Big bubbles
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:05 pm
I am such a newbie (read dummy).
I have just learned the hard way to keep only the glass I need to use around me when I'm cleaning a piece to get it ready to fire.
I put together a 12" plate (very ambitious project) with a solid round on the bottom two concentric rings cut from other glass (I was so proud I could get them out whole) then I filled the center with lots of small pieces of glass to make a mosaic look. Well, the solid glass that I was building this all on was on the bottom, so I took another 12" round cleaned it and started to reconstruct my piece, but I left the original bottom round by my work station and in a distracted moment I cleaned it and put it on top. I did not even notice what I had done until I fired it. (DUH, *insert head slap here*) Well needless to say there where three huge bubble blowouts!
Now my question is can I slump some glass into those holes? Or should I just hammer it up and use it as a pot melt?
I would attach a photo but I can't get it to load. (any help with that issue would be appreciated)
I've learned a valuable lesson through this. I hope someone new to fusing will learn from my mistake as well.
Thanks for letting me vent and I appreciate any input anyone has to give.
I have just learned the hard way to keep only the glass I need to use around me when I'm cleaning a piece to get it ready to fire.
I put together a 12" plate (very ambitious project) with a solid round on the bottom two concentric rings cut from other glass (I was so proud I could get them out whole) then I filled the center with lots of small pieces of glass to make a mosaic look. Well, the solid glass that I was building this all on was on the bottom, so I took another 12" round cleaned it and started to reconstruct my piece, but I left the original bottom round by my work station and in a distracted moment I cleaned it and put it on top. I did not even notice what I had done until I fired it. (DUH, *insert head slap here*) Well needless to say there where three huge bubble blowouts!
Now my question is can I slump some glass into those holes? Or should I just hammer it up and use it as a pot melt?
I would attach a photo but I can't get it to load. (any help with that issue would be appreciated)
I've learned a valuable lesson through this. I hope someone new to fusing will learn from my mistake as well.
Thanks for letting me vent and I appreciate any input anyone has to give.