Flow Slab #1

Flow Slab #1

by | Apr 1, 2012 | Bullseye Glass, Expirimentation, Firing Program, Fusing, Glass, Kilncasting, Reactions, Reactive

I’ve been making some slabs, and replacing my saw with one that works, rather than my Castorama Chippy MacChipperson tile saw. It arrives yesterday while I was in Paris, visiting a friend who was there for the weekend, and the Art Paris Art Fair, and Paris Art Design. It’s a Gemini Apollo ring saw, and I’m in love. The blades are fragile, and I’m a dolt who already snapped one, but the finish is lovely, and there’s no chipping. So, here are pictures of one of my slabs, solid, cut up, and laid out in the kiln. I’m looking forward to seeing it when it’s all fired up.
The first firing was 1.3kg of glass, with a mix of blues, grays, and reactive glasses, the firing program was:
1. 167C/H to 663C hold 1:00
2. 333C/H to 810C hold 1:45 (since there is 0313, which should not be fired above 810C)
3. AFAP to 482C hold 3:00
4. 25C/H to 427C hold 0:01
5. 45C/H to 371C hold 0:01
6. 150C/H to 21C hold 0:01
The second firing, after everything was cut up and laid out is:
1. 334C/H to 289C hold 0:20 (to cure the shelf primer)
2. 222C/H to 677C hold 0:30
3. 333C/H to 804C hold 0:10
4. AFAP to 482C hold 0:30
5. 83C/H to 371C hold 0:00
6. AFAP to 21C hold 0:00
and, there will be more to come when it comes out of the kiln.
New Pendants

New Pendants

by | Mar 14, 2012 | Bullseye Glass, Drawings, Engraving, Expirimentation, Finished, Fusing, Glass, Jewelry, Reactions, Reactive

I’ve been doing some new pendants, in a palette of whites this time, I really prefer the circular shape to the rectangular ones, on the whole, and I think that these ones looks quite nice with the bail showing rather than hidden behind the glass. I love the reactions between the silver leaf and the french vanilla, which you can see in the creamy coloured ones in the picture below. I find the blues and golds that appear quite lovely, and more varied and complex than the silver reaction with reactive cloud.
I’m practicing with the silver and with a paintable version of silver gilding to see if I can be a little more precise with the placement of the silver, we’ll see how the expiriments come out. I think it would be interesting to control the placement of the reactions more so that I can use it as an element to build up imagery.

Bullseye Reactive Test Firing Again!

Bullseye Reactive Test Firing Again!

by | Jan 11, 2012 | Bullseye Glass, Drawings, Expirimentation, Kilncasting, Reactive, Test

So, I did some tests with Bullseye reactive glasses a couple years ago, time for more… this time it’s French Vanilla, Dense White, Reactive Opal, and Reactive Ice, with a whole bunch of other stuff:

Fired in a 100 tile mosaic mould on the following program:

222°C/H to 538°C for 00:30
333°C/H to 816°C for 00:10
AFAP to 482°C for 2:00
56°C/H to 371°C for 00:01
AFAP to 15°C
So, extra fun is that the dense white boils at this temperature, I should do a test firing with it to see what temperature works without it boiling:
So, I got is out of the kiln this morning, and here’s what I got:
There are some neat reactions! Horrah! and only a few of the dense white tiles stuck to the mold, which I was worried would happen with all of them.  I’ll try using it with fibre paper next time, and see if that helps with the sticking.  There were no serious problems with Dense White used as an accent, just when it was used as a base, it sticks to the kiln wash like nobody’s business (yes, now we know why Bullseye only makes it in flameworking rod now, and lists it as “Not recommended for kilnforming.“
For all the pictures, here’s an album. I’m going to play more now. Below the jump is a chart of what was in which tile.
Bullseye Reactive Test Firing January 11 2012

Here’s a table showing what’s going on in each tile, woot!:

(FV) – French Vanilla
(DW) – Dense White
(SL) – Silver Leaf
(RO) – Reactive Cloud Opal
(RI) – Reactive Ice Clear
(CT) – Clear Tekta
1116 – Turquoise Blue Transparent
0305 – Salmon Pink Opal
1137 – Medium Amber Transparent
1305 – Sunset Coral

1417 – Emerald Green Transparent
1112 – Adventurine Green Transparent

1859 – Rhubarb Shift
Highlighted Colours are Frit

1
(FV)
Silver		 11
(FV)
Silver		 21
(DW)
Silver		 31
(DW)
Silver
Red		 41
(RO)
Silver		 51
(CT)
(RO)
Silver		 61
(RI)
Silver		 71
(CT)
(RI)
(FV)
(DW)		 81
(CT)
(FV)
Turquoise		 91
(CT)
(FV)
2
(FV)
Turquoise
Silver		 12
(FV)
Turquoise
Silver		 22
(DW)
Turquoise
Silver		 32
(DW)
Turquoise
Silver		 42
(RO)
Turquoise
Silver		 52
(CT)
(RO)
Turquoise
Silver		 62
(RI)
Turquoise
Silver		 72
(CT)
(RI)
(DW)		 82
(CT)
(FV)
Turquoise		 92
(CT)
(FV)
Silver
3
(FV)
Turquoise		 13
(FV)
Turquoise		 23
(DW)
Turquoise		 33
(DW)
Turquoise		 43
(RO)
Turquoise		 53
(CT)
(RO)
Turquoise		 63
(RI)
Turquoise		 73
(CT)
(RI)
Turquoise		 83
(CT)
Turquoise		 93
(CT)
(FV)
Turquoise
Silver
4
(FV)
Salmon		 14
(FV)
Salmon		 24
(DW)
Salmon		 34
(DW)
Red		 44
(RO)
Salmon		 54
(CT)
(RO)
Salmon		 64
(RI)
Salmon		 74
(CT)
(RI)
Salmon		 84
(CT)
Salmon		 94
(CT)
Salmon
5
(FV)
Amber		 15
(FV)
Amber		 25
(DW)
Amber		 35
(DW)
Amber		 45
(RO)
Amber		 55
(CT)
(RO)
Amber		 65
(RI)
Amber		 75
(CT)
(RI)
Amber		 85
(CT)
Amber		 95
(CT)
Amber
6
(FV)
Coral		 16
(FV)
Coral		 26
(DW)
Coral		 36
(DW)
Coral		 46
(RO)
Coral		 56
(RO)
Coral		 66
(RI)
Coral		 76
(RI)
Coral		 86
(CT)
Coral		 96
(CT)
Coral
7
(FV)
Emerald		 17
(FV)
Emerald
Silver		 27
(DW)
Emerald		 37
(DW) 
Emerald
Silver		 47
(RO)
Emerald

57
(RO)
Emerald
Silver		 67
(RI)
Emerald		 77
(RI)
Emerald
Silver		 87
(CT)
Emerald		 97
(CT)
Emerald
8
(FV)
Adventurine		 18
(FV)
Adventurine
Silver		 28
(DW)
Adventurine		 38
(DW)
Adventurine
Silver		 48
(RO)
Adventurine
Cell		 58
(RO)
Adventurine
Silver		 68
(RI) Adventurine		 78
(RI)
Adventurine
Silver		 88
(CT)
Adventurine		 98
(CT)
Adventurine
9
(FV)
Rhubarb
Silver		 19
(FV)
Rhubarb		 29
(DW)
Rhubarb		 39
(DW)
Rhubarb
Silver		 49
(RO)
Rhubarb		 59
(RO)
Rhubarb
Silver		 69
(RI)
Rhubarb		 79
(RI)
Rhubarb
Silver		 89
(CT)
Rhubarb		 99
(CT)
Rhubarb
10
(FV)
(DW)		 20
(FV)
(DW)		 30
(DW)
(FV)		 40
(DW)
(FV)		 50
(RO)
(FV)		 60
(RO)
(DW)		 70
(RI)
(DW)		 80
(RI)
(FV)		 90
(CT)
(DW)
Rhubarb		 100
(CT)