It's kiln temp sensitive and also soak sensitive but not with really predictable results, which I really like about it. I set the kiln (which runs a wee bit hot) on 890° for garage and only to 900° to start annealing with a pretty short soak.
Mostly I was making these just simply encased with 1401 crystal clear. Very simply...shape, let cool a wee bit and maybe flash in the same flame. Encase and done.
Stringers of DA look nice over some colors encased. Lily White SP is a good one (thanks Kalera!) but I have no pics of that. Shards are fun too. The first pic in the Accidental Images thread is DA shards. I may or may not have put some silver foil on the bubble before blowing, can't remember.
Hope that helps, Elizabeth. If you find you still don't like it, I'll buy it. Oh, I had not much luck with Aurora, just Dark Aurora.