Just had a week confined to the house because of food poisoning. I was bored out of my tiny mind, all I did was throw up and sleep… also a few less pleasent things.
Back to uni, and I need to catch up, or start properly.
Coldworking the Jelly baby is hard work, I have named him Jeremy.
Decals are interesting.
I’m testing three different types of cover-coat at the moment, fluxed high-firing, fluxed low-firing and unfluxed.
Just trying to get the covercoat to burn away without distorting the image is the first challenge.
They are having trouble getting the colour prints wihout the final product fading so I am sticking to black images for the moment.
Been doing some interesting tests with decals since we (the uni) got a new decal printer.
Results to follow shortly.
Jelly baby is out!He just needs some polishing up now! :D
I made some glass teacups yesterday! If they come out without damage they will be so cute! (I may have to bribe the lehr faries with something… they did remove the base of a vase I made the other day, maybe that will do.)
I plan to make a fimo base which I can cast and attach to the base of said teacups. I will probably make a press-mould out of it because casting is way to laborious and dull.
Helped Okra pack up for The Spring Fair trade show at the N.E.C yesterday. It was interesting to see how last-minute some things are done. I photographed everything to put in my Professional Practice folder. Its all a learning curve.
I have decided I want to put handles on everything now! I love doing teacup handles! The only issue is I need an assistant to bring me the handle and our technician is often busy elswhere and I’m usually the only one in the hotshop. :-/
Jelly Baby is at 161 degrees.
Glass Maker based in the West Midlands UK
