Peacock Feather
- Details
- Last Updated: Wednesday, 01 October 2014 18:30
Products Used
Glass & Colors- SG-401 Black Designer Liner
- 14"x7½" Clear Glass (2 pieces)
- Transparent Frit (Med Size): Orange, Yellow, Blue, Light blue, Red, and Green
- Firing Paper, Glass Cleaner
- Pattern: Peacock Feather
Designer: Pauline WynDham
Instructions
- Cut 2 clear pieces of glass to 14" x 7½" sizes, and clean with isopropanol or glass cleaner.
- Tape pattern to the underside of one of the pieces of glass to keep it stationary.
- Use SG-401 Black Designer Liner to outline the rachis and barbs of the feathers. Keep the lines thin: too much product may lead to bubbles forming during firing.
- When liner is dry, place the second sheet of glass on top of the design created.
- Sprinkle green frit over the vane of the feather; and add yellow, a little blue and red to the eye of the plume.
- Sprinkle some orange and red frit to the left side of the glass.
- Sprinkle some yellow frit to the right of the red and orange frit leaving room for the blue area
- Sprinkle some both blue frit to the right side of the glass. Fire to a full fuse (see recommendation below). Please remember that any "generic" schedule is meant as a starting point. Your project, your kiln and your desired results are all variables that will likely be reasons to adjust this schedule. Remember to fuse and anneal for the thickest part of the glass.
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Segment
Rate
Temp
Hold
1
300
900
15
2
500
1100
0
3
100
1250
120
4
9999
1475
10
5
9999
960
60
6
100
800
0
7
200
700
0
8
400
100
0