Paul Gerhold on fri 5 sep 08
You can work directly with glass cullet on pots at around cone four. I use
pieces of clear wine bottles that have been heated in the kiln and then
dropped into cold water. Screen the pieces and you can get good , cheap , and
uniform cullet as well as a good excuse to imbibe. Attach the pieces to the
glazed ( and unfired) pot with a dot of thick glaze by pressing the glass against
the spot while the gaze dot is still wet. For added security I sometimes
add more glaze over the glass to secure it more firmly. The glass will melt in
the 1600 degree range giving some really interesting effects. This will
work particularly well with a copper glaze.
You can also experiment with glass powders as well as rods etc from
suppliers such as Bullseye etc. Glass tac does not work on vertical fired surfaces
so be aware but it will help on flat surfaces. You can get interesting
results on flat surfaces by firing the glaze first and then refiring around the
1600 degree range with added glass on a flat surface.
You can also just pool glass in a depression. The glass can crack
beautifully but may have rough edges which can cut curious fingers. Again best results
seem to me to be against a copper glaze.
Experimenting can lead to some amazing results but can also really trash the
kiln shelves so use thick kiln wash.
Paul-in hurricane prone Fla.
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Jones, Nina D. on tue 9 sep 08
Paul, thank you so much for all the great info!! I'll pass it on to Mary. =
And thank you DRB Seattle for the glass resource! In case we run out of=
wine bottles ... :>
Nina
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Paul Gerhold
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:05 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Glass cullet and glaze
You can work directly with glass cullet on pots at around cone four. I use
pieces of clear wine bottles that have been heated in the kiln and then
dropped into cold water. Screen the pieces and you can get good , cheap ,=
and
uniform cullet as well as a good excuse to imbibe. Attach the pieces to=
the
glazed ( and unfired) pot with a dot of thick glaze by pressing the glass =
against
the spot while the gaze dot is still wet. For added security I sometimes
add more glaze over the glass to secure it more firmly. The glass will=
melt in
the 1600 degree range giving some really interesting effects. This will
work particularly well with a copper glaze.
You can also experiment with glass powders as well as rods etc from
suppliers such as Bullseye etc. Glass tac does not work on vertical fired =
surfaces
so be aware but it will help on flat surfaces. You can get interesting
results on flat surfaces by firing the glaze first and then refiring =
around the
1600 degree range with added glass on a flat surface.
You can also just pool glass in a depression. The glass can crack
beautifully but may have rough edges which can cut curious fingers. Again=
best results
seem to me to be against a copper glaze.
Experimenting can lead to some amazing results but can also really trash =
the
kiln shelves so use thick kiln wash.
Paul-in hurricane prone Fla.
**************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your=
travel
deal here.
(http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=3Daoltrv00050000000047)
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