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microwave firings

updated wed 8 mar 00

 

ferenc jakab on tue 7 mar 00

Having seen a few postings about microwaves, glazes etc. I thought I might
pass on this little gem. during my days in a major craft workshop some
acquaintances of mine who indulge in slumped or "cold" glass crafts found
that they could do cheap test firings by inserting their glass projects
between to pieces of ceramic fibre and then putting them into a microwave
oven. I don't remember for The length of time they used but I think it was
ten or twenty minutes. This generated temperatures sufficient to fuse all
their little pieces of glass together.
Feri