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I've been playing a lot in my kiln lately, and I love making difference dishes and such, as you might have seen in a past post, but one thing always bothers me.

first, i trace out my mold/form shape, i score the glass
i fuse the pieces
i place my fused piece onto my mold or form and everything is perfectly sized
when i set my kiln to slump it never comes out how i'd hope.

take my last piece for instance:



when the piece slumps the edges are pulled down with it, which i'd somewhat expect, but something (like on this bowl) there's no edge left.  if you look at the left and top sides of the picture, there's no edge to the rim, where on the right side there is plenty edge.

the kiln is balanced and flat, but i'm still not getting very consistant results.

are there any tips or secrets on mataining a better overall shape?

Hello Everybody!

Every year Emeritus Senior Living (one of the largest operators of assisted living communities in the U.S.)  puts on a live (and silent) auction to benefit the Alzheimer's Association.  I was lucky enough to participate last year and it's really an amazing benefit.

I've been so glad to have a kiln after not having one for years.  Now that it's back I've been really having fun playing around in it in between projects and orders.

Last week I invited friends in and let them make their own necklaces.  I cut a few blanks and briefly showed them how to decorate them and let them have-at-it!

Here's some of the ones they picked as their favorite.  It was quick, easy and was cool to let them walk away with their own creations.


Aside from that, I've been playing with the sushi dish molds.  I want something a little different, a little mis-shaped, maybe even crazy.  I kept it pretty simple and conservative for my first set, hopefully i'll have some off the wall ideas for the next ones.