Newbie....WHY & HELP!
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:53 pm
The attached photo is my very first fusing.
(this is also the very first time I have attempted to send a photo....I hope I didn't send the entire web site.....OOOOOPS)
I did a test of about a dozen squares around 2" x 2"...all BE glass. Bottom was black irrid., top was clear with green horse & dic. frit on top. I used the fusing schedule for "your first little tile
" 600/hr to 1100, 250/hr to 1300, 800/hr to 1500 (hold 10 min.), cool to 1050, then 200/hr to 750
My kiln is a Skutt GM 1227 and I was only firing on one shelf approx. 6" from the bottom. The Environvent was on the entire time.
QUESTION:
1. What caused the ghost line around the entire horse?
There were 3 tiles that had this same little horse figure.
a. the one shown,
b. a trans. purple on top of 2 layers of clear,
c. a trans. dark brown on black irrd.
The one shown on the photo is the only one with the ghost line.
2. Originally, the little horses were very crisp in shape. The one shown & the purple on clear really flattened out and lost their shape. The trans. brown on black irrd. changed somewhat but not nearly to the extent the others did. Is this a "hard glass" vs. "soft glass" problem? Or is it the Gods screwing with me?
http://www.craindesign.com/crain/crainw ... seTest.jpg
Thanks (this site is fantastic),
Cathy
(this is also the very first time I have attempted to send a photo....I hope I didn't send the entire web site.....OOOOOPS)
I did a test of about a dozen squares around 2" x 2"...all BE glass. Bottom was black irrid., top was clear with green horse & dic. frit on top. I used the fusing schedule for "your first little tile

My kiln is a Skutt GM 1227 and I was only firing on one shelf approx. 6" from the bottom. The Environvent was on the entire time.
QUESTION:
1. What caused the ghost line around the entire horse?
There were 3 tiles that had this same little horse figure.
a. the one shown,
b. a trans. purple on top of 2 layers of clear,
c. a trans. dark brown on black irrd.
The one shown on the photo is the only one with the ghost line.
2. Originally, the little horses were very crisp in shape. The one shown & the purple on clear really flattened out and lost their shape. The trans. brown on black irrd. changed somewhat but not nearly to the extent the others did. Is this a "hard glass" vs. "soft glass" problem? Or is it the Gods screwing with me?
http://www.craindesign.com/crain/crainw ... seTest.jpg
Thanks (this site is fantastic),
Cathy