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- Category: Technical Articles 1999
Anne Dyer
When the enamelling session is over, it offends me to let that heat just go. So, I have taken to using it to slump glass, to make flat glass into bowls or shards into pendants, earrings or suncatchers. This only works in a well-insulated kiln, as the cooling down must be as slow as possible or the glass will crack. And you need the kiln pretty hot to start, as the glass needs to get to about 850° to melt together.
Arrange any bits of broken bottle or window glass, glass beads or other glass scrap on a piece of whatever form of ceramic fibre you use, safely bigger than the glass area, on a mesh stand and put it in the kiln. Turn off the power and leave it alone until at least the next day.