ryssmiles
ryssmiles started the topic Freeze & Fuse in the forum General Fusing Discussion 4 months ago
Hello. Anyone here do freeze and fuse? I’m trying to determine why the lighter colored items get spots and streaks in them. I use distilled water and Spectrum 96/Oceanside glass powder.
I also am curious about annealing. These bunnies (if I can figure out how to upload a picture) are about an inch tall and I’m not sure I’m annealing them long…[Read more]-
ryssmiles replied to the topic Thin Fire Paper Removal in the forum General Fusing Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago
Thank you. I’ll give it a try.
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ryssmiles started the topic Thin Fire Paper Removal in the forum General Fusing Discussion 1 year, 10 months ago
I was firing a drape vase and was out of boron nitrate so I placed thin fire over the top of the drape mold, which has worked for me before. This time some of the glass folded around and trapped a tiny piece of thin fire between the layers of the fold. I can’t get all the way down in the fold with a brush and soaking it in water didn’t dissolve…[Read more]
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ryssmiles started the topic Drop Out Mold Help (Thick Glass, Close to Elements) in the forum General Fusing Discussion 1 year, 10 months ago
Hi. I’m a relatively new fuser. I have Paul Tarlow’s book on Drop Out Vessels and have created four successful drops of two layer projects dropped between 4 and 5 inches using his advice and firing schedules. I recently made my first mesh melt into a round stainless steel mold intending to use it for a drop vase. But I must have miscalculated…[Read more]
