This project has been hanging around on my list for some time now. Not sure why exactly, but it may be because I knew it would be a little tedious. You will see what I mean a little later.
Anyway, the time came to give it a go.
In Part 2 of this post I will be covering the slumping process to make the final fused glass bowl. You may remember, this is a 245mm square bowl with a Kawasaki theme. It is made from Bullseye 90 COE glass.
The final bowl turned out fantastic, as you will see.
Continue reading A Fused Glass Bowl ‘Kawasaki Dreaming’ – Part 2
‘Kawasaki Dreaming?’ you ask! Well, I needed a reason to try making a theme based bowl. While I could come up with numerous themes, I really wanted to do something for someone that would have great meaning.
I won’t go into the detail about who this was made for, but he does have a collection of Kawasaki motor bikes. I expected that anybody with a collection of Kawasaki motor bikes would have a strong love for the brand and really appreciate something unique and related.
Continue reading A Fused Glass Bowl ‘Kawasaki Dreaming’ – Part 1
All kilns, as far as I know, have cool spots. Areas in the kiln that never reach the desired temperature. The result is that anything in those areas will not be processed to the same degree as the rest of the kiln.
After many firings I knew this to be the case in my kiln, but wasn’t sure just where those areas were.
A recent fire polish gave me the opportunity to look at this a little better.