Pack up your supplies and try another day!

In each of the examples below, clear reactive glass was used to cap something visually appealing underneath.  Lesson learned

Layers:  Left - clear reactive, thin black, topped with two smaller reactive squares and a white stringer.  Right - thin black, two white stringers, and clear reactive cap.

One of my surprises in the group below was the differences in the corners of each piece.  These four were assembled and fired at the same time.  In the upper left, the corners have pulled in quite a bit and the reactive cap has pulled more that the black underneath.  In the bottom left, the corners pulled less, but the reactive pulled to occupy a smaller space.

In the right, the corners not pull toward the largest mass, but appear to have pulled out, creating peaks....I have not observed this effect in the past and am wondering if this is also a property of the clear reactive when it is larger than a glass it is paired with.

Notice the crimson corners protruding from the piece in the lower right.  It appears as though the clear reactive has not maintained its surface tension and has pulled apart.  I  wonder why the two on the right appear to be so different in shape.

Firing companions - all fired together, yet different attributes appear, particular visible in the corners of each piece.

Whether the earrings were made with crimson, green, or black glass, the reactive cap created the same hazy results for all.

Earring wannabees!

If I need cloudy little buttons with crimson borders in the future, I am prepared.

A study in firing glass - time to call it a day and try again tomorrow!

Note:  the small, round button shapes began as squares.  The larger pieces on the bottom began as equilateral triangles with very rigid sides.