So I wonder if the same technique can be accomplished without weights? I think that's what you are thinking, Judy. The natural process of volume would take care of the process if you watched your volume so it wouldn't over flow the shelf, fired it to a high enough temp to get spread, and included clear glass to give the watercolor effect.
I don't think this process is worth tossing aside without studying it!
That is exactly what I am thinking.
Once I dripped glass over cut tile strips thinking I would get curtaining, but I cooked it too fast znd got hundreds of drips. The end puddle was cool. It made me think of a spanish dancers skirt. I included in that firing a 2 layer full fuse. Becuase it was at 1600F for an hour the 2 layer fusing started to boil and move like watercolor. So I am sure that your stacks if layered similar at a high temp, and for long enough would become very fluid.
That said, I really don't like going that high. My kiln is rated for 1700F and really hates going that high for long times in a cold garage. The beep sound that the controller makes when you push the buttons is more of a sick wheeze ever since that firing. So I do not like pushing my kiln that high. But if you have a friend with a ceramic kiln rated for 2300F I think this is a perfect experiment for his kiln.
As to volume not flowing off the shelf. I have an old mail scale. I would weigh two sheets of glass that fit the size I want it to end up. Then weigh my stacks and clears and make them the same weight or less. Last put a boarder of 1/4" fiber paper strips around the edge of the shelf. I hope you guys try this. I don't have the time but would love to see it tried.
