Glass Tips from Verrier

Recently there has been a flurry of interest in “carbon” moulds. These are actually graphite moulds, a particular form of crystalline carb...

Example used with the maker’s permission Piece in kiln ready to fire Description of the piece. A commissioned piece made up of B...

“I'm making 3mm French Vanilla sconce covers; … ·         [initially they were] fine, but now 1.5" bubbles form during the full f...

Thick slabs often involve numerous firings of increasingly thick work.   I am using an existing example, with their permission, of the first...

 A power point presentation I made a few months ago to the group Lunch with a Glass Artist. It is 33 slides long. Kilnforming with 3mm Glass...

  Let’s think about moisture and large bubbles from under the glass. It is not the water, but the gasses created by the decomposition of mat...

  Texture moulds are a form of bas relief in reverse. The texture of the mould is the bas relief. The glass formed over the shapes is in neg...

A range of problems appear in slumping.  These include bubbles, splits, puddling and more. Several causes are possible.  This blog looks at ...