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Originally Posted by ttaecker
I want to get into making glass chain. I'm confused as to how I keep the chain from breaking while I'm making a new loop. I'm assuming there is a way to do it outside of my kiln so that it doesn't take a gazillion years to make one chain. I read somewhere that keeping it on a piece of wood would slow down the cooling process. I'm still confused as to why I wouldn't need to keep the entire chain in the flame.
Thanks for any help you can provide. I haven't been able to find many helpful references online.
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Use Boro. It doesn't crack like soft glass. I learned from Kim Edwards, she's a master glass chainmailer.
http://www.beadinggem.com/2013/02/gl...y-kim.html?m=1
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