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« on: January 30, 2011, 02:27:34 PM » |
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I am still playing around with the boiled glass. I used three scrap glass layers. I think I am getting a little closer... :P
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2011, 03:07:20 PM » |
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Cool Marsha...did you just do it on a shelf with no dams?
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2011, 03:56:18 PM » |
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Yep! Just three layers and I was up to 120 minutes on the second seg. I'm thinking about going longer on the third seg too. It's weird how the colors come out. The one on the left was yellow, pink and green. Did ya notice...no cracks or popped bubbles!
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 06:29:52 PM » |
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cool Marsha, what are you going to do with it?
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2011, 06:55:54 PM » |
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interesting!
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2011, 08:01:39 PM » |
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I'll probably make magnets out of them until I get a really good one!!
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2011, 09:26:39 PM » |
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Cool..looking good! Keep us informed with your findings like your doing.
Thanks in advance. My next trial is a pot melt. I picked up a scale and a few pots yesterday.
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2011, 08:25:45 AM » |
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Cool..looking good! Keep us informed with your findings like your doing.
Thanks in advance. My next trial is a pot melt. I picked up a scale and a few pots yesterday.
I am doing one today!!! |
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« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2011, 08:14:43 AM » |
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Haven't had time to photo my potmelts....but I am beginning to think boiled glass is just a potmelt!!!!
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« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2011, 08:30:53 AM » |
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LOL...I'm thinking a pot melt is the easier way to go.
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« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2011, 10:33:09 AM » |
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Have you guys got Brad Walker's new book "Contemporary Fused Glass"? It has great explainations of the 2 processes and the differences in them. In a high temp melt (boiled glass) you want to trap air so that it rises to the surface as a bubble and breaks bringing the color with it. A pot melt just pours and melts the colors together. Two totally different processes that just take practice!
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« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2011, 03:24:34 PM » |
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I looked at the motion in some of the pot melts pics out there on the net and some of the boiled glass pics. I thought the appearance of the end result of both processes to be a little similar.
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« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2011, 04:12:10 PM » |
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Do you think so?
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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2011, 06:41:26 PM » |
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Here is my evidence!! I'm beginning to think it is putting the holes in the right place with the selection of glass. Mine has the soft "boiled" look! What do you guys think??
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2011, 07:32:50 PM » |
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Those are all very interesting, but the first one looks like it's already been et  |
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« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2011, 11:02:04 PM » |
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Your getting better results than I did. Are your pieces cracking on you? It looks like 1 and 3 are cracked.
I do think the melts and the boiled glass do look similar, expecially if done with multiple holes in the bottom of the melt pot.
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« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2011, 08:13:37 AM » |
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I used one big hole in the middle and a bunch of little ones all the way around. I am going to have to break the saucers to get them out. I am not going to use them anymore....
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« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2011, 08:14:29 AM » |
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Were these pot melts or boiled glass?..they must be pot melts...I reread what you wrote. I'm hoping to start one maybe tomorrow.
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« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2011, 08:09:59 AM » |
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I'm thinking maybe the top heat is too much and I should use the side heat. What one do you use most Kev? Since you have the same kiln.
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« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2011, 08:21:11 AM » |
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Marsha, how thick are these and what was your schedule? Are you annealing long enough? Of course, if it's sticking to the saucers it's going to crack no matter what you do but it may be a matter of just tweaking your schedule.
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