Glass Tips from Verrier

I have seen many schedules with initial rates of advance interrupted by soaks.   These kinds of schedules that are written something like ...

Initial Rate of Advance Tack fuses look easier than full fusing, but they are really one of the most difficult types of kiln forming. Tack...

"Every time you fire a previously fired piece you need to slow down." This is not accurate. If you have not changed anything sig...

“Double the annealing soak time for each firing” and “Slow the rate of advance each time you fire” are common responses as a diagnosis when ...

"Is there anything special I have to do to fire striker glass?  Can I mix striker and non-striker in the same kiln or piece?" ...

There are frequent suggestions that holds in the rise of temperature for glass are required.  Various justifications are given.  A few notes...

I have long advocated that it is best to avoid as fast as possible firings because the way controllers work.   They compare the temperature...

This is a process used in glass to stick glass together without any change in appearance of the separate pieces.   It has various names - fu...

Glass Stela Credit: Stephen Richard Fusing multiple layers is prone to the creation of multiple large bubbles.   It also needs a strategy to...

There are a number of people firing stacked layers of glass in a pyramidical fashion to melt the layers down, in a nod to the 1950’s. ...