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by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:02 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fusing a long vase
Replies: 9
Views: 13154

Re: fusing a long vase

Hi Kevin
So you are suggesting to slump the glass inside a mold. In this case I would need 8 to 10 sheets of 3mm glass. A rule of thumb is that you need 2 sheets of 3mm glass for every 1 inch . If you have any other suggestions (based on your notes ) I am curious to know them.
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:11 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fusing a long vase
Replies: 9
Views: 13154

Re: fusing a long vase

Hi Brad This is my firing schedule: Celsius 150/h to 400 – 10 min 200/h to 620 – 20 min Full speed to 780 – 10 min In Fehrenheit: 300/h to 752 – 10 min 390/h to 1150 – 20 min Full speed to 1436 –10 min it is the firing schedule I normally use for fusing bowls. There are several reasons why I am sagg...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:30 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fusing a long vase
Replies: 9
Views: 13154

fusing a long vase

Hello ! hope we all enjoyed our Christmas and New Year vacation.... I am in the process of making a cone shaped fused glass vase 10 inches long. I have tried to produce long vases before by sagging 3 circles of glass (thickness 4 mm) over a positive mold I made myself. After fusing I found that the ...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:09 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent fusing colors
Replies: 3
Views: 5249

Re: transparent fusing colors

Thank you Brad
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:37 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent fusing colors
Replies: 3
Views: 5249

transparent fusing colors

Hi to all artists... I am trying to figure out what kind of colors were used in the attached pictures : beautiul coral and violet transparent colors in Janet Kelman's seafans. I am currently using Provetro frit which gives me very nice colors, but shades are very dark in violet and orange. I appreci...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:41 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

Re: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

Hello

Many thanks for all for your suggestions, which were very helpful.
Wishing you a HAPPY EASTER !
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:34 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

Re: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

Maggie, these butterflies were painted with Josephine transparent enamels fired at 1085℉, then turned off. Jen EDIT: Just looked at my notes: Sky and leaves are Josephine other colours are Fay Good. Yellow butterfly has Reusche bistre brown, stencil black and tracing black border detail in wings, f...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:29 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

Re: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

Reusche has some transparent colors that mature around 1200 or 1250ºF The top picture could use them. If you were to underfire them, they would come out matte. The bottom picture looks to me like some sort of etching away of thin layers of glass applied by a glass blower. It is hard to tell in a ph...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:14 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

Re: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

I second Vonon's recommendation. Kathy Peterson's are good German stuff. Matteness is at odds with transparency. They aren't opposites, but scattering light at the surface (matteness) doesn't help transparency's cause. KP makes a 'silk' glass paint that has nice characteristics, but in my experienc...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:05 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

Re: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

Yes, it is probably a cameo vase but the pink pastel close to the rim looks like enamal applied as a final touch. I think that something similar can be produced using kiln casting + enamels. I was once tasked with getting that red sunset haze on a piece of acid etched stained glass. I tested every ...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:20 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

Re: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

Kathy Peterson's The Good Stuff has a selection of paints that are modified for use on glass and mature below 1200 F. Her store is mainly geared toward porcelain painting but she carries a very nice selection of stuff for glass. http://www.thegoodstuff.com/glass-paints-and-supplies.html The paints ...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:14 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

Re: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

Yes, it is probably a cameo vase but the pink pastel close to the rim looks like enamal applied as a final touch. I think that something similar can be produced using kiln casting + enamels.
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:30 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: transparent enamels 1200 F - brands
Replies: 28
Views: 28241

transparent enamels 1200 F - brands

Hello I would appreciate your advice before buying enamels that would mature at 1200 F max. I need transparent enamels to use after kiln casting or fusing. . In the meantime I don't want the enamels to be shiny, like ferro for example... I posted some images as an example of what I have in mind. Tha...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:26 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet ?
Replies: 10
Views: 12362

Re: Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet

I think they (the workshop) will have to invert the piece and cut around the original shape or, as you mentioned, put some kind of support under the flat areas
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:52 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet ?
Replies: 10
Views: 12362

Re: Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet

Many thanks for your ideas. They were very helpful !
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:20 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet ?
Replies: 10
Views: 12362

Re: Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet

Since it is straight edges, you might also consider finding someone that has a glass cutting bandsaw and trim the edges that way, then cold work the edges. Unless you use abrasives to polish, you will probably need to fire polish (in case you hadn't thought of that)... even a water jet cut would ne...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:57 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet ?
Replies: 10
Views: 12362

Can I trim the edges of a finished piece using water jet ?

Hello ! I have a question about trimming the edges of finished piece using water jet or laser cutting. I did fusing and slumping in one firing using a mold I constructed myselt. I cut the glass larger than the desired shape to leave about 3.5 cm of glass resting on the border for the glass to sag ea...
by Maggie Abdel Rahman
Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:27 pm
Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
Topic: aesthetic versus practival side of hanging fused glass
Replies: 6
Views: 11171

aesthetic versus practival side of hanging fused glass

Hi to all friends and colleagues I would appreciate your opinion on the aesthetic, rather than the practival side of hanging small to medium fused glass panels on the wall. I personally like standoff systems but sometimes it is more practical to use white painted plywood as a background . So what's ...