Waffle Tray

[Kev]

This is cooking in the kiln now. I will do a contour fuse with it to retain some of the woven texture. It was not the colors i had planned initially, but I found out I did not have the colors I needed so I made do with what I had on hand...I still like it though..nice and vibrant.

[Rebecca]

Darn!  I thought you were bringing me breakfast in bed!  That looks nice.  What will it be?

Rebecca

[JoanFrances]

looks nice Kev

[ct4mom]

cool Kev The colors look great

[Kev]

I have a tray 11.5" square with curved up corners...I will slump it into that.

[Becki]

It's about time!    Done yet?

[Kev]

Yep...it's done.

I'm going to slump it today in the mold shown. There ere a few areas that looked like the base started to bubble a bit. I'm hoping once it is slumped, that the bubbles will relax . If not it's still ok.

[Becki]

If this was a single layer with the strips laid out then the bubbles were a volume issue. I'm not sure anything will happen to them at slump temps.  Very cool, though!

[Kev]

Could I have done it differently?

[Becki]

Possibly slowing your ramp down between 1100 and 1250 may have helped.  The way it's laid up you have little squares of 1 layer and it's trapping the air.

[Kev]

I was only ramping at 75/hr through that range. The clear was used as a base. There should not be any trapped air under it, but it loks more like the glass was sucked up...I'm sure more of a volume thing like you said.

[Becki]

Well, then that solution is out! You may not think there's any air but you have some places that are 2 layers and some that are 1 layer...there is air!  It was pushing up because it had no outlet to escape.  Are they in every square?  If they are then embrace your bubbles and call them a design feature!  They are those that do this type of set up just to get bubbles!  The only other way to avoid them is to make sure you have 2 full layers of glass.

[Kev]

No there is only a few like that. If I used 2 full layers, then I would lose the wavy texture on the top. I still like it thought, still functional.

[Becki]

It will be fine, Kev!  Absolutely functional and very cool!

[nansea121]

A weave is on my to-do list, lol. That looks like fun Kev.

[Kev]

I do love the textured feel of the top of it. I'll have to check into the molds for the strips for weaving. It's slumping now.

[Kev]

The final result.

[nansea121]

Yaaaaaaaa!!!!!! Ain't it fun!!!  Love it Kev.

I plan on using the same square slumper as well. I think it's one of my favourite molds right now.
I ordered a medium interweave mold yesterday and it might be here today or tomorrow!

Thanks for the inspiration m'lad:)

[Becki]

Looks nice, Kev.  Look into a weave mold...you'll really like the texture you get using them.

[Audrey]

Very cool. I think it came out great.