I am having a lot of fun playing with forms build up by modules the last week. Working towards glass vases.

Lots of tests and experimenting with dipping in wax. I need bigger balloons, but have a top tip for trying this at home; when the balloon is dipped in the hot wax the air inside the balloon will expand and depending on how hard it has been blown up, how quick it is dipped and how hot the wax is, there is a real risk of the balloon exploding. My experience now tells me, that the wax is distributed well and evenly over the entire 2-3 meter radius surrounding the pot. The good news is though that the tiny droplets of wax set cold flying in air and one can clean it of easier than wax melted on to a surface.

First survivor this size ( 20 cm wide ). I am starting to have worked out most of the details that makes this cast, but I will never be fully in charge of what comes out of the kiln, the white opaline glass that makes part of the piece is very hard to predict and control - That is part of the charm.

More dipping and spots, all in one.

The kiln has not been empty, even when I have been quiet for a while. I am still working with dipping plaster positives in wax and building up forms layer by layer. This came out last week. It is only the size of a hand, but I have ready to go in the heat, a bigger one.