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A hand shaped bottle

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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« on: December 08, 2012, 04:23:40 am »
Dear Giovanni,
   No offence, but I believe you've the order of work ass-backwards. First, you mold-blow the hand shaped bottle in the innermost layer. Then you dab on the other colours, either in molten glass, or in powdered enamels and then fire it to fuse them. Then you dip it into molten clear glass. The trick is, you have to keep the innermost layer hot enough it doesn't crack when put in contact with molten glass, but not so hot it loses its shape.
Shabbat Shalom,
Joey
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