Often there is unused space on the kiln
shelves when you are firing a project. With a bit of planning, you
can make use of the spaces for a variety of things.
Frits fired on fibre paper |
Bowl made from frit balls |
You can place piece of frit in the
clear areas to make frit balls.
You can make colour tests on plaques of
glass to see the results of strikers, powder combinations or results
of various depths of colour.
Compatibility tests can be done with pieces of glass of which you are not certain.
simple stress testing set-up |
Strip of fired glass samples for testing |
Results - those with halo are stressed |
In the same way, annealing tests can be
conducted.
You can fire small pieces of jewellery
at the same time as your larger pieces.
You can also prepare elements for
incorporation into other fusing projects and lay them out in the open spaces on the shelf. Your use of the spare space is related both to your imagination and to your future projects.
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