Unspeakable
July 4, 2008
I need to get me some new cusswords. The old ones just don’t have enough oooomph right now.
Toiled mightily for the last few evenings finishing up two pate de verre pieces for tomorrow’s demonstration at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland. Things went swimmingly, albeit without much sleep, and when I checked the kiln late last night it was right on schedule, heading up to process temps. It would be down to room temp about 3AM tomorrow, giving me plenty of time to decant the pieces in the morning, knock off the rough edges and do some rough coldwork as part of the demo.
Hummed through the morning, went out about an hour ago to check the kiln again…and the controller was dead. No lights, nothing. Worse, when I popped the lid the molds hadn’t completed burnout–I could see dark spots where the gum arabic had started to burn but not completed the process.
Not good, not good at all. [Read more]