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The difference is your trying to push the pattern to the front without imploding the center as it will disort the lines and make it look less clean. When I do this it also has a lot to do with the angle you hold it at.. I try and keep it horazontal, instead of holding it at a 45 degree angle. Just my two cents :)
hi i just got my new paragon kiln its a small model
i have burned it in yesterday, so it is ready to run
i dont know now wich cycles to run
at wich temperatures to hold and garage and at wich rate to cool down and hold and when i want to use prepwork at wich rate to heat it up
i understand how to programm it it is queit simple as i could see in the manual
so now i really want to try out working with it, but because i dont now the specific rates per hour and stuff i cant
i want to do pipes pendants and small fudurines , riff scenes , my kiln also is only 20X20X20cm
would be really cool if somebody would help me
kind regards frank
You can garage your work from 950 degrees to 1050. Annealing times depend on the size, check library, if you are working small pieces and pendants- an hour soak time then turn it off, should be fine. If you are trying to fix a crack ramp your kiln up to 1150 and soak piece for 5 min. then hit the crack from the start and melt to the finish, good luck. Peace!
new stuff and my new kiln
what do you think
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has someone maybe some suggestions for me what to practice or wht i can make better
kind regards frank
try and make some goblets and oil dishes maybe. do tons of reversals n shit, thats what i do. i dunno, if you wanna get fancy, make a lil color design cup and blow another one into it with a lot of clear in it, and produce a double layer thingy. kinda rad. try and make a donut, thats fun :)
ya reversals are fun even better when you put them together..make a dagger i just made one it was fun.. maybe some gromet bong bowls or chillums
thanks you guys, i have to practice a lot
but sometimes i sit there and nothing comes to my mind, and i hear the click .....click sound from the kiln reminding me to put stuff in it haha
greetings from germany
aaahh btw i just got my new torch its a mega max from nortel
nice man
i felt that i need to learn everything new cause the flame is so much bigger then with my old one
turtles made with my new mega max torch from nortel
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http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6492/turtle1.jpg
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3919/turtle3y.jpg
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1286/turtles3.jpg
and then the oxy was out:D
hi , thanks to turtleglass for the inspiration on the turtles, my girlfriend loves them
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http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9338/blueturtle.jpg
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i sold some stuff to my friend but i wanna go to some headshops with my slides and dishes pokies and packies and stuff
and i laso wanna go to some store in the city wich sell jewlery, maybe they like my pendants, oh and i wanna take part of a big flea market in our city
well see if peaople like my stuff
kind regards frank
I want that smiley face sun pendant, I know a young lady who would go nutty for it!
I will second the sun pendant, super cool and I'm sure ever little girl will want one.
i will stop turtles and do some suns for the kids :D
it seems that everybody except myself really likes the sun
i did it for my girlfriend, maybe i should listen more and often haha:D:D
wow man havnt checked your thread for a bit, diggin the work, and Thanks for the givin me props for turtle Idea But I wasn't the first one Im sure. I like yours, very original, keep it up, there can never be enough turtles in my eyes :)
my girlfriend says the teeth look stupid, i like them
what do you think?
haha
although turtles dont have teeth i do like them, cleaned up a little more and they would be a cute little addition, try laying a single stringer of white, mashing it flat a bit after meting it in a little. then take a knife or a razor and heat up the stringer and press lines for the space between the teeth one my one. ive never done teeth but thats just a simple way ive seen them done.
yweah cool advice thank you, i have large hands and im not so good at doing tiny stuff haha
lol it all takes time and practice man, steady hands come with experience.