Today at the torch I made this glass rose:
Whenever I make something sculptural I always give it several taps with my tweezer to make sure nothing will fall off. It seemed sturdy so I put it in the kiln. Then I made a second and as I was working on it my hand slipped and it tapped my table. The stem broke in several places, which was really strange because the stem was basically one long thick stringer. So, I reached into the kiln and tapped the first rose with the tweezers - same thing happened.
I am really curious why this happened. Does anyone have any insight? Would it have been fine if I had let it anneal?
TIA