Glass Tips from Verrier

Ready for firing The project is to fire 6mm “balls” stacked 3 high onto a single sheet of clear glass without significant alteration to the ...

A while ago Bob Leatherbarrow gave a presentation to Lunch With A Glass Artist (LWAGA) on slumping schedules. You can follow a recording of ...

A while ago Bob Leatherbarrow gave a presentation to Lunch With A Glass Artist (LWAGA) on slumping schedules. You can follow a recording of...

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...

 I hear the comment "you can't over anneal" all the time. Is it true? My response to this may be controversial, and I do ...

You Can’t Anneal Too Long. Can you anneal too long? Yes, you can. It’s not just the possible temperature differences in the ki...

Scheduling for powder and frit.   Bullseye  pumpkin orange medium frit 00321.0002 Cedit: Bullsye Glass Company “How much frit is too muc...

  This is a description of the analysis process to determine the possible causes of a split during a slump.       Credit: Maureen Nolan Ob...

“Heat work” is a term applied to help understand how the glass reacts to various ways of applying of heat to the glass. In its simple form, ...

At a time when we are all going to be trying a variety of glass of unknown compositions to reduce costs of kiln working, the knowledge of h...