I fused this 2 layer piece design down and placed a piece of white on top of it. The bottom layer had 2 pieces of blue placed on either side of a small red piece. All pieces were 3mm thickness. The design side came out well, the three pieces appear to fit together precisely. Often when i have tried to get all the pieces to fit together and placed them on top of the base it did not work so well. Design down works. Corners are round, sides smooth; all has fused together. No extreme bulges on sides, however there is a slight bulge, hardly noticeable on the red edge. Perhaps the red piece was a little longer than the surrounding blue pieces. Regarding color, the blue and red are transparent. By placing them on opaque white, the blue and the red become a little creamier looking. i do not like the combination of the three colors and think that the white base is too much. I would have preferred it with a clear base which I ma thinking would have continued the transparent aspects of the glass throughout the whole piece.
The firing schedule was as follows:
400 dph....................................1225 degrees....................hold 30 mins
600 dph.....................................1470 degrees....................hold 10 mins
Full...........................................900 degrees......................hold 1 hour
100 dph....................................700 degrees......................0
Full.............................................70 degrees........................off
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