{"id":3046,"date":"2013-04-08T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T22:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2013-04-24T20:38:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T03:38:39","slug":"cracked-and-melted-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3046","title":{"rendered":"Cracked and Melted Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"

I subscribe to several craft blogs so that I am never short of ideas for craft projects while visiting my niece and nephew. Occasionally, I will read about a technique or material that might be reworked for a project that I might want to make. A few days ago I read a post about cracked glass stones on the Dollar Store Crafts<\/a> blog. The instructions were simple\u2013oven temperature 425\u00ba for 20 minutes and then an ice bath.<\/p>\n

I liked the idea of it, heating glass stones and then immersing them in ice water for a rapid cooling. This is not all that different from raku firing, remove work from a hot kiln, then cooling it quickly in a bucket of water. Quenching after raku firing is more dramatic, but a similar notion.<\/p>\n

I thought that I would give it a try. Picked up a bag of glass stones at the local Dollar Tree<\/a>. Surprised to find 100 stones in the bag.<\/p>\n

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\"Glass<\/p>\n

I lined the baking sheet with paper and spaced the stones a finger width apart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Glass<\/p>\n

The paper liner came in handy to lift and pour the hot stones into the ice bath.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Glass<\/p>\n

Stones in the ice bath.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Glass<\/p>\n

The result is some nice and at times subtle fractures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What are my plans? I was thinking about the possibility of using fractured glass bits as part of code in some of my work. I could use the color of the stones or the method for binding them to act as an aesthetic element which is also code.<\/p>\n

I got to thinking about some tests that I did in a kiln firing with metal tins and glass beads. I had a bunch of beads left from some craft projects and thought might be able to somehow use them.<\/p>\n

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\"Glass<\/p>\n

Glass beads with a bit of metal mesh in tin fired to approximately cone 015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Glass<\/p>\n

Glass beads and straight pins in tin fired to approximately cone 015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I was hoping for some slumping of the glass over the metal bits. That didn\u2019t happen, but there is always something positive with every test. Something to use in a different way or to build on. Sometimes I may not integrate the results into a project for several years. It is important to keep records. It saves a lot of time and testing in the future.<\/p>\n

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