Glass Tips from Verrier

I have been looking for a different way than flows or melts to mix colours and thought glass pressing might be a promising way to achieve ...

Information from Bullseye shows that the Coefficient (average) of Linear Expansion changes rapidly around the annealing range. The followi...

There is a view that there will be less stress in the glass after a full fuse than a tack fuse firing. This view may have its origin ...

People sometimes fire a piece only to have it break after it is cool.   They decide to re-fire with additional decoration to conceal the br...

This is a power point presentation I gave a few weeks ago to a group.  It may be of interest to others.  There is no commentary.  

  What is viscosity? The official definition is that it is a measure of the resistance to flow, e.g., honey vs water, or hard vs soft glass....

  “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...

  A question about why a tack fused 6mm/0.25” piece of combined dense white and black in a slump firing broke has been raised.  Other pieces...

A statement was made on a Facebook group that transparent glass absorbs more heat than opalescent glass. And it releases more heat during co...

 A power point presentation I made a few months ago to the group Lunch with a Glass Artist. It is 33 slides long. Kilnforming with 3mm Glass...

From time to time you will see the statement: “CoE is the determinant of compatibility” This is Not True!    I wish I could ...