Dawn:
I decided to start with the first Dalai Lama beads in the tutorial and work one color at a time. [I had DL opaque rods on hand.]
I got great color results and made 8 beads in the first session. After I opened the kiln, I found four of them had cracked vertically -- in line with the mandrel. I have zero experience with the "forensics" of cracking. However, I suspect I spent too much time gawking at color and checking out the evenness of the clear encasement before putting the beads in the kiln to anneal. I was REALLY surprised that FOUR beads had cracked.
Any thoughts?
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