As part of a uni assignment I am creating a type of
kaleidoscope – the viewer will be made from mirrors and the discs will all be
different using various forms of architectural glass techniques.
The first one I wanted to make was to include shop-bought
marbles.
First I put the marbles in the kiln to melt down so they had
a flat bottom.
This meant I could arrange them neatly onto a disc of glass without them rolling all over the place.
I cut a 15cm glass circle out of window glass and placed the marbles onto it.
Then into the kiln it went up to 820 degrees.
The next morning I was way
too impatient and had a sneaky look while the kiln was still at about 100 degrees (not really recommended in case the piece
thermal shocks and cracks.)
Happy with the result.. I
think it should make a good disc to view through a kaleidoscope.
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