Fire the clay like glass, not clay. The problem with melting glass on clay is the coefficient is different. Glass will craze, (crackle) on the clay. If you want the glass to stay on the clay use high fire clay and fire it to bisque first. The second firing with the glass on it should be fired on a schedule that is suitable for the glass. You can not simply fire the glass up to it's melting temperature then allow it to cool without controlling the cooling rate. You may want the rate to be 60ºF/hour to cool depending on the type of glass you are using.
Clay does not turn into glass. Quartz does. There are other kinds too, but not clay.
ANY type of glass can be melted (that is how they MAKE glass) but it takes VERY high heat to do so.
Glass beads are heavier than plastic
There are several websites for venetian glass beads. Use your search engine and type in venetian glass beads. The sites should pop up and you can browse to your heart's content.
Italian glass blowing techniques such as latticinio and zanfirico are adapted here to make beads. Furnace glass uses large decorated canes built up out of smaller canes, encased in clear glass and then extruded to form the beads with linear and twisting stripe patterns. No air is blown into the glass. These beads require a large scale glass furnace and annealing (glass) kiln for manufacture.
Yes ,but you have to melt it at 3000'C
Use static electricity or gravity. Get a statically charged object (static is always around when you don't want it) to draw the Styrofoam away from the glass. Or put them in a container and shake until the glass settles to the bottom and the Styrofoam winds up on top.
a glass bead is made by taking a rod of glass and a metal rod then melting and winding wrap the rod of glass round the metal rod until you have a disc.then slowly turning it melt the glass into a bead shape[donut]. for more imfomation go to "lampworkglassbeads.com" Other glass beads are made from pressed glass or are cut glass beads, which are then polished.
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a glass bead is made by taking a rod of glass and a metal rod then melting and winding wrap the rod of glass round the metal rod until you have a disc.then slowly turning it melt the glass into a bead shape[donut]. for more imfomation go to "lampworkglassbeads.com" Other glass beads are made from pressed glass or are cut glass beads, which are then polished.
Cindy Jenkins has written: 'Beads of glass' -- subject(s): Glass artists, Glass beads, Glass blowing and working, Technique 'Making glass beads' -- subject(s): Glass beads, Glass blowing and working
Lampwork glass beads are often used to make jewelry. Some examples of this jewelry can be found online at Lampwork-Beads-Glass, Zacoo, and Lima Beads.
The most sustainable beads are pearl beads. They are much stronger and last much longer than glass beads. This is one of the reasons they cost more than glass beads.
Louise Mehaffey has written: 'Glass beads' -- subject(s): Glass beads, Glass craft, Glass blowing and working
YES! Because when you heat the mixture of water and glass beads up at boiling temperature, the water will evaporate and leave the glass beads behind. =-)
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Technically there are only one type of glass beads. The reasoning behind this is because there is only one type of glass, which would actually just be glass.
about 15 beads an ounce
The surface area is increased by the glass beads.