On Wednesday I took the melt that broke into 3 sections and refused it. I took it up slow and high on the temperature and found that my 3 sections came together but I can still see crack lines. I can't feel the line, but you can see the lines in the pattern of the glass. Even still it's very interesting! I'm totally captivated by it! I'll have to try another. I can see some very interesting possibilities here. Thanks for the tips!
As for fiber paper. Did you use Thin Fire or something thicker? With Thin Fire I would have thought that at that temperature the glass would be pushing the paper outward and not flowing on top of the paper. Interesting. I'm still a bit shy to drop directly onto my kiln shelf. Right now I'm dropping into a flower pot saucer coated with shelf primer. I feel safer with a controlled pour.
So thanks for the tips you've been most helpful : )
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On Wednesday I took the melt that broke into 3 sections and refused it. I took it up slow and high on the temperature and found that my 3 sections came together but I can still see crack lines. I can't feel the line, but you can see the lines in the pattern of the glass. Even still it's very interesting! I'm totally captivated by it! I'll have to try another. I can see some very interesting possibilities here. Thanks for the tips!
As for fiber paper. Did you use Thin Fire or something thicker? With Thin Fire I would have thought that at that temperature the glass would be pushing the paper outward and not flowing on top of the paper. Interesting. I'm still a bit shy to drop directly onto my kiln shelf. Right now I'm dropping into a flower pot saucer coated with shelf primer. I feel safer with a controlled pour.
So thanks for the tips you've been most helpful : )