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I hope your summer is going well, it's hot and dry here in the West. I taught 14 classes in four weeks in June, all of which were great fun, but I'm glad to be in the studio again!
Since mixing recycled glasses can be problematic, I'm always on the lookout for colors, paints, micas, metals and anything else that I can add to glass. One thing I'm not fond of is surprises, so I test everything before I use it. I highly recommend that you do so as well. Here's how:
Here I'm testing 3 colors of mica luster from Kaiser Glass. I've mixed them up with a painting medium and have two skinny pieces of clear float (frosted) glass and two larger squares. Use the paint pen to label the back of the test pieces. Trust me, this is an important step!
 Here I've painted all three colors on the glass and added the rectangle. This will give me both a capped and uncapped test on the same piece. One of these tests will be fired to a full fuse, the other in a slump firing, giving me four different pieces of information, capped, uncapped, high temp firing and lower temp firing.  Here is the full fuse fired piece next to one of the unfired pieces to give you an idea of the end result. Now, repeat this process with every color of glass you use, and you'll be all set. Sounds nuts, doesn't it? Here are the test pieces that I have on my workbench right now, there are many, many others lurking around!
As always, let me know if you have questions, I'm happy to help!
Jodi
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