Glass Tips from Verrier

  ‘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...

Credit: Paul Gardner httpswww.facebook.com   It is a consideration in stringer and murrini work that the pot be re-usable. This has led to t...

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

Pin holes in screen and pot melts are the result of very small bubbles rising to the surface.   These bubbles are sometimes within the...

Preparation Many ceramic plant pot saucers can be used as circular moulds.   Most are unglazed and will accept kiln wash easily.   S...

When firing a pot melt, you have to consider how high a temperature you wish to use. Viscosity is reduced with higher temperatures so incr...

I usually use a schedule like this for either S96 or Bullseye: 100C/hr to 220C for 20 minutes; this is approximately the crystobalite inve...

Pot melting occurs at temperatures above that for which kiln washes are designed. This means the kiln wash most often sticks to the back of ...

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...

There are several suppliers of stainless steel and ceramic formers for pot melts.  They are not always necessary. If you only want a ...

When firing glass in ceramic moulds, and especially ceramic pots for pot melts, you should be aware of the temperatures at which the cera...

Assuming that you are not going to just dump your scrap glass in a random pattern to form a pattern bar, you need to spend some time designi...

A pattern bar is a thick bundle of glass that has been fused together. These can be in the shape of a rectangle, or can be a thick pot melt ...

Dams should normally be lined with Thinfire and fibre paper to get the best release. If you are using fibre board that has not been hardened...

The way you charge (load the glass into) the pot makes a difference to the resulting piece. A good way to get strong colour separation is ...

The most commonly used aperture pours are Pot melts and wire melts. Pot melts use containers, and wire mesh for wire melts. In both cases th...