what is the benefit of casting as in your video, as opposed to filling the mold with scrap or billets and then letting the firing of the kiln do the work,,,thanks,,rodney
three reasons to pour the glass vs. packing the mold. 1st is clarity. pouring gets less air trapped and better optical effects. 2nd is the final surface of the piece. Unless you can get the kiln up to around 2300 the glass will not be fluid enough to flow into the details of the mold. last is that we make our glass from batch, so we would have to cook glass, frit it, and then fill the mold. this would double part of the cost of the work. pouring we handle the glass less and have more fun!
big boy toys
too cool..
chena3 1 year ago
what materials are your molds made out of???
cool idea with the tilting furnace!!
ramanglass544 3 years ago
It isn't even centered! All that work for a bad sign. Y'all should find a new layout person.
doughfield 4 years ago
hello
mrt0990 5 years ago
Thanks for showing us such an interesting technique. And well done.
kent77777 5 years ago
what is the benefit of casting as in your video, as opposed to filling the mold with scrap or billets and then letting the firing of the kiln do the work,,,thanks,,rodney
hellorodney 5 years ago
three reasons to pour the glass vs. packing the mold. 1st is clarity. pouring gets less air trapped and better optical effects. 2nd is the final surface of the piece. Unless you can get the kiln up to around 2300 the glass will not be fluid enough to flow into the details of the mold. last is that we make our glass from batch, so we would have to cook glass, frit it, and then fill the mold. this would double part of the cost of the work. pouring we handle the glass less and have more fun!
knarfoo 5 years ago
thanks for the reply,,,how long to you have to anneal those pieces,,,like the signs
hellorodney 5 years ago