This week at Glass Xpressions Mia and Eric have been making progress with the setting up of the new Hot Shop. The furnace is ready to go and today they brought in an extra annealing kiln. The kiln is halfway through being refurbished - it has had a new lining installed and now needs all the electrics to be fixed. It's a good size kiln that has been purchased from a local potter and because it doesn't have the elements in at the moment, Mia can specify them to be just where she wants them. Most of the mornings entertainment was watching Lisa and Eric compete with each other as to who was the best forklift driver! (I personally think it was a tie in the end).
We also did research on sorting out a sandblaster and I'm going to look at a cabinet next monday - just a small benchtop one, but hopefully good enough for our needs.
The rest of the morning I spent with Lisa going through her stock of glass pulling together a collection of pieces that I might be able to use for my first stained glass piece. I've chosen some blues, greens and yellows that I want to print on and paint with ceramic enamels. I've brought them home and cleaned them up and now a design is taking shape.
Lastly, here's a photo of the lovely Lexie - my favourite glass studio dog (she is such a personality - I love her!)
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