Plaid ribbons with "electric" dichro square set in the middle, slumped on a wavy plate mold. Designed, fused and slumped over a 4 day period, this 9 5/8" square wavy plate is by far the craziest, useful piece of glass I've made in a while. AND it didn't crack or break in the kiln. I learned that I don't have to use Elmer's glue to hold the design together, and therefore I don't get bubbles or "burned" inclusions from the glue trying desperately to burn away. I framed this during construction, using a large carpenter's square and built it on a very thick, portable piece of cardboard. That way I was able to move the entire thing outside to the kiln and then reconstruct it on the kiln shelf using the carpenters' square. Fusing schedule looks like this: 500 dph to 1000 degrees with no hold; 1000 dph to 1465 degrees with a hold of approximately 20 minutes; 9999 (as fast as possible) dph to 1000 degrees with 10 min hold; 300 dph to 965 degrees and hold for 20 min (annealing stage); 800 dph to 300 degrees with no hold--don't open the kiln until everything has cooled completely.
Slumping schedule looks like this: 500 dph to 1000 degrees with no hold; 1000 dph to 1300 degrees with a 30 minute hold; 9999 (as fast as possible) dph to 1000 degrees with 8 min hold; 300 dph to 965 and hold for 20 min (annealing stage); 800 dph to 300 degrees with no hold--don't open the kiln until everything has cooled completely.
If you want to buy this, the cost is $199.00
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