Cynthia

Don’t know if this’ll be useful for anyone, but I got tired of “figgerin” on paper when my stuff would come out of the kiln. So I built a little firing calculator to do it for me, and you’re welcome to download the file and try it. (You’ll need an application that can read Microsoft Excel 2003 [...]

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So what if your kiln was smart? (Gosh, this sounds like a GE commercial)
But… what if your kiln really was smart? What if it sensed things happening during a firing, analyzed and decided on a course of action, then responded appropriately? 
Would that make a difference in the way you fire glass? The time it takes? [...]

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First of all, I’ve never really thought of myself as sentimentalist. Sure, I sometimes sob at tearjerker chickflicks. And a cracking good animation or a sublimely elegant algorithm or hardware that really IS “plug and play” or somebody just being nice for no good reason or truly amazing or content-rich art invariably results in leaky optics. And maybe [...]

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You know what I love about the glass community? They’re so bloody generous.
As I’ve said ad nauseum, my kiln died. (Well, c’maaaaaaan–that kiln’s been a constant companion for the last five years. Not having one handy is almost as unsettling as losing a mobile phone, which probably says something about my gadget jones.) 
Within hours of [...]

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WARNING: EXTREMELY LONG (AND SELF-INDULGENT) POST
(yeah, she’s doing it again)
If you’re not interested in pate de verre (or rambling philosophical art talk), skip this post
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the how of creation, not the why or the technical whats and wherefores. And I’m figuring that I could improve my [...]

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