Trial #7

It is almost impossible to keep any of the foils smooth the way that they start.  It doesn't seem to matter in the final product, however.  The krinkles and creases so not leave a pattern on the final piece.  The experiment below was actually designed to see if running the stringers to one side would pull escaping gases away from the central image and toward OR off the edge.  I was also wondering if a heavier stringer (i.e. 2mm,) would be more effective that the 1mm I previously used.

Trial #7 - white glass, cyan frit, French vanilla frit, 2mm clear stringers, silver stars, capped with clear glass (COE 90)

My thinking was that the thicker stringer would take longer to liquify and resist gravity longer. 

Trial #7 - White, cyan frit, French vanilla frit, two silver stars, 2mm stringers capped with clear glass

It does look like the escaping gas has gathered in one central location over a denser pocket of French vanilla frit, but it has not moved totally off the piece but remained above the frit.

Trial #7 - Impact of 2mm stringer

The heavier diameter of the clear stringer has also created a negative space appearance when interacting with all of the frit.  It is also very obvious that a stringer has been used. 

Trial #7 - Green reaction is only cyan and silver over white and under clear

Notice in the image above that the cyan frit and the silver star have just barely begun to interact in a way that is allowing the reaction to be green.  This is really the first place where that reaction has occurred in all of the trials.  It is in a location where there is no French vanilla, and only cyan and silver.  

Trial #7 - white, cyan frit and French vanilla frit

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