Glass with ceramic inclusion?
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:04 pm
Hello,
I'm new to this group and to glass. But I'm hoping to find out if it's possible to combine ceramic and glass by casting glass with fired ceramic inclusions. (I am primarily a ceramic sculptor.) However, I have seen it done successfully.
My first experiments have shown me that there's probably something mismatched in the expansion and contraction of materials, as the glass fractured anywhere that it surrounded the ceramic; the rest of the glass looked fine. Is it something that could be addressed by a different firing schedule? We used a standard bullseye schedule.
Does anyone have experience of doing this? I know I am possibly trying to run before I can walk... is it impossible?
Thanks, Chloe
I'm new to this group and to glass. But I'm hoping to find out if it's possible to combine ceramic and glass by casting glass with fired ceramic inclusions. (I am primarily a ceramic sculptor.) However, I have seen it done successfully.
My first experiments have shown me that there's probably something mismatched in the expansion and contraction of materials, as the glass fractured anywhere that it surrounded the ceramic; the rest of the glass looked fine. Is it something that could be addressed by a different firing schedule? We used a standard bullseye schedule.
Does anyone have experience of doing this? I know I am possibly trying to run before I can walk... is it impossible?
Thanks, Chloe