clearly better
I’m retiring from Envirotex. Tired of the stuff. My last two cigar boxes were my best in every way except that the resin set up with a haze, leaving me thoroughly disgusted. I’m sure it’s mostly user error, but still. And then there’s the toxic fumes issue.
Anyway, the real reason I began to use Envirotex is because it looks like glass. So…why not use glass instead? Particularly with a kiln sitting out there in the garage. Glass has its own set of hazards but I think they’re well understood.
I ordered a few glass tiles from Etsy to try something like scrabble tile pendants, only better, and they are.
What I really love about this project is the way the voice of the little plain glass tile has changed. When I ordered it, it was just a nifty smooth piece of glass. Now it speaks of fire polish and fiber paper. Now it speaks of ramp time, heat soak and annealing.
Now it says: I can do that. And then why not a cigar box top? In about five years I may have something beautiful to show off.
In the meantime, there’s that bottle there. It was a test of a slumping program. Now it’s a spoon rest. If I never get good at anything else, I can produce spoon rests. Spoon rests for all!
