Part One – “The Frame”
I received a catalogue from “Delphi Glass’ two days ago. I vaguely remember ordering it, but we’ve always had an interest in glass works. I work with glass beads in my jewellery projects and would love to create my own. Kevin and Arthur both have played with ‘slump’ glass using beer bottles in the forge in the past.
Thursday when I returned home from picking Arthur up from school Kevin called me over to the shop. Lo and behold, there in the yard stood “The Kiln”, just a baby awaiting its castable refractory insulation and a strip of steel to complete the seal.
The base is a steal barrel, the swinging lid hinge is a trailer stand, the bottom rung is a spent saw blade from the “Green Mill” and the burner is simply a piece of 2 1/2 inch pipe.
Via the burner, the Kiln can reach 2000 degrees depending upon the fuel and air pressure. Propane will be the fuel.
After thumbing again through the Delphi Catalog, I am inspired and await the maiden burn test of the Kiln.
I am also awaiting the completion of the “Man Chair’ from the last post. Today, when I visited the shop, I found that it has been revamped, with a taller back.
Side Note: Both Kevin and Arthur are huge StarWars fans (me too kind of), hence my visual connection to R2D2 ;)
~ Cheryl
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