Update on "One of those days"

Did you ever have one of those days when a lot of things don't go right? Today was one of those days.

Gorgeous 10.5" diameter pink glass circle fused with dichroic bits, fused onto clear 10.5" diameter circle for strength, then slumped in a ring mold in order to tack fuse to another, opposing 6" diameter white wispy circle which was also fused with a 6" diameter circle of clear for strength.

Hah!  That makes nearly .5" of thickness at the base when it all melts together. Not only did the slump go awry (still haven't figured out why) but the ring mold is in it's full, upright position--neither sliding off up or down.

In this pic you can see the dichroic pieces trekking along a swirl of white in the pink glass. You can also see the enormous cracks caused by .5" of base glass not cooling as fast as .25" of pink glass.

At any rate, this pic reminds me of looking at a colonoscopy, or a child's potty, or a chamber pot gone seriously wrong. 2-26-12



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Today I finally figured out what went wrong: the pink glass I used was not rated for fusing or slumping unless used alone. Dear me! Will I ever learn to keep my fusible glass separate from my regular stained glass? Will I ever manage to keep separate my 96 COE from my 90 COE? Will Ken and Barbie ever age? Tune in tomorrow for another installment of "As the Glass Melts."