by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Firing Schedules
Firing Schedule for Inclusions/Bubble Squeeze Firing with Inclusions requires you to adjust your firing schedule. By slowing down the ramp rates and adding a hold in the slumping range, you can accomplish a ‘bubble squeeze’ and encourage the air to escape as the...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Firing Schedules
Fire Polish Schedule Typically, I fire polish and slump in the same firing, as it’s best to try and fire recycled glass as few times as possible to reduce the possibility of devit. However, if you do want to fire polish without changing the shape of your glass...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Firing Schedules
Slump firing schedule – Farenheit (1/4″ or 2 layers bottle glass) Ramp Temp (F) Hold Temp (F) Hold Time 200/hr 500 15 min 250/hr 1100 10 min 250/hr 1385 3 min 9999 1060 45 min 50/hr 940 0 100/hr 740 0 Slump firing schedule – Celcius (1/4″ or 2 layers...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Firing Schedules
Tack fuse (contour fuse) firing schedule Use this schedule for Stainless Steel Ribbon Molds, Tempered Glass Ice Plates and Bottle Glass chunks. This schedule rounds the edges and tacks pieces together, but does not full fuse. (1/4″ window or 2 layers bottle glass...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass, Process
Once you’ve mastered the basics of fusing bottle bottoms on molds, you can expand your glass practice and add colors to your designs. There are 3 main ways to add colors to fused bottle bottoms: Frits, Enamels and Mica. All of these have different processes, so we’ll...
