Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Glass Runes

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raven_ap_morgan

raven_ap_morgan

October 20 2008, 00:03:55 UTC 12 years ago

I'd only have to wonder if glass runes would withstand over time the main technique that I learned to cast such - to literally take the whole bunch in hand and toss them onto a table and read the pattern that results. I have a set that I like that does, but the runes on the stones themselves are non-standard.

Raven
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

October 20 2008, 00:11:27 UTC 12 years ago

1) You could cast them onto a sheet of foam or felt.

2) You could ask the artist. She may know how well her runes stand up that particular type of casting, which is fairly possible.
newroticgirl

newroticgirl

October 20 2008, 02:42:56 UTC 12 years ago

They're kiln-fused and annealed, which means they are raised to a high temperature and returned slowly to the glass's "happy point" -- where the crystalline structure returns to its neutral state.

I've seen the guys at the glass studio take fused dinnerware and pound it on the tables... (which makes EVERYBODY cringe!) ...so this stuff can take a beating. Unless you're spiking the runes onto concrete from a few stories up, I think they'd handle the casting just fine. ;)

In fact, the lady who got the aqua set tonight dropped them several times on her stone tiles and they were just fine!
raven_ap_morgan

raven_ap_morgan

October 20 2008, 02:52:19 UTC 12 years ago

Ah, that's good to know. I don't commonly use a concrete table... ;)

Raven
newroticgirl

newroticgirl

October 20 2008, 02:54:33 UTC 12 years ago

I think the guys who own the studio get a real kick out of banging glass stuff onto tables and scaring the crud outta everybody. My fused glass dinnerware goes through the dishwasher and everything. It's Pyrex glass -- the same kind that bakeware is made from. (There are other types of glass that aren't as hardy.)

I could glassnerd it up all night...... :D
ysabetwordsmith

O_O

ysabetwordsmith

October 20 2008, 03:06:27 UTC 12 years ago

I can see how banging the glassware would be attention-getting! I think I remember you saying something about Pyrex before, though. That stuff is definitely more durable than ordinary glass.