Here is a collection of posts on various experiments and data I've collected about glass. Great science it's not, but sometimes even poor information is better than none.
Depicted above: uroborous sample strand
This post covers what information I've been able to discover about the compatibility between coe 90 (e.g. bullseye) glass and the 7000/8000 series thompson enamels. The upshot is that they're not. 7000/8000 was developed for system 96. Sigh. (Update: I have some new formulations to test from Gathering 2005.)
excerpt of a letter about my kiln & controller adventures. 17jan10 .
Why you do not want to mix Bullseye and Effetre. Originally posted 13feb09. 13feb2009
First effort after Doug Remschneider's class to strike beads. . Originally posted 23nov08. 23nov2008
Some friday fuglies are sort of cute. But this one, alas, is just a fugly failure . Originally posted 20nov08. 21nov2008
Another fiery test of some old seed beads . Originally posted 16may08. 26may2008
Cold seals are not a good idea. Originally posted 26apr08. 25apr2008
More kiln fired seed bead (&c) color permanence tests ... 07apr2008
Sample strand of some of the Limited Edition BE colors from 2007 (more or less)—the so-called 1001 series. Originally posted 8jan08. 08jan2008
Sample strand of some of the Limited Edition BE colors from 2007 (more or less)—the so-called 1001 series. Originally posted 8jan08. 08jan2008
The very first beads I made with the Color is Messy pallette. Made in October, originally posted 16nov07. 19nov2007
sample strand for the current creation is messy color is messy (104coe) palette. Originally posted 27oct07 27oct2007
Comparisons of 4 blacks —Effetre 064, 066, hades0820 and vetrofond 064 on vetrofond 204, Effetre 208, and Thompson enamel white (9010?). Originally posted 21oct07. 21oct2007
comparison of two yellow abstracts made with Creation is Messy Hades black and Effetre Dense 066 black. Originally posted 20oct07 20oct2007
More Gathering goodies, v. 2007 , including some just-a-demo-ugly tests. Originally posted 16aug07 16aug2007
What sandblasting can do to glass beads. Originally posted 29mar07 29mar2007
Simple hollow beads are remarkably durable when dropped onto concrete floors, but double hollows illustrate one of the vulnerabilities of hollow forms . Originally posted 28jan07 28jan2007
this post discusses a thread test of lauscha color supernova . Originally posted 18jan07 18jan2007
partial sample of the new 104coe kugler colors commissioned by Arrow Springs 26nov2006
to your left, the orange bead that didn't make it into the 96 coe pi glass sample strand ; see also the post 96 coe uroborus sample strand . Posted 04 and 05 may, respectively. 04may2006
This post is mostly self-indulgent, but does include one tip for marking rods . file created 08 aug05, posted 13aug05 13aug2005
This post shows the results of experiments trying to determine whether some seed beads are coated (dyed) . The upshot of it is that most of the cool colors seem to be. Sigh. Created 30apr05 30apr2005
This post lists, by metal type, and within metal family, increasing metal content, of some borosilicate colors courtesy of Jesse Kohl of Northstar while we were at Gathering 2005. Someday I'll get around to digging up my 2004 Gathering notes, which include a seminar on this same topic by Henry Grimmett, the head chemist at Glass Alchemy.
File originally created 8jun05, updated 24aug05, 25jun06
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