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.. FIRST HAD TO GUM (GLUE) WHOLE PIECE..
THEN SHAPE PURE SILVER LEAF INTO FORMS.
. THEN PLACE VERY CAREFULLY ON GUMMED GLASS (GUM DRIES QUICK AND KILN HEAT ELIMINATES IT).. SINCE SILVER LEAF SO AIRY AND FRAGILE.. JUST BREATHING MOVES IT, IF YOU DO NOT WATCH.. THEN I FLUXED
(DUSTING LAYER OF CLEAR POWDERED GLASS) THE WHOLE THING .. WHEN SHAPES OF SILVER WOULD HAVE BEEN LARGER, I WOULD HAVE JUST FLUXED THOSE.. NOT ALSO SURROUNDING AREAS.. TO KEEP SILVER SMOOTH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PRICK TINY HOLES WITH TOOTHPICK LIKE TOOL IN SILVER.. BUT IT DID NOT MATTER TO ME..
LIKE LITTLE CRINKLY AFFECT.. SO ID DID NOT PRICK THE LEAF.. THEN I NEEDED TO DRY IT UNDER THE LAMP.. CANNOT PLACE PIECE IN KILN WITH GLUE WET UNDER GLASS.. AFTER THAT, I ADDED CHUNKS OF BLUE HUED AND TURQUOISE TRANSPARENT GLASS IN AREAS I WANTED IT TO BE MORE ROUND AND BLUE.. AND BRILLIANT.. THEN IT WAS 'BAKED' IN HEAT OF ABOUT 1500 +.. CAME OUT FINE. I WANTED IT STRAIGHTER,SO TECH DOLLY STRAIGHTENED IT FOR ME, WHILE GLASS WAS STILL VERRRRRYYY!!! HOT.. .. GREAT GLASS ARTISAN GLENN BRIGGS, MULTI MEDIA GREAT ARTIST LEO EVANS AND TECH DOLLY , HELPED ME PLACING MY ART IN THE EXTREME HOT KILNS.. ALSO OFTEN ALAN, WHO PLAYS WITH COPPER FORMS AND GLASS FOR THE FUN OF IT--I AM NOT STRONG ENOUGH IN WRIST AND HANDS- AS WELL AS THE TEMP NOT GOOD FOR MY SENSITIVE SKIN.. ALL INFORM ME, WHEN I HAVE QUESTIONS.. OR ARE WILLING TO ENTER DEBATE OF SOME 'IDEAS', I HAVE .. SPECIALLY, PAULINE, MY LONGTIME
FRIEND IS GAME FOR IDEAS--. SHE IS A 'GLASS' WHIZ .. PERFECT GLASS PIECES AND SO VERY BEAUTIFUL.. AND LOVES EXPERIMENTING AND ON OCCASIONS ALSO 'RISKS' WITH HUES, TECHNIQUES.. ETC.