years of service on Tuesday. I get five days off then back to the same
place as a contractor. It will be a transition but I've been looking
forward to it for eight months. I qualified to retire last June and had to
wait for things to happen before I could officially retire. It will be a
strange day but exciting just the same.
And you wonder why I haven't posted in awhile. I did have a breakthrough
with the silvered glass Triton. I finally figure out how to get the wildly
beautiful bright blue and turquoise colors out of it. When it is reduced in
the flame all you get are the shiny metallic colors and I just didn't get it
ok, so they all look pretty much the same but how to folks get the pretty
colors to show. Well, I decided to reduce the glass and then cover with
dots of a light transparent, in this case a very light blue. It worked, I
was so excited I couldn't stand it. On the black one the metallic ring
around the bright colors is the silvered glass that didn't get covered by
the transparent, I put it back into a reduction flame to bring the metallic
shine back up before putting it into the kiln. On the middle one, the blue,
the black areas around the bright colors are the Triton that wasn't covered
by the clear, I didn't reintroduce it into the reduction flame and it just
remained black. I love the look of the bright blues shimmering through the
transparent. Not easy to photograph for sure, there is a shimmer that
reminds me of fish scales that sparkle in the light. AND I can reproduce
the look, something that doesn't always happen when I discover a new look.
Try it, you will love the look.
tootles,
enjoy the journey
