U9sAiP26HhI/AAAAAAAABqA/mT-r7DlshKQ/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex3" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NQEdISnD96Q/U9sAiwgpNOI/AAAAAAAABqI/bcKLStYzTCc/BLOG_Complex3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="729" height="548"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0H3EfTgfPuo/U9sAjkjBe8I/AAAAAAAABqQ/zVDBhvH9DZM/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex4" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uoA0i5Fn428/U9sAkp01DsI/AAAAAAAABqY/sifcJYHYh_M/BLOG_Complex4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="551"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BQCs3rmzI9o/U9sAltfqKdI/AAAAAAAABqg/rMzt4daoxQI/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex5%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex5" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex5" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_pxnxwDNtGM/U9sAmQ86vvI/AAAAAAAABqo/h3D9w8GLny0/BLOG_Complex5_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="734" height="552"></a></p> <p>It was a good learning experience. The biggest problem I ran into was the gaps between the pieces were to big. I had cut the paper templates using a patter shear that left a 1/32nd inch gap. Well that was too big. The second mistake I made was doing the initial soldering too fast. The gaps didn’t fill properly so when I flipped the piece over to do the back there nice deep channels for the flux to fill and I ended up with solder that constantly bubbled and erupted. Not fun. I was being a bit paranoid because I didn’t want to overheat the glass and cause it to crack. But in spite of the drama I’m relatively pleased with how it turned out. </p> <p>I took what I learned and applied it to this next piece I made for my sister. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UI1pZ87l6Gw/U9sAoyKGvVI/AAAAAAAABqw/ci14YTBADRc/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex6" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KMpyhUM3nCs/U9sAqGGGeJI/AAAAAAAABq4/-knyaRmRqUU/BLOG_Complex6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="738" height="554"></a></p> <p>Here’s the finished piece. The soldering job is much cleaner.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-k8NOa32V1Y0/U9sArcPZ-xI/AAAAAAAABrA/hqRwF4rvzhM/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex7%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex7" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex7" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DRhk7AK6-Qs/U9sAsCaCA-I/AAAAAAAABrI/6IOVBP9t07g/BLOG_Complex7_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="726" height="773"></a></p> <p>Now I had a whole ton of white glass scrap from cutting the pieces for the circle and I had no clue what to do with it. I finally got the idea to do this:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nDiC-0jFkDY/U9sAtpZRNbI/AAAAAAAABrQ/iZl8jv_opnU/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex8%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex8" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex8" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5yL-TLuQQNY/U9sAumZUrSI/AAAAAAAABrY/Jc0Au52OkTE/BLOG_Complex8_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="728" height="547"></a></p> <p>I first fused a 10 inch blank consisting of transparent and white glass scrap, transparent frit with pieces of medium colored frit scattered throughout. I then took some of the thinner pieces of scrap and arranged them in the pattern you see above. Once I had the overall pattern I wanted I took all the pieces off and grouped them together on a piece of paper and sprinkled powered frit over the pieces to create the rainbow hue. Using a pair of tweezers I picked up each piece and put it back on the blank. I then put the whole thing the kiln and did a tack fuse. Next I slumped the whole piece in a shallow bowl mold.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UeFfNu1Zzk8/U9sAv9zo0mI/AAAAAAAABrg/12KSH6ltpy8/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex9%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex9" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jw_CRsw0mfI/U9sAwhpwgKI/AAAAAAAABro/fFwz717iG74/BLOG_Complex9_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="723" height="484"></a></p> <p>Now lately I’ve two projects in the works. I’ve been fusing tiles like crazy to make more wall hangings like the one above.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sltxZ56rs7o/U9sAxxnQJcI/AAAAAAAABrw/30fZAQsMHAQ/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex10%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex10" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex10" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x-E8c0mTy54/U9sAynOkd4I/AAAAAAAABr4/BZcfV3ATk7Q/BLOG_Complex10_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="732" height="489"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GDzvAUgr2MM/U9sAz51PRkI/AAAAAAAABsA/5i8LgX8yptA/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex10a%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex10a" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex10a" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zF5nYZzEEYI/U9sA0eK3bzI/AAAAAAAABsI/NU1u_YwDB1s/BLOG_Complex10a_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="731" height="489"></a></p> <p>An this is another beast I have in process. I had gotten some French curves and put them to use here.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-N4OAA9BKGRc/U9sA1D4WQuI/AAAAAAAABsM/CNjQZsdUjz0/s1600-h/BLOG_Complex11%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Complex11" border="0" alt="BLOG_Complex11" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p75J2fuWt2w/U9sA1-iYgvI/AAAAAAAABsY/FL-G5ayistc/BLOG_Complex11_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="734" height="491"></a></p> <p>This time I didn’t use a pattern shear to cut out the templates and after a fair amount of grinding the pieces fit together much tighter. I’ll be using powered frit to create the same kind of gradient effect like I did on the circle piece. I’ll be posting my progress. Well I’m done for now. </p> <p>Night all!</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-53455550378321581182014-05-27T20:27:00.001-05:002014-05-27T20:27:00.514-05:00Tweaking my space (And other pipe dreams)<p>I’m always fiddling with my work space…all 32 square feet. There’s more potential space in my basement but that’s currently occupied by a <a href="http://modelrr.oakviewresources.com/" target="_blank">Model Railroad</a> that I am loathe to tear out simply because I’ve put a ton of work into it (with a ton more to go) and at some point I’d like to return to that vice (well it’s a good one really). Well in the meantime I’m always try to find new ways to create more storage. I recently had a microwave on the floor in the corner and decided to move it out into the garage. I had originally thought that I would use it for making prototypes using my microwave kiln. Well it went untouched for about 6 months and I figured I could make better use of the space and put a couple of shelves in there. For those of you who are morbidly curious here is a visual tour of my space.</p> <p>Here’s the entry to my lair. I got some shelves for storing molds off to the right.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-I47__FRofo4/U4U7Gzt-Y1I/AAAAAAAABl8/xVqsUgwz5WU/s1600-h/BLOG_space0%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space0" border="0" alt="BLOG_space0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m_PpZm6jh6U/U4U7Hgn9rpI/AAAAAAAABmA/FL4gpjiEwbw/BLOG_space0_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></p> <p>The kiln area. The entire area is sheathed in 1/2 in inch durock with a double layer behind the kiln where it’s closest to the wall. The duct work for the kiln is for venting the space: one draws in cool air and circulates down around the bottom of the space to help cool the control box and the vent up top pulls the warm air out and vents it outside. the configuration works pretty well. On the balance this is not the ideal situation; I wish I had more space on the back side of the Kiln but the double layer of durock does keep things nice and cool right on the other side of the wall.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GGyIkBktnQ0/U4U7IS68_vI/AAAAAAAABmM/Csg4C-TEQsw/s1600-h/BLOG_space1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space1" border="0" alt="BLOG_space1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wxzmpy2Aun0/U4U7I9wezGI/AAAAAAAABmU/PzMo_erpDj4/BLOG_space1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="711" height="534"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sQuBpMiogJM/U4U7JnwWZmI/AAAAAAAABmc/4zNe3ehdpV8/s1600-h/BLOG_space2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space2" border="0" alt="BLOG_space2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-87SD09IFt60/U4U7KCRT7mI/AAAAAAAABmk/2jmEHhFwiJQ/BLOG_space2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="712" height="535"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_6Su1Nov11Q/U4U7Kzvae8I/AAAAAAAABms/bJYcO0smD6Y/s1600-h/BLOG_space3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space3" border="0" alt="BLOG_space3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rQ0RAo1znuw/U4U7LUvFidI/AAAAAAAABmw/XbiI6cbUQ-0/BLOG_space3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="716" height="538"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SCETshz_-Vs/U4U7MIvWQNI/AAAAAAAABm8/n9Kn0ZYZee0/s1600-h/BLOG_space4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space4" border="0" alt="BLOG_space4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1r285wtD3fE/U4U7M5xEYEI/AAAAAAAABnE/b24yYsA8sgU/BLOG_space4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="720" height="541"></a></p> <p>The space underneath my workbench.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CeBWwo256vM/U4U7NjDRMtI/AAAAAAAABnM/rElwLAcp8to/s1600-h/BLOG_space5%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space5" border="0" alt="BLOG_space5" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KQNkS_4TKQI/U4U7OZoUaVI/AAAAAAAABnU/9cvliXnug7E/BLOG_space5_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="717" height="539"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-n09U-xjwg9I/U4U7PCBTMfI/AAAAAAAABnc/DqJ8JVhIBdY/s1600-h/BLOG_space6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space6" border="0" alt="BLOG_space6" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tDHn-xhtsNo/U4U7PzbeNNI/AAAAAAAABnk/US9aG7DXRt0/BLOG_space6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="537"></a></p> <p>The topside of my workbench</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H-FZLM5p0x4/U4U7Qq49tpI/AAAAAAAABns/rCpJzGm3lfM/s1600-h/BLOG_space7%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space7" border="0" alt="BLOG_space7" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UgXcTQwM_ow/U4U7Reg2ddI/AAAAAAAABn0/iCEdFAZrThU/BLOG_space7_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="712" height="535"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7kgwNjvwvCI/U4U7SBsdiuI/AAAAAAAABn8/kGWd4ul1oG0/s1600-h/BLOG_space8%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space8" border="0" alt="BLOG_space8" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZaG0KbJQzBU/U4U7S3LvWpI/AAAAAAAABoE/dZlQMZG1UqY/BLOG_space8_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="711" height="535"></a></p> <p>The shelves above my work bench. The duck work in the picture is for a kitchen floor vent. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yJNCGnc8cgs/U4U7Tq6VJFI/AAAAAAAABoM/Vnub_PlhCEM/s1600-h/BLOG_space9%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space9" border="0" alt="BLOG_space9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HWyzNaDaBX8/U4U7UPVLiFI/AAAAAAAABoU/61L4EsM3neQ/BLOG_space9_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="707" height="531"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wejVFDRk9F4/U4U7VFMlZbI/AAAAAAAABoc/1oeeBkArrfY/s1600-h/BLOG_space10%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space10" border="0" alt="BLOG_space10" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-INgW81aJiUo/U4U7V68CuSI/AAAAAAAABok/qqrBiLnKXv4/BLOG_space10_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="709" height="533"></a></p> <p>Now do I have a dream glass shop? Sure! Our garage is due for replacement and I’ve imagined taking it’s current 20 foot length and adding another 10 – 12 feet for a glass shop. I addition, since we’ve never used the garage as an actual garage, I’ve proposed to my better half that once we rebuild the garage I could put a faux wall in about 10 feet from the actual garage door. We’d use the from space for storage (lawn mower, gardening stuff, bikes, etc.) and use the remaining space as a hobby room for me and my wife: she could do her painting on one side and I could do my glass on the other. We’ll see how things shake out.</p> <p>One thing I needed to change was the chair I was using. It’s a Swedish Balans chair and while it’s really comfortable I can think of at least half a dozen occasions where I’ve nearly killed myself (or something I was carrying) while trying to step over the chair or push it out of the way. I decided I needed something with wheels.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZtdgHHDBQBQ/U4U7WnndIwI/AAAAAAAABos/AF7Q9PVOAkM/s1600-h/BLOG_space11%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space11" border="0" alt="BLOG_space11" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--Q617O_2Q6s/U4U7XCIRHmI/AAAAAAAABo0/cL2o5klou6c/BLOG_space11_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="714" height="643"></a></p> <p>Here’s what I found at <a href="http://www.goodwill.org/" target="_blank">Goodwill</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jm_sZSNywqQ/U4U7YJgDJqI/AAAAAAAABo8/y3cECz-7j7g/s1600-h/BLOG_space12%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_space12" border="0" alt="BLOG_space12" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GtxJJNVmVWQ/U4U7YjidZLI/AAAAAAAABpA/0UyqdLruRSM/BLOG_space12_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="713" height="536"></a></p> <p>OK. I’ll admit it is a bit overkill for the space but I fell in love when I set my delicate posterior down in it. It’s truly an old leather captain’s char (captain as in Kirk…not Crunch) .</p> <p>TTFN!</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-52373885414307366112014-05-23T18:26:00.001-05:002014-05-23T18:26:20.233-05:00Messing around with Iridescent glass<p>I decided to make some decorative plates using iridescent glass. I built them directly in the casting ring on a broken piece of kiln shelf. The shelf is just big enough to hold an 8 inch ring so it was easy for me to transport the entire rig to the kiln when I was done assembling the piece. I don’t have a clamshell kiln so it’s a real pain (literally) to build something like this directly in the kiln.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KCBpFCGVJg8/U3_Y6Wx3H1I/AAAAAAAABkE/Ga8_wXCktfw/s1600-h/BLOG_irid1%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_irid1" border="0" alt="BLOG_irid1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ynmh39sS94E/U3_Y7YdR0fI/AAAAAAAABkM/m8VsMV6nCPQ/BLOG_irid1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="747" height="561"></a></p> <p> I started off with a foundation of 3 mm transparent bull's-eye glass and then topped it off with a mixture of clear and transparent orange frit. For this first piece I actually cut an 8 inch circle of glass and placed it on the bottom of the ring. For subsequent pieces I used scrap glass for the bottom layer and used clear frit to make up the difference. The first layer comes to about 9oz of glass. I then used about 3oz of colored frit and the remaining 6oz was the transparent red and iridescent glass. I carefully weighted all the components so I ended up with a little over 18 ounces of glass which will create a blank about 6mm thick. So so first layer is the transparent glass, next the colored frit and finally the transparent red glass followed by the iridescent.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HQbDg1vDYxM/U3_Y8bUcxII/AAAAAAAABkU/E0VZiwWrAxs/s1600-h/BLOG_irid2%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_irid2" border="0" alt="BLOG_irid2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MRNFkKnEA7U/U3_Y9jClnoI/AAAAAAAABkc/Q8qJ1eCMcwk/BLOG_irid2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="748" height="562"></a></p> <p>Here’s the shelf in place in the kiln.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mVd8TVqaKnY/U3_Y-gd_bAI/AAAAAAAABkg/gQNOCwpTJIk/s1600-h/BLOG_irid3%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_irid3" border="0" alt="BLOG_irid3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nXkhq8uDT8o/U3_Y_rN9GJI/AAAAAAAABks/rqwio8iE43c/BLOG_irid3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="747" height="561"></a></p> <p>All done!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sLbeCigAmE8/U3_ZAm6D7eI/AAAAAAAABkw/_129bcI1e4k/s1600-h/BLOG_irid4%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_irid4" border="0" alt="BLOG_irid4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qj0BGg_LVyc/U3_ZBarzahI/AAAAAAAABk4/CawFfYKaW3E/BLOG_irid4_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="737" height="554"></a></p> <p>I made another one using transparent blue and here’s one I did today using green.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aoBobdSQ60o/U3_ZCfPvkdI/AAAAAAAABlA/Vv6Vjwi1i2U/s1600-h/BLOG_irid5%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_irid5" border="0" alt="BLOG_irid5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8Rt4BPRKzdQ/U3_ZDEU9mTI/AAAAAAAABlI/-BlntPuBauU/BLOG_irid5_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="739" height="555"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-y8wMCh9jixM/U3_ZEGCeI4I/AAAAAAAABlU/0lcQyV9m6P0/s1600-h/BLOG_irid6%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_irid6" border="0" alt="BLOG_irid6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CWXNqkRGExo/U3_ZE2RnsQI/AAAAAAAABlc/z0K_SZWW-oc/BLOG_irid6_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="744" height="559"></a></p> <p>Here’s the blue and red one with the edges ground and ready for a fire polish. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BUupPU_iwl4/U3_ZFgfJbzI/AAAAAAAABlg/Rh2YUh7gk3U/s1600-h/BLOG_irid7%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_irid7" border="0" alt="BLOG_irid7" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HqamQtrN1TY/U3_ZGQsW8MI/AAAAAAAABlo/FiDXyif925g/BLOG_irid7_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="740" height="433"></a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-58524376052395533122014-04-30T22:13:00.001-05:002014-04-30T22:13:25.266-05:00New melts and a new piece for the spring show<p>I did a some more melts the past few days before it gets warmer. I vent my kiln from the outside and so I’m reluctant to do pot melts during the summer since the temps will be much hotter. It’s a snap to keep the control box as cool as a cucumber during the fall and winter. Right now the melts are still thick blanks that I’ll need to thin out. I’m pleased with how they turned out.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OS34ses7Dqw/U2G7iRkwQpI/AAAAAAAABic/CoNyGiLOw6c/s1600-h/BLOG_newmelt4%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_newmelt4" border="0" alt="BLOG_newmelt4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eqXNg2QZOXo/U2G7kBbCB7I/AAAAAAAABik/nZ59qKVTMZo/BLOG_newmelt4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="724" height="544"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KRlFQ-0a_sQ/U2G7l4N4j-I/AAAAAAAABis/V1wL5zn3q_A/s1600-h/BLOG_newmelt3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_newmelt3" border="0" alt="BLOG_newmelt3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PSuLiZeyyIo/U2G7nTtuBoI/AAAAAAAABi0/maVkf-1bNaU/BLOG_newmelt3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="722" height="542"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TzKEaRXfHFE/U2G7pwOg79I/AAAAAAAABi8/vwIMJZpJFEg/s1600-h/BLOG_newmelt2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_newmelt2" border="0" alt="BLOG_newmelt2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LSU_b9CgTYM/U2G7rKrx8FI/AAAAAAAABjE/rM07aKSonMo/BLOG_newmelt2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="723" height="543"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-h4aU3OgmMis/U2G7sqxIT-I/AAAAAAAABjM/U3rOKSBEuQw/s1600-h/BLOG_newmelt1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_newmelt1" border="0" alt="BLOG_newmelt1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5VVtQQEAvxo/U2G7t4_mgOI/AAAAAAAABjU/OJ4TR_g3u7A/BLOG_newmelt1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="725" height="544"></a></p> <p>When I first got into glass fusing I had envisioned creating small glass tiles (2 – 3 inches in the side) and them connecting them together using the copper foil method. There was so much to learn and explore I put that ide off to the side for a bit. But now I’ve re-visited the idea and put together this piece for the Lincoln Artists Guild spring show.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ycHGhgmVulk/U2G7vuMbvaI/AAAAAAAABjc/55rf87ZgC-U/s1600-h/BLOG_mosaic1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_mosaic1" border="0" alt="BLOG_mosaic1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-61j_ZGFyhl4/U2G7xDBZffI/AAAAAAAABjk/S2AI6juQic8/BLOG_mosaic1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="551"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3uhT0Lcn_3M/U2G7yx7LfeI/AAAAAAAABjs/gvM2ATvvaCs/s1600-h/BLOG_mosaic2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_mosaic2" border="0" alt="BLOG_mosaic2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oJCrasYxcBo/U2G70gxUz_I/AAAAAAAABj0/T3DqHTmfens/BLOG_mosaic2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="552"></a></p> <p>Well there it is. Time to break a leg again…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-3255903806191334982014-04-07T20:37:00.001-05:002014-04-07T20:37:35.645-05:00Misc. Glass Shenanigans<p><u><strong>First Shenanigan</strong></u></p> <p>So what do you do when you have several empty olive jars? </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GT0H3WkNxIw/U0NSi7AE39I/AAAAAAAABfE/LUldJ8VZzTg/s1600-h/BLOG_misc1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc1" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pbQGFOCL8C0/U0NSjlTZusI/AAAAAAAABfM/UUfLkXAXkTQ/BLOG_misc1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="582" height="664"></a></p> <p>You try fusing them together just for the hell of it. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-enLNTOQOits/U0NSkblmoQI/AAAAAAAABfU/4J-ObUIo7A8/s1600-h/BLOG_misc2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc2" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qKqpuDIwSf8/U0NSk9DXgII/AAAAAAAABfc/LoiZBp1U-pQ/BLOG_misc2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="722" height="542"></a></p> <p>Well not totally…I had visions of making a blank out of them and then slump it it into a mold for some kind of snack bowl. I remember seeing a mold over at the Delphi Glass that looked like it would be the right size (about 6.5 X 9). The results of the fuse leave a bit to be desired.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rJyOyAu0x70/U0NSliVUl2I/AAAAAAAABfk/577crtYPgDI/s1600-h/BLOG_misc3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc3" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Golm5gjcprw/U0NSmRiCmHI/AAAAAAAABfs/8zMifAAZXcY/BLOG_misc3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="734" height="482"></a></p> <p>It sort of looks cool but it suffered some major thermal shock on the cool down because of the uneven thickness of glass and a cooling schedule that was too aggressive. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Pmqidd7OBnA/U0NSnEmbVYI/AAAAAAAABf0/K7WhD3ZzR4I/s1600-h/BLOG_misc4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc4" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6kePTrj2xsY/U0NSn0RdjxI/AAAAAAAABf8/ydvFWHTfn90/BLOG_misc4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="731" height="549"></a></p> <p>I needed to use a more conservative cool down schedule plus I probably should have fused it longer at 1500 degrees to flatten it out a bit more. I held for 15 minutes when I should have done 30. It’s back in the kiln again to see if I can fix it.</p> <p><u><strong>Second Shenanigan</strong></u></p> <p><strong><u><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-EUnW-lNa5-8/U0NSo2_vhYI/AAAAAAAABgE/62FVmsizgFM/s1600-h/BLOG_misc9%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc9" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc9" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-takelePQoDk/U0NSpqthdnI/AAAAAAAABgM/sAAyJB1ZCbk/BLOG_misc9_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="723" height="543"></a></u></strong></p> <p>I talked about this melt in a blog <a href="http://oakviewart.blogspot.com/2014/01/some-more-melts-and-boofoo.html" target="_blank">post</a> a couple of months ago. I won’t rehash the details here but I’ve been trying to think of ways getting it back to the shape it was originally intended to be: round. I decided to try a method I had been using on my other pot melts to expand the size of the melt and give it a little border. When I do a pot melt I create a blank in a Slumpy’s 8 inch mini melt and then flatten it out by taking it up to 1500 for 45 minutes. I end up with a melt that’s about 10.5 inches in diameter. I found I can expand it out to about 12 inches by cutting out a clear 11.5 inch circle of glass, putting the flattened melt on top and then fusing them together. I end up with a melt about 12 inches in diameter which fits perfectly in the 12 inch melt stand.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hJzzL0VQ5DQ/U0NSqscwaeI/AAAAAAAABgU/5aYbxh7N_FI/s1600-h/BLOG_Rounds6%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Rounds6" border="0" alt="BLOG_Rounds6" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nYrspwLXHbA/U0NSrCT0MGI/AAAAAAAABgc/cvIoqKydJKA/BLOG_Rounds6_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="551"></a></p> <p>Anyway I decided to try this technique to get the oblong melt back into shape.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vw7xNuIKUcY/U0NSsDV7ADI/AAAAAAAABgk/mBz5MxyWZfQ/s1600-h/BLOG_misc5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc5" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fs4ZQl-JjwM/U0NSsne64VI/AAAAAAAABgs/wj3bcsdLD9A/BLOG_misc5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="720" height="541"></a></p> <p>I traced around my piece with a marker and then cut it out.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p6LAi3V18i8/U0NSu4-WqjI/AAAAAAAABg0/mHKCINF_ppQ/s1600-h/BLOG_misc7%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc7" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc7" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2wrPnmdLdT4/U0NSvptzobI/AAAAAAAABg8/8_knazTlBH4/BLOG_misc7_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="745" height="560"></a></p> <p>I had to use some etch to get rid of some kiln wash that had stubbornly baked on the back of the glass. Either it’s my wash that’s causing that problem or else it may be one of the downsides to melting directly into a form.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mrP1lgShGco/U0NSwUO1pVI/AAAAAAAABhE/8fxeZUF8mpI/s1600-h/BLOG_misc8%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc8" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc8" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XMg5MmxOWUE/U0NSw_j15GI/AAAAAAAABhM/CFsK7L681OM/BLOG_misc8_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="747" height="561"></a></p> <p>I then put the two pieces in a 12 inch ring casting mold; the clear glass on the bottom and the melt on top. My thinking was that the mold would confine and glass and force it to fill out the circle. It worked pretty darn good. I still had do do some grinding but for the most part I ended up with something that was reasonably round.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pNMD6e_7EPg/U0NSxkfaxVI/AAAAAAAABhU/dZ4qFqhCFp4/s1600-h/BLOG_misc10%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc10" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc10" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IToBCYTO6RQ/U0NSyS4YQhI/AAAAAAAABhc/LKuIdMT-NxM/BLOG_misc10_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="743" height="559"></a></p> <p><u><strong>Third Shenanigan</strong></u></p> <p>A touch of tragedy here. I had this decorative plate that I had made that I really didn’t care about. It was kind of lopsided and just didn’t come out like I expected.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0Rr8fyIIFTg/U0NSzV8k9DI/AAAAAAAABhk/TC7xBLadjRg/s1600-h/BLOG_misc11%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc11" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc11" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fdZoxf2k6bw/U0NS0HTkXcI/AAAAAAAABhs/c7YGkkcSwDY/BLOG_misc11_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="736" height="554"></a></p> <p>I had it in storage and there was another plate on top of it. They were separated by a couple of pieces of paper towel. So it really didn’t break my heart when I found it had broken into two pieces when I checked on it. I tried to salvage it by fusing it together again. It came out “OK” (still wasn’t crazy about it). I put the blank back on the rack to slump it some other day. The next day my wife was doing the laundry when she heard a CRACK followed by a CRASH. The piece had split and half of it fell of the shelf and on to the floor. I decided to cut it up and use some pieces in pendants but then I got the Idea that maybe I could resurrect some of it as a mosaic type thingy. So I took my cut up pieces, some additional clear glass and a large blob I got from a batch of blown glass scrap off of EBay. I figured the blob would make an interesting center to the piece. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d_LQ6XsPNFY/U0NS1F_RZLI/AAAAAAAABh0/6oJK31fv6p4/s1600-h/BLOG_misc13%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc13" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc13" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-h6e_UWADmy0/U0NS18DOyRI/AAAAAAAABh8/fOclk2D0WPI/BLOG_misc13_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="731" height="550"></a></p> <p>I’m not sure which I the more; this new incarnation or the original piece. You decide for yourself.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ji7jag2g1uI/U0NS21OwSRI/AAAAAAAABiE/AYJeyDs2REs/s1600-h/BLOG_misc14%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_misc14" border="0" alt="BLOG_misc14" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-u4wQ8yTc3Hk/U0NS3jkTGGI/AAAAAAAABiM/cjs0zv7nbiQ/BLOG_misc14_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="550"></a></p> <p>Unfortunately (or maybe hallelujah) this piece is no longer among the living. you see on thing I didn’t take into account was that the massive piece of glass in the middle made the blank about 1.5 millimeters thicker than the edges and so my cooling schedule wasn’t conservative enough and this beastie was in two pieces again after 24 hours. I tried fusing it back together again with a more conservative cool down schedule but it still wasn’t enough. It was in two pieces again when I opened the kiln. It’s now resting comfortably in file 13.</p> <p><strong><u>End of Shenanigans</u></strong></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-44599003080984874102014-04-05T13:54:00.001-05:002014-04-05T13:54:21.691-05:00Tiles and such…<p>I’m finally revisiting an idea I had when I first got into glass fusing. I had thought it would be really cool make little scenes or abstract patterns on 2 – 3 inch square tiles and then assemble them into a mosaic. By using tiles I would not be restricted to the size of a monolithic piece of glass (typically 12 X 12 inches) or the size of my kiln.</p> <p>My apologies for not having more pictures. Once I get focused in on making something like this I space taking pictures off. Right now this piece is very much proof of concept.</p> <p>This piece consists of 16 2 X 2 inch square tiles: 8 transparent and 8 opal white.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GrWDVvPrRVY/U0BRQEwRv0I/AAAAAAAABd8/U9MZBsBvn_w/s1600-h/BLOG_tiles9%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_tiles9" border="0" alt="BLOG_tiles9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IKQ7SxwyDLQ/U0BRRJowGXI/AAAAAAAABeE/nzBioKNHrd4/BLOG_tiles9_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="725" height="463"></a></p> <p>Here you seen them already foiled and soldered together in clumps. I had imaged mounting these groupings on some kind of scaffolding and having them spaced out as you see here. That idea didn’t work out to well. </p> <p>Anyway the groupings are re-enforced using a piece of 12 Ga copper wire soldered to the back.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-V8fOZgfqiog/U0BRSKNOe7I/AAAAAAAABeM/IWT3t64_HiQ/s1600-h/BLOG_tiles8%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_tiles8" border="0" alt="BLOG_tiles8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-31piLnAG92M/U0BRTDOig1I/AAAAAAAABeU/ZCdM4Gpt9tQ/BLOG_tiles8_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="726" height="546"></a></p> <p>I soldered the wire in a way that it would not bisect the transparent pieces. Anyway I decided to solder all the groupings together in a more traditional mosaic format. It turned out to be a bit of a challenge since I had already grouped some tiles together under the assumption that my original idea was going to work. Here’s one of the arrangements I came up with.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nx5POBo5Xsg/U0BRUOoysNI/AAAAAAAABec/Hu7KYAgoscU/s1600-h/BLOG_tiles10%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_tiles10" border="0" alt="BLOG_tiles10" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4-Cl1iv1TNQ/U0BRVEQ6BHI/AAAAAAAABeg/gd6R6yHwi0A/BLOG_tiles10_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="721" height="554"></a></p> <p>Well much weeping and gnashing of teeth (and one bottle of ruined patina…don’t ask me how) this is how it turned out.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-guyMFEpUXrM/U0BRWMOBasI/AAAAAAAABes/A--92ZQG1Ug/s1600-h/BLOG_tiles11%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_tiles11" border="0" alt="BLOG_tiles11" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LctwUJXzW4U/U0BRXL6XsqI/AAAAAAAABe0/WqmFUfBPhQ4/BLOG_tiles11_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="726" height="546"></a></p> <p>Not too bad. I won’t be submitting to the Spring art show. One of the tiles cracked during assembly. I plan on making a bigger one with 32 tiles. I promise I’ll be better at documenting this next time. I might even shoot video of this process and put in on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0L1QHrT2w8POjK1Q2YTsyQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a> channel.</p> <p>TTFN</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-65651389886322178782014-03-23T16:56:00.001-05:002014-03-23T16:56:39.303-05:00What’s up? This…<p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BilSQ16YodM/Uy9YZp0tPzI/AAAAAAAABcQ/fiU2ZGfFMwo/s1600-h/BLOG_Rounds6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Rounds6" border="0" alt="BLOG_Rounds6" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dZAUoY5P8hQ/Uy9YbQwvRlI/AAAAAAAABcY/Fzo__a69brA/BLOG_Rounds6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="744" height="559"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aA-Vl_eKSnM/Uy9YcYL4ulI/AAAAAAAABcg/8PG2zxxgSww/s1600-h/BLOG_Rounds4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Rounds4" border="0" alt="BLOG_Rounds4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3RmNr_mTHSc/Uy9Ydki0VbI/AAAAAAAABco/LSHSF1gR-1Q/BLOG_Rounds4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="747" height="561"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0CmzyQbgDkU/Uy9Ye42XHGI/AAAAAAAABcw/P9k4nue7oGs/s1600-h/BLOG_Rounds5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Rounds5" border="0" alt="BLOG_Rounds5" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QJxWgXr-oyg/Uy9YfkI8v5I/AAAAAAAABc4/Us_0trnM58A/BLOG_Rounds5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="748" height="562"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y92sD47A1Jk/Uy9Ygpsfc7I/AAAAAAAABdA/5yBtw0mhcOk/s1600-h/BLOG_Rounds3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Rounds3" border="0" alt="BLOG_Rounds3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tUpT8vHXzmQ/Uy9Yhrmfz9I/AAAAAAAABdI/n1nC5EChnXE/BLOG_Rounds3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="746" height="560"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RwJBBEDQ0WQ/Uy9Yibg2fXI/AAAAAAAABdQ/k5w2rTpo5q0/s1600-h/BLOG_Rounds2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Rounds2" border="0" alt="BLOG_Rounds2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wXrt9lHb5aI/Uy9Yje_EP5I/AAAAAAAABdY/weixSP2RVbc/BLOG_Rounds2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="747" height="561"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8bEKYgGkVS0/Uy9Ykj1HDcI/AAAAAAAABdg/mFHyPKUZKOc/s1600-h/BLOG_Rounds1%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Rounds1" border="0" alt="BLOG_Rounds1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mZOJx4Bsw40/Uy9YlezPpiI/AAAAAAAABdo/aXV1tdEJP0s/BLOG_Rounds1_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="748" height="562"></a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-84347895591077874232014-03-01T13:12:00.001-06:002014-03-01T13:12:16.532-06:00More Pot Melts…<p>…It’s what’s for dinner.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-I-J3s4_w2Xw/UxIw5G3N3gI/AAAAAAAABao/nC9mQEU4qpE/s1600-h/BLOG_MMelts1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MMelts1" border="0" alt="BLOG_MMelts1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DpsUmfS0CAY/UxIw6IbWyqI/AAAAAAAABaw/Hsyx_Mn8-yE/BLOG_MMelts1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="744" height="559"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-u294VOh4OR0/UxIw7G7GhAI/AAAAAAAABa4/OtWHOkfUebM/s1600-h/BLOG_MMelts6%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MMelts6" border="0" alt="BLOG_MMelts6" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-r_SNr9tH0Ow/UxIw74l5UCI/AAAAAAAABbA/w87Gpq7uXkc/BLOG_MMelts6_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="747" height="561"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0_2VzRGVeU8/UxIw85pdhmI/AAAAAAAABbI/NgCUIh3NFJQ/s1600-h/BLOG_MMelts5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MMelts5" border="0" alt="BLOG_MMelts5" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j6KSar9Qr6Q/UxIw9rW1FyI/AAAAAAAABbQ/RHqZGqwvrfY/BLOG_MMelts5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="747" height="561"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-z1jbdmPQilU/UxIw-ss6QnI/AAAAAAAABbY/q5_9gGvs-vs/s1600-h/BLOG_MMelts4%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MMelts4" border="0" alt="BLOG_MMelts4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SuSX7BXgqPM/UxIw_tuxbsI/AAAAAAAABbg/hUrdA5u9PxI/BLOG_MMelts4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="750" height="564"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fPnHG8XchHA/UxIxAvMH0vI/AAAAAAAABbo/J01tD32kaEs/s1600-h/BLOG_MMelts3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MMelts3" border="0" alt="BLOG_MMelts3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5uwmytloRNM/UxIxBXhLXKI/AAAAAAAABbw/nUvbqsbhhL0/BLOG_MMelts3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="750" height="564"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XRGeF21AMSE/UxIxCcH3FkI/AAAAAAAABb4/7IBTGqUpoKc/s1600-h/BLOG_MMelts2%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MMelts2" border="0" alt="BLOG_MMelts2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ajWw7elWaZc/UxIxDM4doLI/AAAAAAAABcA/72RoW-KaBpA/BLOG_MMelts2_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="748" height="562"></a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-5736479530974622982014-03-01T10:10:00.001-06:002014-03-01T10:10:39.117-06:00Wow…This has been hell<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4LioLhq_vFE/UxIGVwOFs4I/AAAAAAAABZA/M762GB93F1c/s1600-h/BLOG_ISee1_thumb3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_ISee1_thumb3" border="0" alt="BLOG_ISee1_thumb3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sEqLZv1oBxM/UxIGW-kX04I/AAAAAAAABZI/TZrxCUOIWNA/BLOG_ISee1_thumb3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="745" height="560"></a></p> <p>This is the schedule I said I was going to use the last time I <a href="http://oakviewart.blogspot.com/2014/02/i-see-said-blind-man.html" target="_blank">posted</a> about this piece.</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="401"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">Ramp</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Target</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Hold (in minutes)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">FULL</td> <td valign="top" width="133">960</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">50</td> <td valign="top" width="133">800</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">75</td> <td valign="top" width="133">700</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Well…the cool down schedule wasn’t slow enough. It ended up cracking again in a different location.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zjnj_FrrBYc/UxIGXgVzJII/AAAAAAAABZQ/-YAKxOrTenE/s1600-h/BLOG_shock1%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_shock1" border="0" alt="BLOG_shock1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JcwXMVrwroQ/UxIGYgNMhRI/AAAAAAAABZY/XAS5BZr5o7o/BLOG_shock1_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="736" height="799"></a></p> <p>Sorry,,,don’t have any pics but it ended up splitting up into two pieces. The split ran vertically just to the right of the dichroic figure and to the left of the pot melt. I think it occurred because the glass was thinnest in the area that I had to fill in with frit and cooled unevenly. I used an even more conservative cool down schedule and I think this time it did the trick.</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="401"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">Ramp</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Target</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Hold (in minutes)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">FULL</td> <td valign="top" width="133">960</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">50</td> <td valign="top" width="133">800</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">50</td> <td valign="top" width="133">700</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">50</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yoetLv8x8I4/UxIGZW34DGI/AAAAAAAABZc/9WYMjW3Avx8/s1600-h/BLOG_shock2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_shock2" border="0" alt="BLOG_shock2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ePaOcjEfcSc/UxIGaGxTzeI/AAAAAAAABZo/Xm3RgxdtsLc/BLOG_shock2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="745" height="560"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iSRH3sF0QTg/UxIGbFl9A-I/AAAAAAAABZw/9BTsjChvzdI/s1600-h/BLOG_shock3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_shock3" border="0" alt="BLOG_shock3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DCOzjLULTxs/UxIGbgkV8JI/AAAAAAAABZ4/ntU2ygRticc/BLOG_shock3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="742" height="558"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5drDsfzjGI4/UxIGc1eeESI/AAAAAAAABaA/AbZCiGreZ2c/s1600-h/BLOG_shock4%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_shock4" border="0" alt="BLOG_shock4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hjxGrcGRKTM/UxIGdbNtk8I/AAAAAAAABaI/uN1yOSXHpyg/BLOG_shock4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="742" height="557"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6OsFym5vSjw/UxIGenJ-oPI/AAAAAAAABaQ/EcbJf39b5-k/s1600-h/BLOG_shock5%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_shock5" border="0" alt="BLOG_shock5" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QX0rkDomJXU/UxIGfX7bcwI/AAAAAAAABaY/-J9hs3PiCjo/BLOG_shock5_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="740" height="556"></a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-28393615946298571762014-02-22T11:55:00.000-06:002014-02-22T11:55:01.045-06:00Turtle or Turdlo?<p>Back when one of my daughters was a toddler she had a tendency to add “lo” to certain words. Squirrel became Squirrlo, turtle became turdlo, squid became squidlo and so on. I would gently correct her but soon she started doing it deliberately and get the biggest kick out of my feigned indignation: “It’s squirrel not squirrlo”. It was a fun little game. Good memories.</p> <p>So what does a turdlo have to do with the next piece I put together. I guess I’m trying to suggest something about the mixed feelings I have over how it turned out. </p> <p>I had a pot melt that I accidentally broke into a couple of pieces and I decided to go ahead and break it up some more and re-fuse the pieces into pendants. The problem was the pieces that I had fused seemed to be a bit oversized for pendants. I started arranging them on a 10 X 10 glass plate and at first I though I could make them look like a very abstract school of fish swimming in the sea. Well that wasn’t really coming together to well but as I arranged the pieces I began to see another pattern beginning to form.</p> <p>Here is the “turtle” tack fused to the glass.</p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kk0T6330vyY/UwjihhYQeUI/AAAAAAAABXU/6di2J2byt9E/s1600-h/BLOG_Whim1%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Whim1" border="0" alt="BLOG_Whim1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jzNpDzm2hPw/UwjiiQmnSWI/AAAAAAAABXc/RlpMNEO4tJI/BLOG_Whim1_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="741" height="557"></a> <p>I decided to fill in the turtle’s body with medium opaque green frit and use transparent blue for the ocean. I dug through my scrap glass bin and found some pieces that looked fairly organic and sea shell like.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pI8K1RekSDs/UwjikIEIXqI/AAAAAAAABXk/c8ES31lJ3Ak/s1600-h/BLOG_Whim2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Whim2" border="0" alt="BLOG_Whim2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3HLGlGVhJdc/Uwjik7k3-iI/AAAAAAAABXs/jN-qSdcJmDQ/BLOG_Whim2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="740" height="556"></a></p> <p>Here’s how things came together in the kiln.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-e-pv4oZyvFY/UwjillKR_gI/AAAAAAAABX0/EmcibKTu7AM/s1600-h/BLOG_Whim3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Whim3" border="0" alt="BLOG_Whim3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xcz07QLNLGY/UwjimOQHhtI/AAAAAAAABX8/KGl4cqCiSz4/BLOG_Whim3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="740" height="556"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R8kgYaJNH04/UwjinspNoYI/AAAAAAAABYE/Iwa2aMSeO4w/s1600-h/BLOG_Whim4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Whim4" border="0" alt="BLOG_Whim4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jGvUzFlgbAk/UwjioPzy-PI/AAAAAAAABYM/7wcvi450NGs/BLOG_Whim4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="743" height="558"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nWyU7rz-BK4/UwjipE9BxuI/AAAAAAAABYU/DgelVrlZ-N4/s1600-h/BLOG_Whim5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Whim5" border="0" alt="BLOG_Whim5" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AqjO_tWQkjI/Uwjipta3zEI/AAAAAAAABYc/xMdYZEH08zo/BLOG_Whim5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="742" height="558"></a></p> <p>Here’s the result after a contour fuse (1400 Deg @ 10 minutes).</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NWCdyCKoMwc/UwjiqplhvRI/AAAAAAAABYk/68OeAuRR9tg/s1600-h/BLOG_Whim6%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_Whim6" border="0" alt="BLOG_Whim6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bPAmmlRPb9c/UwjirQqIHMI/AAAAAAAABYs/VZKpRsLPtpQ/BLOG_Whim6_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="745" height="560"></a></p> <p>Wow. Yeah I suppose it came out “OK” but I’m seeing two problems with this.</p> <p>1. I had envision the turtle’s body having sharper boundaries and I’m not really sure why I thought using medium frit would provide that. It looks kind of sloppy to me. But then again this is an abstract piece so then…well…whatever.</p> <p>2. I should have used a lower fusing temperate. it should have been more ink the tack fuse range like 1350. the “sea shell” pieces I added pretty much lost their surface texture and slumped too much.</p> <p>So is it a Turtle or a Turdlo?</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-72544000135326442402014-02-22T11:00:00.001-06:002014-02-22T11:00:24.340-06:00I see said the blind man…<p>I my last <a href="http://oakviewart.blogspot.com/2014/02/you-probably-dont-want-to-forget-this.html" target="_blank">post</a> I spent a fair amount of time licking my wounds do to a massive air bubble that formed under a piece I was firing. I was fairly confident I could fix things by doing another tack fuse. </p> <p>Well it worked…sort of.</p> <p>The bubble fused flat and there’s a hole where a check of glass broke off. Not a big deal since that will be filled in with frit.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qA20Z4BEsuM/UwjXiEoHbPI/AAAAAAAABWM/3Z8BJiufhU0/s1600-h/BLOG_ISee1%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_ISee1" border="0" alt="BLOG_ISee1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jw8JNlQXugs/UwjXjBFmM5I/AAAAAAAABWU/J_hYvbgMKNs/BLOG_ISee1_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="730" height="549"></a></p> <p>The point where I got hammered was the cool down after the anneal soak. After the piece had been out of the kiln for about a day a crack formed along the boundary of the pot melt.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-g0mMlDpRZko/UwjXlANACSI/AAAAAAAABWc/tVYtEsYtQHo/s1600-h/BLOG_ISee2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_ISee2" border="0" alt="BLOG_ISee2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wJuNkQsiemw/UwjXl6x6pQI/AAAAAAAABWg/s10R5n5dTDQ/BLOG_ISee2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="730" height="548"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-X4TRIeQDreE/UwjXms2YhHI/AAAAAAAABWs/f7yFePtJT38/s1600-h/BLOG_ISee3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_ISee3" border="0" alt="BLOG_ISee3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HUrWxB1St1w/UwjXnVGNV9I/AAAAAAAABWw/6liMYqt3pUk/BLOG_ISee3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="730" height="548"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RS7bKMyXHRY/UwjXoJiRuLI/AAAAAAAABW8/SXiB4xSMPrE/s1600-h/BLOG_ISee4%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_ISee4" border="0" alt="BLOG_ISee4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gab31rsm3sc/UwjXpOE57rI/AAAAAAAABXE/WLqgEm76pWE/BLOG_ISee4_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="731" height="549"></a></p> <p>I spent a couple of days scratching my head of over this one before I realized what the problem was. I used a cool down schedule which I though was appropriate for a piece that had an overall thickness of ~9 millimeters. the problem was my piece was not uniformly 9 millimeters. Here’s the cool down portion of my schedule.</p> <p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">Ramp</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Target</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Hold (in minutes)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">FULL</td> <td valign="top" width="133">960</td> <td valign="top" width="133">80 </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">75</td> <td valign="top" width="133">800</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">150</td> <td valign="top" width="133">700</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">200</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p>I think this would have been OK if the piece was uniformly 9 mm thick but this was too aggressive relative to what I was trying to do. 3mm glass is going to cool much faster than 9 mm and that’s what introduced stress along the boundary of the pot melt. If anything I need treat as though I were cooling down something that was 12 – 15 mm thick due to the varying glass thicknesses. Here is the schedule I plan on using next time.</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="401"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">Ramp</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Target</td> <td valign="top" width="133">Hold (in minutes)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">FULL</td> <td valign="top" width="133">960</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">50</td> <td valign="top" width="133">800</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">75</td> <td valign="top" width="133">700</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>I’m thinking (knock on wood) this should do the trick.</p> <p>I’ll keep ya posted.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-75296801536292937212014-02-17T07:15:00.000-06:002014-02-17T07:15:00.737-06:00You probably don’t want to forget this step…Normally after I put kiln wash on a shelf I put it in the oven and let it bake 200 degrees for an hour and then bump it up to 500 for 15 minutes or so to get all the moisture out. On this occasion I forgot to put a timer on and it ended up baking at 200 degrees for a couple of hours. I figured this was enough, let the shelf cool down again and then used it a few hours later to tack fuse this project.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4jp1FLisuGU/UwGO7Ed2SBI/AAAAAAAABUk/j8pC-9YT4nQ/s1600-h/BLOG_bubble1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="BLOG_bubble1" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BA1XsO9UVUM/UwGO7g-fAOI/AAAAAAAABUs/sEGlJMpM6Sc/BLOG_bubble1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="553" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BLOG_bubble1" width="736" /></a><br />
The failure to bake it at 500 degrees turned out to be a mega fail.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nFuUr8yX60o/UwGO8y4w7gI/AAAAAAAABU0/G8xkD4EKp40/s1600-h/BLOG_bubble2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="BLOG_bubble2" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-d2OO9o_tsBM/UwGO9W_vViI/AAAAAAAABU8/5ZZYUrsCj5U/BLOG_bubble2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="493" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BLOG_bubble2" width="737" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TLmhRXnMibo/UwGO-vjciVI/AAAAAAAABVE/wc5WfsqRvlw/s1600-h/BLOG_bubble3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="BLOG_bubble3" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IbIPBEYdWbM/UwGO_d92OwI/AAAAAAAABVM/-WtMxHR7yPs/BLOG_bubble3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="492" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BLOG_bubble3" width="735" /></a><br />
OUCH!<br />
I figured I could fix it by drilling a hole in the bubble and then taking the piece to slumping temperature. I flipped it upside down and filled the depression with water. I cut the hole using a 1/8 inch carbide tipped glass bit and a Dremel moto tool.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Io3O9na2YxI/UwGPACH13jI/AAAAAAAABVU/sn-xCmVhNl4/s1600-h/BLOG_bubble4%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="BLOG_bubble4" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qy4HK28n8mY/UwGPA4pKRSI/AAAAAAAABVc/tfprvIoGZ14/BLOG_bubble4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="498" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BLOG_bubble4" width="744" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HIkhTbAVskU/UwGPBfnRG1I/AAAAAAAABVk/3c7lsTIAx60/s1600-h/BLOG_bubble5%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="BLOG_bubble5" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wQ8grK17jmk/UwGPCPtP1TI/AAAAAAAABVs/xemewMWcMHY/BLOG_bubble5_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="498" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BLOG_bubble5" width="746" /></a><br />
Of course one hole wasn’t enough for me. I was being a bit paranoid and tried drilling a second one because I was worried that the hole would seal up as the glass settled and I’d still be left with a bubble. The first hold drilled clean. The second one not so much.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CMGfBai8FdU/UwGPC6hfqOI/AAAAAAAABV0/e74ejfscKW8/s1600-h/BLOG_bubble6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="BLOG_bubble6" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f-tdzLcau2c/UwGPDpqjydI/AAAAAAAABV8/M6PhE9N7PL4/BLOG_bubble6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="496" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BLOG_bubble6" width="741" /></a><br />
But this doesn’t necessarily bother me either since I had planned on putting a layer of colored frit on top and then doing a contour fuse. I’ll just fill the hole in with frit. Unfortunately the small cracks pictured here weren’t content on staying “small” and grew to split the piece in half. I’m still pretty confident that I can salvage it and fuse it back together. The lesson here is you want to make darn sure you’ve got all the moisture removed from your shelf before firing something like this.<br />
Dang! This smarts though… Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-746121465116092522014-02-13T20:03:00.001-06:002014-02-13T20:03:56.175-06:00More Trouble…<p>…hopefully a good kind.</p> <p>I decided to keep using the mini melt rings for doing pot melts for now until I can get the right furniture for melting directly into casting rings. My last <a href="http://oakviewart.blogspot.com/2014/01/some-more-melts-and-boofoo.html" target="_blank">attempt</a> didn’t work out so well. In order to keep using terra cotta saucers I really need something like this.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fxcxr9MpG5o/Uv15RrtRiVI/AAAAAAAABR8/zfhURBevWGY/s1600-h/211604%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="211604" border="0" alt="211604" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vJ1lTzRIHAs/Uv15SRL1p0I/AAAAAAAABSE/JXIXv3qp2h4/211604_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="142"></a></p> <p>I found this at <a href="http://www.delphiglass.com/glass-molds/drop-rings-pot-melts/pot-melt-support" target="_blank">Delphi Glass</a>. The problem here is that it’s designed for their pot melt system so it’s only 7 inches wide and from what I can tell the hole itself is no more than 5 inches in diameter. In order to take advantage of the 8 inch saucers I really need something that’s 10 inches wide with a 6 to 6.5 inch hole. I’m fairly sure I wont be able to buy something that ready made so I’ll have to make one myself out of a kiln shelf. In theory that shouldn’t be to hard if you have the right equipment to cut a hole. There’s one catch; I don’t have the right equipment. </p> <p>So in the meantime I’ll stick with using the mini melt casting rings. The main disadvantage to that is I’m introducing and extra step in the process. I have to take the blank and do and extended full fuse at 1500 for about 45 minutes to flatten it out. But this isn’t really what this post is about. </p> <p>I was looking at my 8 inch ring and thinking “I can probably squeeze 2 of them in my kiln and maybe even a 6 inch melt as well”. I had been doing my melts on a kiln washed shelf set directly on the bottom of the kiln. I decided lose the shelf and line the bottom of My 16 X 16 inch kiln with a 17 X 17 inch piece of 3 millimeter fiber paper. </p> <p>Here’s two 8 inch melts in situ (I’ve been dying to use that somewhere…Crappy Diem!)</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-U_zIR9JCDJ8/Uv15TK352II/AAAAAAAABSM/kgsyV-Qh0Ls/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt1" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qbxc0lYdHfc/Uv15TwzCFBI/AAAAAAAABSU/NaKXojJBGOk/BLOG_MultiMelt1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="744" height="559"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cAt7SRMbUis/Uv15U2pPSBI/AAAAAAAABSc/AbGICQHW8Sw/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt2" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-27I7zH5cMUY/Uv15Vl0OSOI/AAAAAAAABSk/5Fiq-cXcR5w/BLOG_MultiMelt2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="750" height="564"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-P8Mmu5D8sn0/Uv15WvRDPMI/AAAAAAAABSo/jynXzKJ5vNk/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt3" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QyKUwN3zx3o/Uv15XcJZRwI/AAAAAAAABSw/qLsLoWwiZts/BLOG_MultiMelt3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="751" height="565"></a></p> <p>Here are the results:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mmjlBbw_-bY/Uv15YOdWamI/AAAAAAAABS4/8FrFhHbdwiY/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt4%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt4" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EkEXQHKuHGg/Uv15Y0U8EZI/AAAAAAAABTE/0Bmgbb3CUZA/BLOG_MultiMelt4_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="729" height="608"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZD_IDb5-Z-4/Uv15Z-IraxI/AAAAAAAABTM/HmjKqP7E_-0/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt5%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt5" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HrH5n1C5iy4/Uv15as11LyI/AAAAAAAABTU/vRfE-YLMg8k/BLOG_MultiMelt5_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="732" height="641"></a></p> <p>For the next batch I did 3. If it weren’t for the thermocouple I could squeeze in another 6 incher. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-azlJNKEeaZE/Uv15cWANgiI/AAAAAAAABTc/0PuFqi-xTDI/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt6" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LmqRHmfxZFs/Uv15dEbUvII/AAAAAAAABTk/gpRjXHK13C8/BLOG_MultiMelt6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="734" height="552"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Xtsej_CmYC0/Uv15ePWevnI/AAAAAAAABTs/py0idJP-9yw/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt7%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt7" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt7" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ifURxpCIkvw/Uv15fRMvJeI/AAAAAAAABT0/ylFjlQPSk50/BLOG_MultiMelt7_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="734" height="603"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dewZ-6egDyE/Uv15gHiPl_I/AAAAAAAABT8/PxTOGMh9Gps/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt8%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt8" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pH_g7V8S_Fc/Uv15gzUmRQI/AAAAAAAABUE/J5qgQ5DO62Q/BLOG_MultiMelt8_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="731" height="592"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qAf2CrwOiOw/Uv15hz8Xn-I/AAAAAAAABUM/foBQOyXxBhg/s1600-h/BLOG_MultiMelt9%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_MultiMelt9" border="0" alt="BLOG_MultiMelt9" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jLHJ_yyfFXA/Uv15iqmgqMI/AAAAAAAABUU/8CVUQddkR7c/BLOG_MultiMelt9_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="551"></a></p> <p>While being able to crank out a bunch of melts out a small kiln is pretty cool there’s a downside to this. I have further processing to do on these blanks and I can really only do one at a time especially if I’m flattening them out. Hmmm…maybe I just need a bigger kiln…Muah Ha Ha ha ha.</p> <p>Yup. This is trouble.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-42318970120035272972014-01-31T20:01:00.001-06:002014-01-31T20:01:25.397-06:00Winging it<p>Well not really. The interesting thing about fusing glass is that sometimes the things you think are going to turn out great end up being sort of “Meh…” and others that are thrown together turn out better than expected.</p> <p>Take this next piece for instance.</p> <p>I was trying to decide if I wanted to put together another piece for the <a href="http://www.artscene.org/1390867866" target="_blank">Lincoln Artists Guild show</a> and settled on doing something with this melt.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_6_8Yy2ucsU/UuxVS8fYSpI/AAAAAAAABQE/8sOrCywNVUg/s1600-h/BLOG_PMRoll3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_PMRoll3" border="0" alt="BLOG_PMRoll3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SZE-ZZeGaK4/UuxVT0R0WVI/AAAAAAAABQM/cr29h3RNOx0/BLOG_PMRoll3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="727" height="546"></a></p> <p>I didn’t want to just add a border on to the melt like I did for this piece.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zY9IBsSWZoM/UuxVVIHAo5I/AAAAAAAABQU/b-Iz2XI_h0c/s1600-h/BLOG_OutofTheBox3%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_OutofTheBox3" border="0" alt="BLOG_OutofTheBox3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Xjxp6VYQGuE/UuxVViNYIDI/AAAAAAAABQc/qO_rNwxZ7mY/BLOG_OutofTheBox3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="725" height="544"></a></p> <p>I decided to take random chunks of glass, scatter them around the melt and do a contour fuse.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ePwRisWqVBs/UuxVWdH_H4I/AAAAAAAABQk/52zkGtTtbfk/s1600-h/BLOG_NewAP1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_NewAP1" border="0" alt="BLOG_NewAP1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3w0RSkVD0J8/UuxVXDBvAKI/AAAAAAAABQs/Q_FogaWDl90/BLOG_NewAP1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="729" height="605"></a></p> <p>Now for some reason I didn’t have high expectations for this but it’s always nice to be pleasantly surprised.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ioJhgkce1J0/UuxVX9dqdPI/AAAAAAAABQ0/dzSNIqgiQ60/s1600-h/BLOG_NewAP2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_NewAP2" border="0" alt="BLOG_NewAP2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ywCZH5AVT6s/UuxVYbBndEI/AAAAAAAABQ8/af9uC6ETxNI/BLOG_NewAP2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="727" height="574"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZuRCL6FgLBM/UuxVZa5-Q7I/AAAAAAAABRE/RNaijX8Djzg/s1600-h/BLOG_NewAP3%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_NewAP3" border="0" alt="BLOG_NewAP3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tcH3qASqc-s/UuxVaCZO_gI/AAAAAAAABRM/9k3HujkpWaQ/BLOG_NewAP3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="550"></a></p> <p>The glass chunks ended up taking on a gemstone like appearance.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-A_2zIL7AzV0/UuxVaxM0xJI/AAAAAAAABRU/YFlQQLUF2kU/s1600-h/BLOG_NewAP4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_NewAP4" border="0" alt="BLOG_NewAP4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Cdhfjph1ERU/UuxVbg1CqdI/AAAAAAAABRc/2LLJkLw-yHo/BLOG_NewAP4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="734" height="609"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2qoHVwqJrBc/UuxVcS-gvCI/AAAAAAAABRk/evAU3DIwqHc/s1600-h/BLOG_NewAP5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_NewAP5" border="0" alt="BLOG_NewAP5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PfWbjXmCC1A/UuxVc0WFSII/AAAAAAAABRs/uR-zY8B216U/BLOG_NewAP5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="633"></a></p> <p>Now this has inspired me to do a mosaic piece just using the blown glass scrap.</p> <p>No…I’m not having any fun at all.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-75576345979988373032014-01-29T21:10:00.001-06:002014-01-29T21:10:31.439-06:00Some More Melts and a Boofoo<p>First the good stuff.</p> <p>Here’s a couple of melts that still need to be flattened out.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-awXHUWkyC4I/UunCg0oG1MI/AAAAAAAABOI/G81pWKgY3Ao/s1600-h/IMG_2402%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_2402" border="0" alt="IMG_2402" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UQr2eelnA94/UunCiFbpGhI/AAAAAAAABOQ/1gTfSfmt_5k/IMG_2402_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="735" height="552"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ox3kPJkJyls/UunCi_fct-I/AAAAAAAABOY/Kiuu3Kp5Zjs/s1600-h/IMG_2401%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_2401" border="0" alt="IMG_2401" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xUvVrKPigVg/UunCjphN3JI/AAAAAAAABOg/Eo0WFWw_aoY/IMG_2401_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="738" height="556"></a></p> <p>Here’s a melt that I just flattened out. I used the bottom of the melt rather than the top because I think the colors and patterns were more interesting. I might use this for another art piece for the guild show.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gIouOG2fmzI/UunCkY009XI/AAAAAAAABOo/7HPFS1zjZss/s1600-h/BLOG_PMRoll3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_PMRoll3" border="0" alt="BLOG_PMRoll3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ACXbODgffhI/UunClBJyTYI/AAAAAAAABOw/gQBpdtcbUwY/BLOG_PMRoll3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="738" height="555"></a></p> <p>And now for the boofoo (and it was a doozy).</p> <p>Up until now I’ve been doing my melts into a Slumpys 8 inch mini melt ring using 8 inch terra cotta saucers. I’ve been wanting to do a melt directly in a casting ring and just recently got the furniture to do so. I made up a plate with two 3/4 inch holes about 2 inches apart in the center and then two more on either side near the edges of the saucer. Essentially the pattern ran lengthwise in the center of the plate leaving plenty of space to rest the plates on the furniture.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--VMBoW4w160/UunCln30vrI/AAAAAAAABO4/1f4i6AhGVe8/s1600-h/BLOG_PMUnRoll4%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_PMUnRoll4" border="0" alt="BLOG_PMUnRoll4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uT1XjqOHeIo/UunCmSAm3iI/AAAAAAAABPA/j9uSOeBmsYw/BLOG_PMUnRoll4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="727" height="546"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-neapctpe3ns/UunCnDyNFHI/AAAAAAAABPI/k5gkuc8xnLo/s1600-h/BLOG_PMUnRoll5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_PMUnRoll5" border="0" alt="BLOG_PMUnRoll5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-elEs-g8lqq0/UunCnkVIisI/AAAAAAAABPQ/_0nU5HZQwqo/BLOG_PMUnRoll5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="725" height="544"></a></p> <p>Now the problem here was that since I couldn’t see the holes because they were covered by glass I failed to double check the hole orientation by lifting the saucer and looking underneath I ended up placing two of the holes directly on to of the furniture. </p> <p>The results were ugly (and no I didn’t take pictures). There was melted glass around the furniture and stuck to the bottom of the saucer. I ended up throwing bother the posts and the saucer out.</p> <p>Ugh.</p> <p>Now as for the melt itself…it’s interesting. It’s kind of oblongish…and right now I have no clue what to do with it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2NdMemf-10E/UunCowBU2aI/AAAAAAAABPY/EpykzNDj_Y8/s1600-h/BLOG_PMUnRoll6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_PMUnRoll6" border="0" alt="BLOG_PMUnRoll6" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2m12qjP_nIs/UunCpZGuk_I/AAAAAAAABPg/Vo0d_jBRNB8/BLOG_PMUnRoll6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="731" height="550"></a></p> <p>This is one of those “just stick this glass rack and think about it” pieces. Some Idea will gel sooner or later. The reality given the limits of my method a lot of my melts will still need to be done (I think) using the mini melt. Sometimes I put holes near the edge of the saucer and there won’t be enough saucer available to rest on the furniture. Oh well…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-15270115692064695642014-01-29T20:38:00.001-06:002014-01-29T20:38:23.150-06:00An Art Show Piece<p>Here’s the latest piece that will be on display at the Lincoln Artists Guild show at <a href="http://www.artscene.org/1390867866" target="_blank">Out of the Box</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xjeIvaVu4hE/Uum7DUy-ZlI/AAAAAAAABNQ/tpRHocbmcbg/s1600-h/BLOG_OutofTheBox3%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_OutofTheBox3" border="0" alt="BLOG_OutofTheBox3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xUXRpkpnnGc/Uum7ELoeb1I/AAAAAAAABNY/sGfVamPXSio/BLOG_OutofTheBox3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="710" height="534"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WLtOkeRE5mU/Uum7FK_cGeI/AAAAAAAABNg/KBL7Ik-YVV8/s1600-h/BLOG_OutofTheBox2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_OutofTheBox2" border="0" alt="BLOG_OutofTheBox2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m9LoBMPydrw/Uum7F4fFkiI/AAAAAAAABNo/SFYq-kthu1c/BLOG_OutofTheBox2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="537"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zFxIGqoVC9E/Uum7GgSXndI/AAAAAAAABNw/b7cTT3wsM5I/s1600-h/BLOG_OutofTheBox1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_OutofTheBox1" border="0" alt="BLOG_OutofTheBox1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--bP65M3Yw7E/Uum7HTUD45I/AAAAAAAABN4/l0QwGRT3BrM/BLOG_OutofTheBox1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="538"></a></p> <p>My main regret about this pieces is that one of the “points" is a bit cut off. That’s how it kind of came out of the pot melt ring and it’s also due to a near disaster I had with this melt. I had a different border on it that didn’t turn out and I had to cut it off and replace it with the mosaic (and that was quite a nerve wracking piece of surgery). Hopefully everybody will be razzle dazzled by the colors. Smoke and mirrors ya know…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-75623119353730797862014-01-19T19:14:00.001-06:002014-01-19T19:17:06.032-06:00Now that was a fail Part 2: The Glass Strikes Back…Uhhhhh there’s no <a href="http://oakviewart.blogspot.com/2014/01/now-that-was-fail-but-redemption.html" target="_blank">redemption</a> this time. Everything started off on a good note. I was able to re-fuse a piece that had broken off during ramp up. I had decided to incorporate a pot melt that I didn’t particularly care about just to try out this fancy shmancy mold. <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JbMCpW7lPC8/Utx3xpyS_0I/AAAAAAAABKY/iRaR_hcdazw/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-c24kAB8QpDU/Utx3z-owF-I/AAAAAAAABKg/R6vVhZuF6Ag/Blog_fancybowlfail1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="572" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail1" width="721" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m1ITz022I_k/Utx32HwQuII/AAAAAAAABKo/AZ8bPH65vKg/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail2" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eWdndZUh7bM/Utx33kLZXcI/AAAAAAAABKw/4WVolSupBI0/Blog_fancybowlfail2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="547" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail2" width="727" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--pXe00ZLeRM/Utx35ReJqbI/AAAAAAAABK4/LoFnLHKqenc/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail3" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LufqgY0ljU8/Utx360iO7zI/AAAAAAAABLA/ZQMH7iRH9JA/Blog_fancybowlfail3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="556" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail3" width="728" /></a><br />
There was a little bit of overhang but I figured it would get drawn in as a glass slumped (and it did for the most part).<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TKOwS3QsEsQ/Utx38l5eMQI/AAAAAAAABLI/FycSzwXUQ04/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail4" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pfeE9SYP_34/Utx3-VNxMCI/AAAAAAAABLQ/mbOEq2b_F7g/Blog_fancybowlfail4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="551" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail4" width="733" /></a><br />
Here’s the results:<br />
KA POW!<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-P-Lr6gA9bjM/Utx4ArvnXJI/AAAAAAAABLY/hY7LfzfiiWI/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail5%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail5" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Vz7LGy75sHY/Utx4CbLQzsI/AAAAAAAABLg/72Xgvw7P17M/Blog_fancybowlfail5_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="550" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail5" width="731" /></a><br />
BANG!<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WiCgsWuzqPQ/Utx4EWcbooI/AAAAAAAABLo/RvI5dCNZrNk/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail6" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lB-0pE21sLU/Utx4F9JY3UI/AAAAAAAABLw/ddpTJ9SVSjs/Blog_fancybowlfail6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="549" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail6" width="731" /></a><br />
ZOT!<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-88pCs0nqRtE/Utx4HZf1pUI/AAAAAAAABL4/dwzH1hNGHT8/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail7%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail7" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-c-vgsCt9Kjg/Utx4I4AkTNI/AAAAAAAABMA/bXJ_li3NiM4/Blog_fancybowlfail7_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="397" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail7" width="729" /></a><br />
OOF!<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PqcmmbuxU5s/Utx4KpVOcDI/AAAAAAAABMI/eiTmw5FxgjY/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail8%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail8" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--4QL1Lp2RQE/Utx4MgVJZcI/AAAAAAAABMQ/3oVXouSF4SM/Blog_fancybowlfail8_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="482" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail8" width="726" /></a><br />
D’OH!<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4z4SzVSkWOA/Utx4Oc2nBNI/AAAAAAAABMY/qvOIgXUh_WU/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail9%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail9" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LcVKymFKBKg/Utx4Pw5hvaI/AAAAAAAABMg/qfIWYB1nrE0/Blog_fancybowlfail9_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="345" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail9" width="722" /></a><br />
D’OH!, D’OH!<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oDPJqjB6n4c/Utx4RoeEGbI/AAAAAAAABMo/eECUkDJiTp4/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail10%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail10" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S9DI1DC6U2A/Utx4TVIzGvI/AAAAAAAABMw/2-c31CBQgQY/Blog_fancybowlfail10_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="387" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail10" width="728" /></a><br />
After doing some research I figured I’ve had just about everything bad happen that could happen (well not really…but I feel better thinking that way because I feel like I’ve gotten all the bad mojo out of my system in one fell swoop).<br />
Here’s what went wrong.<br />
<ol>
<li>The gaping holes in the glass: I don’t think they were air bubbles because the glass didn’t fully slump into the mold so there was plenty of places for air to escape. I don’t think the holes were caused by thermal shock because they really look too organic. It looks like the glass was torn as it was slumping. Why? The border I added consisted of scrap blown glass and although it was fused together at a fairly high temperature (20 minutes at 1500 degrees) some of the bonds between the scraps may have been weaker to some of the colored glass coatings that were used. Perhaps if I fired those kinds of borders at a higher temperature (1530 – 1550) that might create a stronger bond. Either that I should limit the size of those borders for 1/2 to 1 inch wide. I’ll need to experiment some more.</li>
<li>The stretch marks on the underside of the glass: I’m not sure about this. The glass I was using was scrap system 96. Here’s the slumping schedule:</li>
</ol>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">RAMP</td> <td valign="top" width="133">TARGET TEMP</td> <td valign="top" width="133">HOLD</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">250</td> <td valign="top" width="133">250</td> <td valign="top" width="133">15</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">250</td> <td valign="top" width="133">900</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">300</td> <td valign="top" width="133">1100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">10</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">75</td> <td valign="top" width="133">1250</td> <td valign="top" width="133">30</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">FULL</td> <td valign="top" width="133">960</td> <td valign="top" width="133">60</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">75</td> <td valign="top" width="133">800</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">125</td> <td valign="top" width="133">700</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="133">200</td> <td valign="top" width="133">100</td> <td valign="top" width="133">0</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Here’s what I’ve come up with:<br />
<ul>
<li>The glass had been fired too many times. Due to the thermal shock that occurred during ramp up I had to fire the piece two additional times. So from beginning to end the pieces was fired a total of 7 times. That might have caused the stability of the glass to degrade.</li>
<li>My ramp up is too fast relative to the thickness of the glass and the kind of mold I was slumping into. The overall thickness of the pieces was about 7.5 mm and I thought I had a fairly safe ramp up but maybe not. In this situation slower is better; perhaps a 150 for the initial ramp to the annealing point and then 50 to the slump target temperature. </li>
<li>The target temperature was too high. Maybe I should do a longer hold at a lower temperature at, lets say 1150 to 1200 degrees.</li>
<li>My blank was too big. There was about a quarter inch overhang around the mold and It’s possible that the extra glass caused some resistance as it was being dragged into the mold creating the stretch marks (and contributing to the tears). Next time I’ll try making the blank a little smaller than the mold and see if that helps.</li>
</ul>
I was able to get a cross section picture of the piece after I broke it up and it looks like the stretch marks are a series of vertical cracks up extending about one half two thirds the thickness of the glass.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vg_DuCfjG9E/Utx4UhQWdAI/AAAAAAAABM4/i0tbpIsWEkg/s1600-h/Blog_fancybowlfail12%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog_fancybowlfail12" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PHb53MsaF_M/Utx4WKH3UpI/AAAAAAAABNA/t-047qHWB1c/Blog_fancybowlfail12_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="310" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Blog_fancybowlfail12" width="730" /></a><br />
Interesting. <br />
3. And finally…It didn’t slump into the mold completely. I’m assuming it was partly due to problems #1 and 2. Maybe for a mold like this it’ doesn’t need to slump to a “airtight” seal so to speak. When all was said and done it looks like it was probably slumped enough.<br />
Well that’s enough wound licking for now.<br />
Cya!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-33831266456326464582014-01-17T11:28:00.001-06:002014-01-17T11:28:32.172-06:00Like it never even happened…<p>Ha.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-x2CzGG6JfCw/UtloHG2mKDI/AAAAAAAABJs/eJ68fc2c5Dc/s1600-h/Blog_re-do1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_re-do1" border="0" alt="Blog_re-do1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2ivut1RIUuM/UtloJzJ4AqI/AAAAAAAABJ0/LKv158nGGno/Blog_re-do1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="709"></a></p> <p>Here’s the piece after grinding and etching just before the fire polish.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nsqPTu4LlFg/UtloMLhv23I/AAAAAAAABJ8/MXtNij3qnXI/s1600-h/Blog_re-do2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_re-do2" border="0" alt="Blog_re-do2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vw4CsEgzZc4/UtloOvalZLI/AAAAAAAABKE/CO3SfFfW7Y0/Blog_re-do2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="653"></a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-25972640498484383452014-01-15T22:19:00.001-06:002014-01-15T22:19:10.255-06:00This morning I just learned…<p>…my kiln doesn’t heat evenly.</p> <p>The hard way.</p> <p>The project was simple enough. I had this pot melt that was a bit on the small side that I didn’t quite know what to do with.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4fDCp2-sJZs/Utddj29aq_I/AAAAAAAABHo/0_DXn3caYCc/s1600-h/Blog_heat1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat1" border="0" alt="Blog_heat1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2RZO1yNu4es/UtddkqrX4FI/AAAAAAAABHw/FXdUBn76RuU/Blog_heat1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="537"></a></p> <p>And I had this funky mold I wanted to try out.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZVqPFpyncrk/UtddlRnBTZI/AAAAAAAABH4/qXGEsOnVmvM/s1600-h/Blog_heat2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat2" border="0" alt="Blog_heat2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZzBIqfwzsSQ/UtddmO4RFgI/AAAAAAAABIA/uCRBfYzTILE/Blog_heat2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="717" height="568"></a></p> <p>So I got out my 12 inch ring mold, put the melt in the center, surrounded it with scrap blown glass, did a full fuse, smoothed out the rough edges with the grinder and put it in the kiln again for a contour fuse to round the edges. Now I’ve had a piece thermal shock during cool down from an annealing that was too short and open the kiln briefly when it was a 350 degrees. This is the first time something has blown up on me during the heat up phase. Now when I head up the glass I’ve been using the “rule of thumb” rates that I saw (if I remember correctly) on the Glass Campus web site. The basic rules were this: </p> <ul> <li>6mm glass –> ramp up at 400 degrees per hour.</li> <li>9mm glass –> ramp up at 300 degrees per hour.</li> <li>12mm glass –> ramp up at 200 degrees per hour.</li></ul> <p>Something like that. The blank that was in there was only 7mm thick but I used the ramp up for 9mm glass just to be safe. Here’s what happened:</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZXI8qTKztTM/UtddnMvhJjI/AAAAAAAABII/xLluLyHAB9M/s1600-h/Blog_heat3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat3" border="0" alt="Blog_heat3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VG6ZoB85hoc/Utddn8bgu-I/AAAAAAAABIQ/j1E3N52xon8/Blog_heat3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="723" height="690"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bNCJFEs6V8I/UtddorfogcI/AAAAAAAABIY/Bx7g6U-6hUY/s1600-h/Blog_heat4%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat4" border="0" alt="Blog_heat4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sTKtOJuJ1fo/UtddpfZdcJI/AAAAAAAABIg/_w_d4Zj3PKs/Blog_heat4_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="726" height="711"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j1_9NkzrooE/UtddqIxtK5I/AAAAAAAABIo/ffK-brWoh2I/s1600-h/Blog_heat5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat5" border="0" alt="Blog_heat5" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4mE0GVFCjzs/UtddqqHhvUI/AAAAAAAABIw/blu9_uRXksE/Blog_heat5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="721" height="542"></a></p> <p>Ouch!</p> <p>The only thing I can think of is that the the borders I’ve been using for my plates are made up of pieces of scrap blown glass. Now even though the pieces are “fused” together their bonds may not be as strong as they are in the pot melt itself. I’ve used the same ramping schedule on other plates but in those situations the melt made up the bulk of the plate mass and so was inherently stronger and more stable. There could have been a coating on a couple of pieces that introduced a weakness in the piece that mad it more sensitive to a kiln that didn’t heat evenly. That’s my best guess. I decided to go ahead and try to fuse the darn thing back together again. This time I’m ramping up at a much more conservative 200 degrees per hour.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-N7jCoIn7V7s/UtddrssBJeI/AAAAAAAABI4/z_iCvS0g7wU/s1600-h/Blog_heat6%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat6" border="0" alt="Blog_heat6" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-py7Y4-SbwrE/UtddsL_r0GI/AAAAAAAABJA/t12AKFoGsL0/Blog_heat6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="700" height="431"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fo7XFzHIBUI/Utddsy-hKBI/AAAAAAAABJI/QSZBCpC78hk/s1600-h/Blog_heat7%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat7" border="0" alt="Blog_heat7" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kPEr5slOqog/UtddtsL954I/AAAAAAAABJQ/RWBARxGubZo/Blog_heat7_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="699" height="598"></a></p> <p>I did a little grinding to try to get the pieces to fit closer together and I added a few scraps along the break just to make sure the pieces thoroughly fuse together. I also put kiln posts up against the pieces to make sure doesn’t “move” during heating. OK it’s probably a bit overkill but color me paranoid. I’m going to need to grind the darn thing anyway because it will end up being a bit oblong from trying to mend the break.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JG7pcV9KhiM/UtddudaefLI/AAAAAAAABJY/uxJgGz8LjiI/s1600-h/Blog_heat8%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_heat8" border="0" alt="Blog_heat8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WKbaI6sJv6M/UtddvIVH2MI/AAAAAAAABJg/7CZnra6dP2o/Blog_heat8_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="688" height="592"></a></p> <p>I’ll keep you posted in the results..</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-86302877985383538272014-01-09T20:43:00.001-06:002014-01-09T20:43:12.405-06:00Now that was a fail (but redemption draweth nigh…)<p>The idea started out innocently enough. I wanted to do another piece for the artists guild and decided to use the most eye poppingly colorful melt I had done and mount it in a 12 X 12 inch picture frame. The plan was to add a border, tack fuse the piece on to a 3mm piece of clear glass and put the entire piece into the fame. </p> <p>I wanted to do a clear border and have pieces from another melt radiate out sort of like spokes on a wheel. I picked out some clear glass from my hoard of blown glass and washed the pieces thoroughly. Some of the chunks were pretty big so I decided to break them up using a home made frit maker (I got the idea from a post on a glass forum). now some of the glass was crushed into to small frit and I added some of that as well. At the the time all the frit looked clean to be but as the cliché goes “appearance can be deceptive”.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8YXyEwZsnII/Us9d_pccfJI/AAAAAAAABFQ/nN_jcMxBCc8/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood1" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6UkXTfgxO-k/Us9eATspIFI/AAAAAAAABFY/mJeYRujqdyw/BLOG_FailGood1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="725" height="545"></a></p> <p>Well the spokes didn’t melt (or look) like I thought they would and there were tiny dirty bubbles scattered throughout the border. Pretty nasty looking!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kzM0_PUaHcM/Us9eBchKjqI/AAAAAAAABFg/o4UEkibhF6E/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood2" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-e5YVrtjRwTE/Us9eCE2-K5I/AAAAAAAABFo/SCU8yEsTGRs/BLOG_FailGood2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="727" height="546"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YbASwPX6_SU/Us9eDJPUAhI/AAAAAAAABFw/REw-4iLM59U/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood3" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LOvZHJAKZlE/Us9eEABCRgI/AAAAAAAABF4/UCNYqokA6ww/BLOG_FailGood3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="724" height="544"></a></p> <p>After a brief expletive laden moment of fear, loathing, and panic I determined my best shot as salvaging the melt was to cut off the border using my glass cutter. It was a little nerve racking but it wasn’t that hard to do. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7AwBG8osvuQ/Us9eFMYKmaI/AAAAAAAABGA/Po4TD9Pxruk/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood4%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood4" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xSCSBh5wq4k/Us9eFzrcHlI/AAAAAAAABGI/oqEiB8bX_wg/BLOG_FailGood4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="725" height="545"></a></p> <p>The pieces from the border ended up in file 13. Here’s the piece after I ground the border.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UAkJNpiezk4/Us9eHFaPxDI/AAAAAAAABGQ/Es1ZB3i8hrQ/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood5%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood5" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YtVh9j_ML_M/Us9eIPXNBkI/AAAAAAAABGY/wduoPyOg0SE/BLOG_FailGood5_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="724" height="544"></a></p> <p>I ended up going with the same collage border I had been recently using for some plates.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QBGKbBHMtlQ/Us9eJRbOcjI/AAAAAAAABGg/1GO4f8-xmEU/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood6%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood6" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood6" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RYT8BVGpor4/Us9eKuXh2ZI/AAAAAAAABGo/uYeyk_bdme4/BLOG_FailGood6_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="728" height="547"></a></p> <p>I think the results are a lot better!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UOOkS9-O1xo/Us9eLj29oVI/AAAAAAAABGw/Ht8Pmk0MvIk/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood7%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood7" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood7" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-guyfvA2m2SA/Us9eMlaeeQI/AAAAAAAABG4/7QIuedXN-sI/BLOG_FailGood7_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="731" height="549"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Sm8Dd7GJG7Q/Us9eOsyBmrI/AAAAAAAABHA/idhaH22u2So/s1600-h/BLOG_FailGood8%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_FailGood8" border="0" alt="BLOG_FailGood8" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Gzj7g75qQsI/Us9ePifrmsI/AAAAAAAABHI/TJx9_COgRMI/BLOG_FailGood8_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="733" height="551"></a></p> <p>So what happened with my frit maker. Well when I read about it on a forum the idea sounded simple enough. The frit maker consists of two pieces of galvanized pipe; one two inches in diameter with a cap on the end and a longer piece one inch in diameter also with a cap on the end. I put the glass in the bigger pipe and use the smaller pipe to crush the frit. After re-reading the post, I see forgot to perform one step: I should have used a magnet to remove the bits of steel that got dislodged from the pipe during the crushing process. That’s what made the frit “dirty”. At least this explanation sounds good to me.</p> <p>Oops!</p> Blogger Labels: <a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/Pot Melt" rel="Tag">Pot Melt</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/guild" rel="Tag">guild</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/glass" rel="Tag">glass</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/bubbles" rel="Tag">bubbles</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/plates" rel="Tag">plates</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/magnet" rel="Tag">magnet</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/artists" rel="Tag">artists</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/frit maker" rel="Tag">frit maker</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-58651362500842965692014-01-04T20:00:00.000-06:002014-01-09T20:02:49.320-06:00A few Christmas Presents…<p>I made a few decorative plates for family members. They all took longer than I thought they would be I think the effort was worth it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XiQk7k5OaV8/Us9UfuG8f1I/AAAAAAAABC4/jbrC0OJoH_o/s1600-h/Presents1783%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1783" border="0" alt="Presents1783" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-M0d6QvMu2WA/Us9UgySSxKI/AAAAAAAABDA/EQ3jbNjTxOc/Presents1783_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="705" height="530"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZGd1xvqHOFg/Us9UiHcAK9I/AAAAAAAABDI/zcKmhem-FU4/s1600-h/Presents1791%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1791" border="0" alt="Presents1791" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4vakn7Yohzk/Us9Ui0_ANII/AAAAAAAABDQ/JeFY8S_BH4w/Presents1791_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="711" height="534"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uLTTIFGBxNI/Us9Uj9fmuEI/AAAAAAAABDY/LQ2ZoMqowdo/s1600-h/Presents1790%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1790" border="0" alt="Presents1790" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ryv_Osd_mzU/Us9Uk-shjOI/AAAAAAAABDg/W2ghT1vpL-U/Presents1790_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="712" height="535"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QiCsEUYIW6s/Us9UmCwtsMI/AAAAAAAABDo/TtCCR1lPyv0/s1600-h/Presents1789%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1789" border="0" alt="Presents1789" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wStzzl0-8fs/Us9UnMrfd1I/AAAAAAAABDw/XLyK5o1lxyI/Presents1789_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="537"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GNy7pD2cJMg/Us9UoNCdirI/AAAAAAAABD4/iZEJzwG0DOs/s1600-h/Presents1788%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1788" border="0" alt="Presents1788" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XUdIMKc6EUc/Us9UpKacXMI/AAAAAAAABEA/iVxiUIHSX5E/Presents1788_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="716" height="538"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ylOITHCTdl0/Us9Uqis2rFI/AAAAAAAABEI/lJ7yp8wG8aQ/s1600-h/Presents1787%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1787" border="0" alt="Presents1787" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FWxg4QgfomI/Us9UrsEB3LI/AAAAAAAABEQ/W7UTz8Lk8LM/Presents1787_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="538"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C4ySOcCt8vo/Us9UslTAfxI/AAAAAAAABEY/AQ7Zo2RCLYU/s1600-h/Presents1786%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1786" border="0" alt="Presents1786" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-obCwQco7U_s/Us9UtjQB9GI/AAAAAAAABEg/7JyvxKcOlcY/Presents1786_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="715" height="537"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iXjveMdTw60/Us9Uu6i0vgI/AAAAAAAABEo/kc6pgTm5Jm8/s1600-h/Presents1785%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1785" border="0" alt="Presents1785" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SJP_LMa3GB0/Us9UvqOD5tI/AAAAAAAABEw/G80Ah3KD4BI/Presents1785_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="719" height="540"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-P8XzLXnQatI/Us9Uwy6J9_I/AAAAAAAABE4/kGqLA2UcEJo/s1600-h/Presents1784%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Presents1784" border="0" alt="Presents1784" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vRs0s88oKFU/Us9UxhvUTSI/AAAAAAAABFA/taCmm4oyawI/Presents1784_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="718" height="539"></a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-39084717601280084092014-01-01T11:42:00.001-06:002014-01-01T11:42:12.902-06:00Turning Fails into an Un-fails<p>I’m being a bit un-serious with this post (but then again maybe un-not).</p> <p>At one point I was thinking about writing off this melt as a total loss and just tossing it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ukTQJ_jjA2M/UsRTQIjZaJI/AAAAAAAAA_U/hPxH8XAZnFQ/s1600-h/Blog_BadMelt1a%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_BadMelt1a" border="0" alt="Blog_BadMelt1a" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PaTCBYG6lAY/UsRTRbv192I/AAAAAAAAA_c/bfhCcSp1170/Blog_BadMelt1a_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="680" height="650"></a></p> <p>Well took this melt above and combined it with parts of this failed slump below (it died of thermal shock) and I think I may have pulled a rabbit out of my hat.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8gq7Fy3pY0c/UsRTSfyNCDI/AAAAAAAAA_k/hhs1arh-k4c/s1600-h/BLOG_potplate7%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BLOG_potplate7" border="0" alt="BLOG_potplate7" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aNPTgho-uPA/UsRTTCcM2UI/AAAAAAAAA_s/CyvEpGxCoDY/BLOG_potplate7_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="680" height="607"></a></p> <p>Here was my plan to “fix” it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rV2IQw0758Q/UsRTUAGJyBI/AAAAAAAAA_0/L8AFqDS66Tg/s1600-h/Blog_BadMelt2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_BadMelt2" border="0" alt="Blog_BadMelt2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JItjvUzyJL8/UsRTUyQV3qI/AAAAAAAAA_8/2n4N4ZuimAQ/Blog_BadMelt2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="687" height="517"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-llf4mmx4ROI/UsRTWDLhoDI/AAAAAAAABAE/TInWrGlm4qk/s1600-h/Blog_BadMelt3%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_BadMelt3" border="0" alt="Blog_BadMelt3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_3v2-0Aeeb8/UsRTW5_qhmI/AAAAAAAABAM/Sb0Ie3mDMdc/Blog_BadMelt3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="685" height="515"></a></p> <p>And here’s how it looks after firing.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ckQFfPXOKiA/UsRTYDK0exI/AAAAAAAABAU/AK8dxny8XOQ/s1600-h/Blog_Unfail1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Unfail1" border="0" alt="Blog_Unfail1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Yl5kg3ziHzQ/UsRTY2bhqWI/AAAAAAAABAc/tJQZfYsL4qM/Blog_Unfail1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="695" height="522"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UQIPEWrJoBo/UsRTZz5kK7I/AAAAAAAABAk/DeskMSwo-dM/s1600-h/Blog_Unfail2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Unfail2" border="0" alt="Blog_Unfail2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-POsTWdmdEf4/UsRTa45T4TI/AAAAAAAABAs/nbd2G0HlZZ0/Blog_Unfail2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="691" height="519"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5Jl5BiGng-8/UsRTb0q1pFI/AAAAAAAABA0/ASfssGCvqnA/s1600-h/Blog_Unfail3%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Unfail3" border="0" alt="Blog_Unfail3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sLfeLjUyROM/UsRTc9vefDI/AAAAAAAABA8/WLZj9kbDtL8/Blog_Unfail3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="693" height="520"></a></p> <p>the chards from the other pot melt look like feathers and the other colored chunks I placed on it give it a 3D effect. Overall it definitely has a “Native American” look to it. </p> <p>So be of good cheer if you have projects that crash and burn. There’s ways of redeeming them.</p> <p>Happy new year! </p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-27815272980870509122013-12-29T22:23:00.001-06:002013-12-29T22:23:36.551-06:00OK…I get it now<p>Up until now I’ve been content to use Armor Etch to handle devitrification. Quite frankly my attitude has been “Sandblaster? Don’t need no stinkin sandblaster!”.</p> <p>Well I guess junior here has met his match…</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZKagHLCT1kY/UsD1Qs8I6kI/AAAAAAAAA-8/XBOWq7fV60k/s1600-h/Blog_devit1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_devit1" border="0" alt="Blog_devit1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3-vTJqQ9X7A/UsD1Rriu-NI/AAAAAAAAA_E/pQiXrlGPztg/Blog_devit1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="687" height="516"></a></p> <p>I must have poured a quarter of the bottle on this thing.</p> <p>Ouch!</p> Blogger Labels: <a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/devitrification" rel="Tag">devitrification</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/Armor Etch" rel="Tag">Armor Etch</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/Etch" rel="Tag">Etch</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/Sandblaster" rel="Tag">Sandblaster</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-15408862650455236082013-12-23T10:54:00.001-06:002013-12-23T10:54:31.908-06:00Pot Melt Loco Crazy<p>I’m finding that pot melts addicting. Here’s some picks of what I’ve recently been doing.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7DdLRogDcJI/Urhqg9d69LI/AAAAAAAAA8U/DPHzjlVtqBY/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt1" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NIvwKMEH_90/Urhqh81fsZI/AAAAAAAAA8c/3cYudUq1bdE/Blog_Locomelt1_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="661" height="618"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XZ41-5qZoz0/Urhqi16iVYI/AAAAAAAAA8k/iEEFDiJioDY/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt2%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt2" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zTxtc0X358s/Urhqj6ZArkI/AAAAAAAAA8s/P-1QfPiCKb8/Blog_Locomelt2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="659" height="495"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-msMQt9CXMT8/Urhqku-vxHI/AAAAAAAAA80/KFbJgJneGgk/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt3%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt3" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sYdEQrA17is/UrhqlQaKyRI/AAAAAAAAA84/ez6UwWqCLG0/Blog_Locomelt3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="665" height="643"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_LSJpGRvipo/UrhqmUQLgHI/AAAAAAAAA9E/uuXzU3QDLIY/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt4%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt4" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DbhsD6n1g8s/Urhqnc_aAGI/AAAAAAAAA9M/ZZfnbqbXyoc/Blog_Locomelt4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="671" height="504"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Vc5gab39U6w/UrhqoeHYekI/AAAAAAAAA9U/Qcwd07cW4PE/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt5%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt5" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt5" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RGG_frpuQiU/UrhqpBBSLyI/AAAAAAAAA9c/QEADZxAVP0o/Blog_Locomelt5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="670" height="504"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2Kno2kEFoXc/UrhqpytYGkI/AAAAAAAAA9k/oy7bny8iZHY/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt6%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt6" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt6" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dKxePmq-Y4I/UrhqqkA0fSI/AAAAAAAAA9s/Lq3TiPj9lw4/Blog_Locomelt6_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="677" height="509"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ueRjBSyBq7c/UrhqrSxCQDI/AAAAAAAAA90/Y5TZ6Iub95w/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt7%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt7" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt7" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sqXLVAwmB5M/UrhqsK61oiI/AAAAAAAAA98/qi0H4Jidfsc/Blog_Locomelt7_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="677" height="638"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t8buY3pAaK8/UrhqtGXmYwI/AAAAAAAAA-E/MKk7jO16aBc/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt8%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt8" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SSqQTJ2UHFA/Urhqt2B7IYI/AAAAAAAAA-M/9-a8ogUNUgc/Blog_Locomelt8_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="678" height="510"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aXzJZSg53Hg/UrhqvFLV1uI/AAAAAAAAA-U/1Rng8Wiua54/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt9%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt9" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt9" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SBSLsZiYLkg/UrhqvkltLTI/AAAAAAAAA-c/tBxTSFyi6Kc/Blog_Locomelt9_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="676" height="508"></a></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TDuYIyjUGcw/UrhqwkEvlTI/AAAAAAAAA-k/dFJusC5zsFE/s1600-h/Blog_Locomelt10%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Locomelt10" border="0" alt="Blog_Locomelt10" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UUj8x1Ro4FU/UrhqxjeBzkI/AAAAAAAAA-s/ZKOp_huy8O8/Blog_Locomelt10_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="677" height="593"></a> <p>And there was much rejoicing…</p> Blogger Labels: <a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/plate" rel="Tag">plate</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/slump" rel="Tag">slump</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/glass art" rel="Tag">glass art</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/Pot Melt" rel="Tag">Pot Melt</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/Melt" rel="Tag">Melt</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137483033403327508.post-47868357470968283122013-12-21T19:18:00.001-06:002013-12-21T19:18:42.531-06:00An experiment in depth<p>I got an idea for a piece I want to do but wanted to do a proof of concept/prototype first and experiment with depth. </p> <p>Here are my doodling's so far.</p> <p>I started out with a piece of Bullseye 2mm translucent and covered it with frit and confetti. The confetti is covered with clear frit. I then contour fused it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gsH889Bw9qE/UrY90_Xs52I/AAAAAAAAA7M/RA7fHK5HIBU/s1600-h/Blog_Depth1%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Depth1" border="0" alt="Blog_Depth1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p2xW4rJw_r4/UrY9184XYGI/AAAAAAAAA7U/j99rrujx_aQ/Blog_Depth1_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="613" height="816"></a></p> <p>Here is the result. I flipped it over so that the frit I had fused is now on the bottom.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rDd68hoohSU/UrY92spf9ZI/AAAAAAAAA7c/W-l3Q-G_OK4/s1600-h/Blog_Depth2%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Depth2" border="0" alt="Blog_Depth2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KxCuD66pGCY/UrY93lYuKpI/AAAAAAAAA7k/AIfcYgiiEOk/Blog_Depth2_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="605" height="683"></a></p> <p>No I had thought I had taken more pictures of some of the subsequent layers I added but I guessed I spaced it. I added two more layers using clear frit, confetti and some mica powder just to see how it would look doing a contour fuse for each additional layer.</p> <p>The results are, well, experimental. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WFyexBGzIb0/UrY94uTJl_I/AAAAAAAAA7s/Cfif_k6fVJY/s1600-h/Blog_Depth3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Depth3" border="0" alt="Blog_Depth3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8bTIt6DXfGU/UrY95tbUurI/AAAAAAAAA70/cwCLFc6T8Eo/Blog_Depth3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="604" height="584"></a></p> <p>I could have done without the mica inclusions plus I sprinkled a little bit of translucent orange just to see how that would look. I could have done without that as well. The illusion of depth worked looks pretty decent with the sun and the mountains/hills. It’s kind of hard to tell from the picture though.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1gsogZUTwI8/UrY96bpwu8I/AAAAAAAAA78/XhahnsLX6ng/s1600-h/Blog_Depth4%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog_Depth4" border="0" alt="Blog_Depth4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--8lTGqfxwPY/UrY97ztecKI/AAAAAAAAA8E/jjgp2eZKzVY/Blog_Depth4_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="605" height="454"></a></p> <p>I’ve got a couple of more layers to add. It’s been really helpful to create a mini picture to figure out what will work best. Final results will be posted (when I get around to finishing this).</p> Blogger Labels: <a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/depth" rel="Tag">depth</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/piece" rel="Tag">piece</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/prototype" rel="Tag">prototype</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/Bullseye" rel="Tag">Bullseye</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/pictures" rel="Tag">pictures</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/layer" rel="Tag">layer</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/inclusions" rel="Tag">inclusions</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/mountains" rel="Tag">mountains</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/hills" rel="Tag">hills</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/frit" rel="Tag">frit</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/confetti" rel="Tag">confetti</a>,<a href="http://Evert Claesson.blogspot.com/search/label/mica" rel="Tag">mica</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855324642696648675noreply@blogger.com0