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But it was going to be lovely!

A fine attempt, and I love the texture on the shell's plating. I hope you try it again...

warm regards,

Eric

Wow, Jen, you must surely have a Ph.D. in oblique thinking! If you are not an art critic for an online magazine venture, then you have missed your calling. I choke through much less insightful writings in the several art review magazines that come in my mailbox every month. Well done! I wonder if Mr...

Don, that Bob Ross and tree image you've created there is one of the funniest and cleverest things I've ever seen. If I'd been drinking when I was scrolling down, I'd have nasally sprayed my drink onto my keyboard. Too funny! I grew up thinking Bob Ross was the coolest painter in the world, and sure...

Hi Brock, thanks for chiming in. The slump form will eliminate the possibility of blowing bubbles. And Bert didn't have any idea of my slumping intentions, as I hadn't really described the shape/mold. I think it would be fun sometime, to play with 'boiling' really thick glass. And I'd like to experi...

Hi Bert, thanks for the reply. So then, you do not slow down between the strain point and anneal point? There aren't any 'steps' or different ramp rates for your work. You heat up at a 'safe' (based from experience, hunch, etc.) rate from room temp to above the strain point, then get about the busin...

Hi Stephen, Thanks for the reply. Do you think a reheat of 50 deg.F./hr all the way up to my slump temp of 1150 deg.F. is a safe strategy? Or do I need to slow down the rate as I approach 700 deg.F., and again through the 800 and 900 range? (Sorry for all the Fahrenheit references--I know you're fam...

Hi Stephen, That link to Litracon was great--the architectural implications are amazing. With only a quick glance at the site, I envision amazing high-rise living quarters in the not-so-distant future (9 billion folks in 2050--yikes?). Assuming structural, weight-bearing integrity for large scale co...

Hi Kevin,

I do not have Stone's book, but thanks for the suggestion...

Stephen,

translucent concrete sounds fabulous. If you stumble upon a link to that company, would you mind posting it here?

thanks,

Eric

Hi fellow glassers, I've just pulled out of the kiln a cast obelisk, 1.5 inches thick at the base, 0.5 inches thick at the tip, and 8 inches long (bullseye glass). It's due for a sandblasting, before I slump it into a gentle curve. But this is the thickest solid piece I've cast so far, and was conce...

if you get the chance, check out the kiln-forming video with Rudi Gritsch, put out by the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. in that video, at the very end, Rudi is signing his name with glass stringer and a small torch. I've not yet experimented with that trick, but it seemed to make a neat eff...