Taking a look at these photos you can see where I started on the bottom left. Mixing glass paints with water, no gum arabic this time, and grinding it with a glass muller allows me to get a fine surface to work with.
Once the glass paint is mixed to my satisfaction, I paint a thin surface on the already fired glass. Not mixing gum arabic in with the paints allows me to easily remove paint I don't want on the finished piece. It brushes off with a fine bristle brush, a course brush, a cloth, or whatever other tools work to get the result you want.
This time I will heat the kiln to 1250 degrees, because I am anticipating that this will be my final firing. Once out of the kiln, and cooled, I will make that decision.
Can't wait!
Pat Deere
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