Glass Tips from Verrier

  Photo Credit: Rachel Meadows-Ibrahim The main causes of the large thin bubble is most probably  too high a temperature combined with a lon...

  ‘Is it better to extend the soak or add more firing time when the firing program isn’t quite enough? What are the meanings of “soak,” “hol...

Once you have an initial idea of the source of the problem, think about it.   Test it against the evidence.   Is there enough evidence to ma...

Scheduling for different sizes and thicknesses of drapes requires schedules specific to these factors in addition to observing the progress ...

A schedule was presented for a slumping problem of a 6mm/0.25” blank.   It consisted of three segments each of a rate of 277C/500F with shor...

  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 ...

Often people want a particular profile not provided by the schedules in the controller or the ones they normally use for tack fusing. Th...