Glass Tips from Verrier

Credit: The Crucible.com It is frequent to have castings from frit with spikes, needles, or prickles around the edges.   Causes These sp...

Firing a single layer, even with decorative elements on top, is most likely to “dog bone” due to lack of volume.    With a single layer you ...

Many novice kilnformers tend toward the use of tack rather than full fusing in their work.  This is a bit perplexing, as tack fusing is more...

A question arose: If you fuse a single 20cm diameter sheet of 3mm glass to full fuse, [with a decorative rim] what happens? … Would the...

Some time ago people on a Facebook group were asked to give their top tips for kiln forming.   Looking through them showed a lot of detailed...

"I could use some help here please. I’ve tried this sun mould 3x and as you can see all 3x I get a hole.  If you could tell me what...

Often fused glass has prickles or needle points around the edges and especially at corners after firing. This illustration is from ...

How much will my glass expand if I put glass pieces on top of 6mm base?     I ran some tests for both 6mm and 3mm bases.  These showed that ...

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...

You may suspect you have hot spots in your kiln because of bubbles or one side of the piece being more fully fused than another. A good ...