Kathleen Kimball on mon 22 jan 01
making clay tiles for HOUSE #s for many years;
(did i invent this? people love it as a gift!)
they survive the new england winters just fine.
instructions:
make tile the shape and size needed.
make holes for mounting when finisihed.
carve out the numbers on your tile. (don't cut through the bottom or
glass will run out!)
bisque. (i have never done this as single firing; anticipating the
different co-efficients of expansion between the glass and clay, i try
to get the shrinkage before i add the glass.)
glaze as desired and fill in the number arease with 'trash glass' (such
as old juice bottles).
interesting note:
clear glass usually leaches the colorant from the glaze, and you get
colored glass!
e.g., pinnell's weathered bronze gives a beautiful pale blue......
happy year of the yin metal snake!
kathleen kimball in new hampshire
debkaplan3 on mon 22 jan 01
Kathleen
I love placing pieces of glass on my dishes. After firing the color
combinations are lovely. I especially like the, what I call, glass/glaze
interface. Sometimes it is so vivid that it looks like you purposefully
outlined the glass.
Debbie
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Behalf Of Kathleen Kimball
making clay tiles for HOUSE #s for many years;
(did i invent this? people love it as a gift!)
instructions:
make tile the shape and size needed.
make holes for mounting when finisihed.
carve out the numbers on your tile. (don't cut through the bottom or
glass will run out!)
bisque. (i have never done this as single firing; anticipating the
different co-efficients of expansion between the glass and clay, i try
to get the shrinkage before i add the glass.)
glaze as desired and fill in the number arease with 'trash glass' (such
as old juice bottles).
interesting note:
clear glass usually leaches the colorant from the glaze, and you get
colored glass!
e.g., pinnell's weathered bronze gives a beautiful pale blue......
tomsawyer on tue 23 jan 01
In regards glass and clay, a while back I threw a couple of two part vases,
the top of which was left intentionally thich; this allowed me to carve out
a nice groove at the top. I then took some colored glass that I found while
jogging crushed it up and laid it into the grooves; I was lucky because the
melted glass ran almost to the bottom of both pots but not to the shelf;
both are very attractive.
Tom Sawyer
tsawyer@cfl.rr.com
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