A plate & bowl!

First bowl!

The color really changed after firing! I like this better than the light pink in the beginning!

First "wavy" plate!

I Love this mold!! Next time I am using a blue glass.

view of bottom.

Plate & Bowls

Whoo Hoo! I did my first bowls and plate! Won't know for sure until I check them out after the cool down (tomorrow) but the last time I looked, they looked great!!

Loaded and ready to fire

At high temp (1240), venting down. Can't wait to see them tomorrow when they are cool!

Playing with glass - literally!

 Playing around with circles cut from both large and small Perrier bottles, the clear one is from a coffee syrup bottle and the orange glass is Uroboros pieces.

At high temp - 1485

All cooled down!

Some of the pieces slumped or fell more than I thought they would, but hey it was an experiment/learning exercise!

bottle slivers fused together, almost all of the fused, just a few on the outside came loose - might fire again

another view

I love this glass with light behind it!!

Experimenting/Playing with Glass!

Crown Royal bottle and misc. circles cut from other bottles

At high temp!

Finally got to use the kiln!!

Two blue bottles - I love this color!

Can't tell they are blue now! At about 1400

All cooled down and back to normal color.

I have discovered it is better in addition to washing them thoughly I also "rinse" them with denatured alchol then blow with air to dry. No fingerprints or any residue.

Christmas projects

molds filled with frit and ready to go

at high temp

another load ready to go

high temp

one batch cooled and ready for paint - at least the gingerbread ones

before painting

after painting

another batch ready to go

after paint

started having trouble with kiln wash sticking to the glass with this batch

another  batch ready to go, started stacking to get more in!

at high temp

stacking more

gingerbread guys after paintint

stars from star rod mold

I like the white with red stripes, but don't really like the spacing for the stripes.
Whew, I am glad I am done with these & I can go back to bottles and other things!

Canning jar

high temp wire for hanger on canning jar





wire in jar

at high temp, start flash cool down

wire came out pretty good, not perfectly centerer, but oh well

wine bottle & canning jar cooled the next day.

canning jar with wire hanger