I took the fused, cleaned and polished sheets of glass and sat them on top of my mould, making sure that the edges were clear. I slumped these at about 600 degrees. In this part of the process but it was something I found myself doing a lot when I was waiting for the kiln to finish and cool down! Sadly and far too often my prayers were not answered and I ended up with ugly broken bits of work, as you can see below.

I chose to work with Bulls-eye glass in my final term of my third year. I decided to change materials as I was not totaly happy with the results I had been getting with the fused nuggets. Although it may have been a risk to start with a new material at this stage, I was confident that I could acehive more outstanding results. Of, yellow, fuchsia. Dark blue, light blue, turquoise. Sharp and perfected the circular form. 4 Take out of kiln. I was extremely happy wit.

Fusing Bulls-eye went well, my shapes worked and the colours worked. I realised that this type of glass is much better to use and to create finished objects with than the nuggets. I made more plaster moulds from my silicone master and lay six medium sized ones in the kiln along with about five smaller moulds. 1 Putting moulds into the kiln. 2 Putting sheets of glass onto moulds.

Sunday, 24 May 2009. I had to use silicone to make my master mould as plaster moulds do not. Last very long in the kiln. I had to have a master mould which would then allow me to make as many plaster moulds as I needed for slumping, instead of making them from clay each time. 1 Make a clay model. 2 Cover the clay in one thin layer of silicone. Once all these layers were complet.

Be able to slump or fuse. Before I cast I had to make a decision on what I wanted to cast from. I chose to create a more simple and contemporary. Piece I made six plaster moulds of my platter. I had to make this many as they weaken during the firing process in the kiln and begin to crack. 4 Melt glass layer two. 5 Take out of mould.