Again in March considered one of my prospects requested me if I may train her the best way to pull vitrigraph. I really like making vitrigraph so I had no downside educating a fundamental vitrigraph class. The primary purpose is persons are a bit scared to the touch molten glass – I don’t perceive why – LOL. First, I needed to point out her what you are able to do with vitrigraph, cane, and murrine.
I needed to point out her what instruments (pots, hemostats, cutters, gloves, and many others). We talked about that are my favourite gloves and pots.
As a result of Janice was coming over at a sure time and I didn’t need her to attend, and I didn’t need it to it come to quick I did a take a look at run to see how lengthy the pot takes to be prepared to drag (1.5 hrs) and the way lengthy it took me to drag (1 hr). I exploit numerous inexperienced, so I made a decision on inexperienced. moreover, I like my inexperienced extraordinarily then for branches and stems.
I appeared by way of my accessible vitrigraph and I don’t have numerous crimson so I needed to construct her a crimson pot however I additionally needed her to have the ability to make twisties, so I put whit in as effectively. It was an important pot.
I needed to present Janice loads of vitrigraph to select from, so I received out all my 96 vitrigraph. She may buy as a lot as she needed. She lives in Arizona, so she didn’t select a lot.
Right here is Janice pulling vitrigraph. She did an important job. It’s therapeutic to me and to be trustworthy a cool – pulling sizzling liquid glass from a kiln.
A number of the methods I confirmed her is skinny, bulbs, curvy, cane, twist, springs, and many others. Beneath you possibly can see the inexperienced and crimson (which she pulled).
I additionally needed to have her construct a pot. For the reason that first 2 pots had been strips standing up, I needed to do layers. I’m lazy so I don’t like to chop 35 circles of various sizes we did it the best way under. Clearly, we didn’t pull it whereas she was right here, however we did get all of it prepared whereas she was right here.
Janice additionally introduced this cleaning soap dish that had huge devit and requested me the best way to repair it. There are 3 methods to repair devit 1- sandblast, 2- tremendous spray, and 3- powder. I needed her to have the ability to take it along with her so we sandblasted it. I confirmed her how to try this. Then we talked about the best way to droop it – which depends on if she desires it shiny or mate.
If you need to take a category. Please let me know (elegantfusedglass@gmail.com) when you have any questions or want to have a personal fused glass class all you want is 3 folks to create a category (most of 5). ** Vitrigraph class most is 2. Right here is the pull from the pot that Janice and I constructed.
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Maintaining my kilns heat,
Karen