Jump Start January - Daily top tip videos
Jump Start January - Daily top tip videos
Are you a glass fuser seeking a post-Christmas boost? Welcome to the first Jump Start January!
Receive a short video tutorial straight to your inbox every day in January, featuring technical tips, design exercises and more! Each video will be 5-10 minutes long, and topics will include:
-Avoiding devit and fixing it when it occurs
-Cutting circles
-Removing a drop out rim
-Guide to Annealing
-Guide to Bubble Squeeze
-Consistent glass scoring
-Polishing with cerium oxide
-Interpreting firing guides
-Getting your frit powder colours right
-Identifying over-slumping and avoiding it
-Filling a kiln shelf economically
-Choosing kiln papers
-Decal firing for vibrant colours
-How to use diamond handpads
-Drilling holes in glass
-Discovering your colour palette
-Using a tile saw for glass
-Choosing the right respirator mask
-Guide to fire polishing
-Choosing a kiln/upgrading
-Etching cream
-Guide to metal inclusions
-At what temps can you open the kiln
-What enamels are out there, and how to choose between them
-Guide to kiln furniture
-Design Exercise: Using up offcuts
-Design Exercise: Taking inspiration into design templates for glass
-Design Exercise: Fused Glass Mosaics
-What is ‘investment’ mould mixture
-Top temperatures and your kiln’s personality
-Guide to mica powder
Cumulating in more than 3 hours of content, that you can view back as many times as you like within three months.