kiln carving
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- August 24, 2014 at 10:02 am #10192
lorac
Participantthe universe is full of conflicting information about kiln carving! Can anybody help?am using 2 x 3mm bullseye in clear and light aqua. I have a prefired Koi carp on each end which i fear i will lose to melt in if I full fire for the kiln carve water effect c/o Tanya Veit’s tutorial.
Brad Walker suggests 793-816 Bullseye tip sheet says 770 to 825 Hobbyfuser full fuse suggests 795. I normally prefer a contour fuse at 780 to prevent wobby edges etc. I then want to slump into a gentle rectangular mould. some say you must leave kiln fibre paper ‘in’, others say you can leave it out as slumping temperature [650 for this mould] wont change the ‘carving’
be SO grateful for any thoughts. maybe I need to fuse it all together without the koi, then tack fuse them on and then slump….oh nothing is ever simple eh?!
many thanks for reading
Cheers
August 26, 2014 at 2:21 am #13412wordana
ParticipantI suggest contacting Tanya and asking at what temperature her decals will burn out — that is the only issue here. Regarding the full-fuse temps, that all depends upon your kiln. However, there is so l little difference between all the temps you’ve mentioned above I don’t think it will make much difference (unless your kiln runs excessively hot or excessively cold).
Once you have kiln-carved, I would remove the fiber paper. If you are slumping at 650-665, you are not going hot enough to ruin the kiln-carving. However, leaving the paper in could cause the glass to fall unevenly in the slump.
2 cents,
Dana W.
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