Kiln is warm again

After a week of having a cold kiln.
The kiln is warm again.

It has been a week. . .

Lots of work, meetings, and a nasty cold hampered my glass work.

Today was warm (33 degrees) and sun filled. After work I was able to ski w/ the dog. He only dragged me down a few times:-) and then I found time to put some glass in the kiln.

Feels good.

~ Julz

Saturday - ahhhhh!

It's the time of year that sunny days are rare. Today is a sunny one and it's even a lovely 26 degrees outside. The day started w/ my dog exercising me at day break and the sun rise on the new snow from the last few days was a blush of softness. No pictures - forgot the camera. darn

I have two amaryllis bulbs blooming to try to bring a bit of spring to my environment. . .

I love these bulbs; the first is a repeat from last year and the second is new. 

A bit of beauty for dreary winter days.

The kiln has been warm and cold this week. I finished these two small bowls early in the week - continuing w/ the bright colors & dot theme and then didn't fire anything until today.

The kiln is firing now with a full fuse on some small squares for a new idea I am experimenting with today.

Have a great Saturday!

~ Julz

Big Bubble -

Big Bubble

 

and I thought - okay perhaps if I slump it it will go away.

Nope.

Now I have a nice bowl w/ a large bubble.

darn!

~ Julz

Red Glass - my favorite

I love red.

(This is the glass that started as yellow, 

but striked red in the kiln.)

~ Julz

New work -

Some good and some not so good & some work in progress . . .

I love this dish, but I don't like the bubbles. I tried a bubble squeeze on the full fuse of this glass and the bubbles persisted. I need to re-think this design. Perhaps putting the frit for the stars on the top rather then sandwiched between 2 layers of glass.

??

I need a better pic of this dish. It's a new mold that I'm excited about - kind of pie plate like - but I messed up on the color choice. It looked better pre-fuse.    darn darn darn

This is in the kiln tonight for a full fuse.

The yellow square - soon to be a dish - is a striker glass. A striker glass turns a different color when it is heated. This one should strike to a wonderful red color, but the dots should stay amber.

I make my dots by putting the small squares of scrap glass into the kiln and fuse it when I have extra room on a kiln shelf. This is scrap glass from my red striker. I love this red color once heat is applied.

More pics tomorrow.

~ Julz

Amber dish w/ stars and bubbles

~just out of the kiln~

I'm pleased w/ the colors and bubbles are fun, but not wanted in this piece.

darn

It's still too warm to remove from the slump mold, but I wanted to get the next piece into the kiln tonight.

Full fuse tonight and then tomorrow slump into new mold - a dish similar to a pie plate.

~ Julz

Yellow Bowl

I am really into happy colors. . .

and very tired of cloudy days.

~Julz

Happy Colors

My Green dish.

Blue Bowl. Green Dish. Yellow Dish (slumping in the kiln tonight).

Yea!

~ Julz