dryad piece in the kiln

the Dryad piece is now in Kiln 19. The glass is furnace cullet, from when the CGW furnace was emptied before Christmas. Tom brought out the usable glass into patties for me, nice thick chunks of annealed glass. the schedule was a bit of a mash up. I suddenly realised that the Dryad piece is quite thick, so quite a few extra hours were added.

Hello Purr

In my quest to create a kiln / firing schedule app, I have started to learn some skills, well very basic ones. Using the MIT app inventor I completed their first tutorial "Hello purr" which totally peeved our feline visitor. The very simple task is to make a picture of a cat meow when you tap your phone...which made said 'kitteh' look around for her rival for affection and food (probably not in that order)

This is the image I used...of 'our' cat (actually the neighbours cat who kind of lives with us)

In the kiln

In kiln 18 at the Glassworks

Notes: Think, yes think again about where you put those feeders, make sure the pots can be placed over them and fit together. I did have 4 small pots but it didn't work. I did make it more difficult by having the indent made by the coffee cup.

Glass: Spectrum '96 nuggets 4.5kg

Firing / annealing schedule 

50°c /hr 600°c hold 1 hr

100°c/hr 880°c hold 10 hrs

AFAP 515°c hold 10 hrs

413°c @ 7°c (14 hrs)

316°c @ 4.6°c  (21 hrs)

30°c @ 10°c (28 hrs)

Glass tech, casting, week 11

All our moulds are ready! See the odd white things on the table.

Now for a suitable firing cycle.

Imagine a zone of silence and no small amount of pressure as we wait for Eliot to come up with the perfect table.