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Getting Ready for Open Studio Weekend

Getting Ready for Open Studio Weekend

Firing a bunch of new work for next weekend’s open studio – Studio 2 on the Portsmouth Holiday Arts Tour! Here are the stages from cutting and cleaning the glass and silver pieces to stacking them all carefully inside the kiln, and the finished, fused charms after 13 hours in the kiln :)

 

Glass is cut and cleaned, ready for the kiln.

Glass is cut and cleaned, ready for the kiln.

 

Carefully stacked pieces fill up the kiln - ready for firing!

Carefully stacked pieces fill up the kiln – ready for firing!

 

The magic of fusing! Charms are finished after 13 hours of slow and steady firing.

The magic of fusing! Charms are finished after 13 hours of slow and steady firing.