Glass Tips from Verrier

  I want to try thrifted [charity shop] dishes to slump into. What should I know and look out for? Material Ensure they are ceramic...

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...

  Moulds Kiln wash on ceramic moulds lasts a very long time. But sometimes you want to use a different separator. First you need to prepar...

Credit: Slump and Fuse Do steel moulds need to be kiln washed for slumping? Some prominent people in the kilnforming milieu like to promot...

Recently, when looking for a small frit maker, no shop had one in stock.   Having heard of making one from plumbing pipes, I went in searc...

Glass can be trapped in or on moulds in various circumstances. These usually relate to the relative expansion and contraction characteris...

“How do I remove kiln wash from a mould that I have decided would work better with ZYP?” Once coated with kiln wash, slumping or drapin...

Rectangular or straight sided shapes Broken shelves Accidents happen to mullite shelves causing breaks or cracks.   Rather than th...

Metals Zinc is a popular material for framing copper foiled or leaded glass panels.   It is stronger than lead – up to eight times.   ...

There are various ways of damming oval shapes in kiln forming. Some of these are outlined here. One set of methods depends on having a sof...

This post is not about the materials that go into the making of glass, but about ways of forming glass once melted or dripped into a spa...