{"id":697,"date":"2025-01-16T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=697"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:41:00","slug":"slump-cast-tests-mark-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"Slump cast tests mark 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I set 2 plaster molds to fire overnight. The deep orange billet of glass is sat on top of one of my smaller jelly plaster casts. The multicolored piece is sat on top of a plaster former.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh89usFXSNvIdRGNwcWh2JSEwneS7O7z0H0OuAn2ri82IvqqOfFWhQPVLOaTtsZUfdId_gyJ8o8aRxpN6xsgisJ48Nz1naAbC5BcYot9XIHQ8xxRZRt05ovx87IzxufAvVhZrEMS4N40DwxQCNelnqojHUL1ndyxabooKQ9wYQKtatphfBVF0XlHwywpFKs\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh89usFXSNvIdRGNwcWh2JSEwneS7O7z0H0OuAn2ri82IvqqOfFWhQPVLOaTtsZUfdId_gyJ8o8aRxpN6xsgisJ48Nz1naAbC5BcYot9XIHQ8xxRZRt05ovx87IzxufAvVhZrEMS4N40DwxQCNelnqojHUL1ndyxabooKQ9wYQKtatphfBVF0XlHwywpFKs\" width=\"400\"><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When the multicolored slump piece is cool, I will place the now curved billet on top of one of my smaller jelly plaster casts and refire it.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I will then compare both slump outcomes and use the best process for my rabbit slump cast.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;ve decided to run this test in order to save time and money; the slump casting billets are around \u00a380 each so it feels sensible to try to avoid as many expensive mistakes as possible.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjDtnqpVNYhuPXbaCdGAXYCdliSvmbTk5sKcbfAgfmeNnNcdfJK8B-pK07nOalN5A06wDAjRQSDGA8iyCrUSxwSmRXgEb1sWSwZWl-EdhwUXN_eZ2YCiShWMJUwZZ28zkEcUHBcjYIY8Bs2C5zHqzd-9tfTPGief06l-eWsuorQBdtw-jUpj2AZ6Hm8wm5J\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjDtnqpVNYhuPXbaCdGAXYCdliSvmbTk5sKcbfAgfmeNnNcdfJK8B-pK07nOalN5A06wDAjRQSDGA8iyCrUSxwSmRXgEb1sWSwZWl-EdhwUXN_eZ2YCiShWMJUwZZ28zkEcUHBcjYIY8Bs2C5zHqzd-9tfTPGief06l-eWsuorQBdtw-jUpj2AZ6Hm8wm5J\" width=\"400\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Below are the firing settings for the glass kiln; slumping is preset 4.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhhY5A0eq2AK7HUkPHHWOXULAgMcxeAUv5yClPTklOTpf2I3hHHQyUYLXzRI_PtDQb7S-aKKxbEWmuEgAq9nq3e3aYftkCPuhtgXsMUmpmiwaizpGuB_YThgcrY5FVqUO6MtByppBPDu3c2AQB-AQw3y_l0KTf0Vlm6OkXkPcO7XuZVyaY_FxiTmF-cgIZT\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhhY5A0eq2AK7HUkPHHWOXULAgMcxeAUv5yClPTklOTpf2I3hHHQyUYLXzRI_PtDQb7S-aKKxbEWmuEgAq9nq3e3aYftkCPuhtgXsMUmpmiwaizpGuB_YThgcrY5FVqUO6MtByppBPDu3c2AQB-AQw3y_l0KTf0Vlm6OkXkPcO7XuZVyaY_FxiTmF-cgIZT\" width=\"400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhhY5A0eq2AK7HUkPHHWOXULAgMcxeAUv5yClPTklOTpf2I3hHHQyUYLXzRI_PtDQb7S-aKKxbEWmuEgAq9nq3e3aYftkCPuhtgXsMUmpmiwaizpGuB_YThgcrY5FVqUO6MtByppBPDu3c2AQB-AQw3y_l0KTf0Vlm6OkXkPcO7XuZVyaY_FxiTmF-cgIZT\"><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It will be interesting to see how they come out.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I set 2 plaster molds to fire overnight. The deep orange billet of glass is sat on top of one of my smaller jelly plaster casts. The multicolored piece is sat on top of a plaster former.&nbsp; When the multicolored slump piece is cool, I will place the now curved billet on top of one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}