Pot Melt Experiment - Another Fusing First for Me!
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- I started this video more than a year ago and just finished the project. We’ve all done that before, right?
Glass used - various Bullseye glass
Annular pot melt mold (not currently available), stainless steel mold and fiber liner, and bottomless bowl mold from Bonny Doon Glass: bonnydoonfused...
If you have this annular mold and haven’t used it yet (or are just curios try try your own approach with another pot), you might find this helpful. It includes firing schedule. static1.square...
My secondary firing schedule to flip and fire with powder frit:
350-1100-30
50-1225-60
600-1500-45 (in my third attempt, I reduced this to 1475 for 20 min … much better!)
9999-900-120
100-600-0
Slump:
300-900-0
100-1200-30 to 60 (peek… you may be able to shorten your hold)
9999-900-120
100-600-0
that purple striker is the happiest of accidents. it separates the blues and balances them absolutely perfectly. love this end result so much. well worth the patience.
Had so me problems with capping my project with clear. But fortunately it was uniform so I left it. Beautiful piece. never tried a pot melt. Don't think my kiln is big enough for that. but I love yours. Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey there. You could use that big blue piece as a part of a fountain ❤ thank you for the inspiration
Always a pleasure to watch your videos - old one’s or new one’s - I always learn something!
Really love the purple & the way the colors bloomed out!
I love how this piece turned out. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! I love Laurie's mold and have been waiting for her to start making this mold for a long time!! You are so lucky to own one!!
beautiful! I've ordered several steel formers and molds from Laurie Spray- only used once! need to chk her sight for that pot melt .
Another success!! I think you might be too hard on yourself. I love the way the glass flowed through the holes. Very different. Keep going man. I’ll be looking for another video from you in a few days!
I had the same experience with purple striker. It is quite the surprise when you open the kiln. The piece came out beautiful.
Wow! Loved this so much!
Thanks again Jamison. I really didn’t think the second firing to get rid of the devit would work but… there it is beautiful as ever. You inspire me and need that right now…. Kathie from Mexico 🐢
Wow! Beautiful!!
Interesting story about the piece and lessons learned while making it. The final product is beautiful.
I always enjoy your videos and enjoyed this one as well. One tip I can pass on to you - I am always concerned I will make an arithmetic mistake when I am calculating the combined weight of the mold and the glass. So I set my scale to zero after I put the mold on. (There will be a button on your scale to do that) That way I only have to find the weight of the glass. It is easier for me that way.
Such beautiful colours and I love the ring patterns that mould produces 👍😁
Lovely. Love the melt.
Great piece, really like it. Although a surprise, I think the purple striker works really well.
Cool look and another great job!
Thanks
It’s beautiful!!
it is beautiful
Nice vid! Maybe clear sheet in mold first will stop color remaining in the mold 😀
I think had you sandblasted it after seeing the etching that would have looked amazing. However, not many of us have sandblasters......
Agreed! But no sandblaster…
Jamaison, I am always impressed with your ingenuity and sense of adventure. I wasn't sure you would get that devit (dee-vit 😁) to go away, but you did! The pattern turned out rather lovely, almost like a myriad of flower petals. By the way, is your kiln only top heat (elements) or side heat or both? I want to get a larger kiln and have been looking for something that has both. I have a smaller kiln that has just side elements. Just curious! Thanks again for sharing! 👍😉💖
Thank you! Just top elements in mine. I’m firing a Jen-Ken profusion 26
Te quedó hermoso, aunque no entendí qué corregiste,
Where in texas are you Mr Schuler??
I would love to come see you
Sorry, I don’t have a public studio space…
👏👏👏🙏
I'm in north central Texas, too. Just south of Ft Worth. Where are you?
Sachse, NE of DFW
@@JamaisonSchuler spending this cold afternoon watching your fusion videos. Glad I discovered them; lots of good info! Thanks!
Was this transparent color? It looked like it till you put it through the pot melt.
Yes, all transparent
Hey Jamaison, how did you cut up the old kiln shelf? I just got an old 1/2 shelf and I wanted to cut it up for dams.
I got lucky: we were having new kitchen tile installed, and so I marked up my shelf and tipped the tile installer $20 to use his tile saw to slice it up for me. 😉
@@JamaisonSchuler cool, I have an old tile saw out in the garage somewhere. I will be looking for that in the morning. Thanks a lot for you help!
What schedule did you use for the 1st pot melt?
The one in Laurie’s guide: static1.squarespace.com/static/51aad152e4b080a019301bcd/t/5e66ada87891847c6ccb24dd/1583787436049/Annular+Pot+Melt+Pot+Tutorial+2020.pdf
@@JamaisonSchuler thank you!!
where can we buy this torus-shaped container?
I’m sorry, are you asking about the pot melt mold with all the holes? It is no longer being sold. The maker isn’t creating them any longer.
Question about the cut up kiln shelf. Did cut with a wet or dry saw?
It was a wet tile saw. I had some flooring guys here installing new tile in our kitchen, so I tipped them $20 to cut a shelf up for me. 😉
Thanks
I've tried this very process, the sand/powder/refire, and ended up with that same result. What grit did you sand it up to? I did find a difference in the clear powder vs the crystal clear powder. I try to stick to the reg clear only.
I think I used a low grit… only 60 or maybe 120 - can’t recall now! And yes, only regular clear powder, not crystal clear!
@@JamaisonSchuler I come from the Boro world. Things that are left at those lower grits scuz quickly, even under clear. Especially when heated rapidly. I have had some better luck (in fusing) bringing projects up to a higher grit, and firing a bit slower on the way up. I'm definitely no fusing expert. Just an observation across the two disciplines.