Glass Tips from Verrier

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

You can make your own billets from small pot melts.   But why should anyone go to the effort? Some reasons are: ·         You can make y...

Credit: The Crucible.com It is frequent to have castings from frit with spikes, needles, or prickles around the edges.   Causes These sp...

Image credit: Obsession Glass Studio   Fire polishing castings is relatively difficult.   Even though people may suggest temperatures for th...

(warning: lots of arithmetic) Knowing the specific gravity of a glass can be useful in calculating the required amount of glass needed, ...

There are several ways to determine the volume of a mould.  Calculation of the weight of glass needed Calculate the amount in t...

This is an important concept in calculating the amount of glass needed to fill a pot melt, and in glass casting.  This will also help in the...

When preparing for multiple firings of elements onto a prepared piece, you need to consider the order and temperatures of events so that yo...

You need to know about this in both casting and when using ceramic pots in the kiln. Quartz Crystalline solids are rather temperamental a...

There seems to be an increasing popularity for re-useable ceramic casting moulds.  One of the common problems with these moulds is bubble...

Glass always wants to be 6mm thick This is true only at some temperatures.   The surface tension or viscosity of the glass, toge...