Fusing

Made in a front loading Paragon GL-24 Kiln, 2 shelves

Schedule:

1. Heat @ 300F/ hr to 1220 F

2. Hold @ 1220F for 15 min

3. Cool AFAP to 960F

4. Hold @ 960F for 60 min

5. Cool @ 100F/ hr to 700 F

6. Hold @ 700F for 1 min

Shut off.

Items:

Deep forest...

Needs slumped into a tray

Tack fused

Spider Fruit Bowl... needs slumping

(left-inside; right-outside)

Tack Fused

Stripes --needs slumping into a tray/sushi plate

Tack Fused

Sword-fish... he wants it as is, I?

Slumped into a big salad plate

got some white powdery things on the glass... but it doesnt look bad because the blue is beautifully sharp with a thin black border adn the white spreads after that

Zebra... Needs slumped into a bowl

Tack-fused

Lilac Plates : Need slumping. The lilac (which turned blue) with clear and dichroic glass.

Full fuse

Torque- Needs slumped into a dinner plate

(3 layers, clear, red transparent, black opaque and black-clear-transparent--full fused)

Basket 45-- needs slumped into bowl

(tack fused)

Flat earth--needs slumped into bowl

(full fused)

Tiles & Coasters: Using scrap and project left-overs # 2

For Schedules: see 'fusing' post.Made in a

Paragon GL-24 Kiln.

Corning Museum of Glass,

August 8-9, 2009

(C) Kolika Chatterjee 2009

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Brooches: Using scrap and project left-overs #1

For Schedules: see 'fusing' post.

Made in a Paragon GL-24 Kiln.

Corning Museum of Glass,

August 8-9, 2009

(C) Kolika Chatterjee 2009

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Bottle slumping

Made in a front loading Higuchi Kiln, 3 shelves

Schedule:

1. Heat at 300-350F/min to 1350 F (4 hours)

2. Hold at 1350F for 75 min

3. Heat AFAP to 1450 F

4. Hold at 1450F for 15 min

5. Cool AFAP to 990 F

6. Hold at 990F for 15 min

Shut off.

(Yellow #1 Corning Glass Museum 8-8-09 1:30 pm to 8-9-09 11 am)

Items:

"Two thumbs up" Cheese tray (made from old soda bottle)

the mouth was too heavy and there was too much (1.5" fall from the mold I used, so I ended up breaking it :(

" Fire and Ice" Cheese tray (made from Mazza Ice Wine Bottle, Mazza Winery PA)

I'll rate this a 3/5, the lining could be more perfect.

"Trio" tray (made from 3 beer bottles fused together... will have to wait and see if any compatibility issues crop up--didnt test before firing)

So far it looks good...feedback--not to add the labels back on... but I'm not convinced. What say?

"Spa-tool" Spatula/Spoon rest (made from a Wine bottle, Johnson winery, NY)

"Green Tree" Tray (made from Wine Bottle, Mazza Winery PA)

this turned out nice with the wire-work and beads. Booked it for a wedding gift for a wonderful and FUN couple!

Using the same schedule, I did an experimental mid-fuse...(right) will have to slump that into a plate... ah well next time.

(C) Kolika Chatterjee 2009

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