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...

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

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

Image credit: Craft Gossip When firing a pot melt, you have to consider how high a temperature is needed. Viscosity reduces with higher te...

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...

The effects on the pattern of melts are a combination of several factors. The normal pattern is of spirals as a thread of glass moves do...

You can use high temperature wire for screen melts. This is variously described as Kanthal or nichrome wire.  It is the same kind of wi...

In creating screen melts, the steel or other support left in the project can leave such a degree of stress that the piece will began to f...

Circular pieces This table assumes that a 150 mm diameter pot is being used, and assumes that 125 grams of glass will be left in the pot. L...

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...