Glass Tips from Verrier

  The cracks around the wire imbedded in the glass in the above image are not incompatibility cracks. They do not surround the square piec...

Description of the piece The enquirer wants to cover some blemishes on the flat blank with clear powder and also tack fuse some addition...

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

  ‘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...

  “I have full fused a single piece of glass with a few small pieces on top.  I thought it would shrink some as I had been told, but it main...

"Can a tack fuse schedule for fusing glass can be used to slump bottles?" It may be that this person does not have the confidenc...

  When slumping fired pieces, it is most often appropriate to use a slow ramp rate to avoid too rapid expansion of the glass that might lead...