Glass Tips from Verrier

  The advantage of plaster  of Paris  bandages to create a body cast are: · its light weight, · rapid setting characteristics, · the degree ...

Credit: The Pottery Wheel There will be differences when firing on the floor of a kiln - the two important ones are working temperature and ...

Credit: Glass Art by Margot Small pieces, confetti and stringers which are glued  often move out of place during fir ings . Glue, whethe...

Recently there has been a flurry of interest in “carbon” moulds. These are actually graphite moulds, a particular form of crystalline carb...

What do you alter first – time or temperature – when tweaking schedules? The choice is largely dependent on what the objective is and the p...

  Initial Discussions Once the clients decide they want something give them your time. Find out what they like about it, what they don'...

  "No need to anneal dots assuming they’ll be used in projects." Because dots are small they anneal in a short time, therefore n...

This is a question which always has two entrenched sides.  One for always doing it; one for grinding only when necessary for shape. Some f...

From time to time the assertion is that a break during the heat up of a blank while slumping is the result of residual stress remaining in a...

Is there any cutter that fits all people? Probably not, given the number varieties there are on the market. Cutters seem to fall into two ...

  E nhancing G lass B onding C haracteristic with S ilanes and P olymer C oatings Although glasses are often valued for their chemical ...

  Cutting strips is repetitive, but requires accuracy. This can be achieved with expensive tools that do the job very well. It can also be d...

  Annealing Includes Cooling Often people recommend a long anneal soak for potentially difficult pieces followed by an arbitrary 55C/100F c...

Selection Diamond discs for flat laps are expensive and the temptation is to buy as cheaply as possible. There are a number of relatively ...

A flat lap is a horizontal spinning disk to grind and polish flat surfaces onto the fired glass piece. Many desire one of these but are p...