You know, I noticed it is a bit cold, since the windows are opened. When I wrote first, the windows were closed and it was nice and toasty!!
With that in mind, I moved quickly into the kiln this time. And yes, success!
I kept the marble much warmer and paid extra attention not to let it cool down during the process. I made one very similar to the one that cracked yesterday. Let's see later on, but it has survived the transition torch-to-kiln.
I also played around with a piece as if I was sculpting something, different colors and different thicknesses... Found the "hotspot" to park and still be warm. Also found how long did it take without soaking for it to crack! Worked on it some more and quick into the kiln it went.
Work in progress for sure.
I got that Corning video of Vittorio Constantini... Holy cow!
But I have a question on his work: I see him sometimes holding his work with hands, which tells me it is cool enough. Does that mean he would have to put it in a cold kiln and then have a ramp up program? If it is cold to the touch, and it went directly to a kiln at 900+ it would crack, no?
Can't thank all of you enough for the help!!
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