It depends what I'm doing and where. The mask tends to give me a headache, but I wear it (half face mask with replaceable P100 cartridges) if I'm sifting somewhere other than my own studio (I sometimes rent studio time at a local art school flameworking studio, because that's where my glass peeps hang out.) If I'm rolling beads in enamels, I don't usually bother, but I keep the frit trays of enamels well under the vent hood and away from myself. I use enamels a lot, so my home ventilation set up was put in with that in mind. I have an oversized funnel directly in front of me. I put a metal shelf right in front of it (just to the side of my flame) and my frit trays of enamels on the shelf. I sift over the frit trays (arms fully stretched out in front of me). I can see the loose powder being pulled straight into the funnel and the table in front of me stays clean.
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