The first four molds for the heron box...the head inlay, the sticks, the egg, and the top...are done
and I did all the volume measures yesterday. The way I do that is I fill a container with water, weigh it in grams, pour the appropriate amount of water into the mold, weigh the container again and subtract the second number from the first and then multiply the difference by 2.5 which is the specific gravity of the glass I use to get the weight of glass I need to accurately fill the mold.
The first two to go in the kiln will be the sticks and the egg. I've decided on colors for the egg, sort of a by-the-seat-of-my-pants decision. I have two color samples,
one is a little too green (combo of two colors), the other a little too blue (also a combo of two colors with one color common to both) so I'm going to try to hit the middle by using all three colors and then just to make it a little more iffy I'm going to mix that with a translucent white to try and get the right tint...maybe. Still need to pick my color for the sticks and hopefully I'll get the molds filled today, but maybe not since it's a yoga day and I've agreed to lead the class this evening since Abby won't be able to come so I want to jot down a sequence this time instead of trying to think what to do on the spot.
Nothing else happening. Still hot though yesterday was more tolerable (notice I didn't say 'cooler' because that won't enter the equation for at least 2 1/2 more months). I'm still watering every morning. I ordered the plaster impregnated gauze and it should be here Friday. I still have one more casting box to make for the piece that will be the reservoir for the heron box. I need reservoirs to hold all the glass frit since it takes up about twice as much space unfired as it does fired.
Once I get the heron box done I want to try a combination of my regular process and the modeling glass, create some elements with the modeling glass and then add them as an inclusion on a wax model.
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