Awesome!
I have a kiln rack, but it only has room for like, 10 beads... so I load in first one row of beads, and then stick the next layer a weenie bit back from that, and stop before the mandrels are sticking out the door... it's not the best, but it's the best I can do.
I find that the higher temperature really intensifies the Rubino Oro, like crazy... which makes me very very happy. Even when I am afraid that I haven't properly struck it (striked??? boy is this turning out to be a debilitating cold - just a head cold, but gee whiz... the sneezing and congestion are something else!), I stick it in the kiln and it comes out intense deep ruby red.
Smiles,
Carol Anne
My cold is getting worse and I have to sing in the Christmas concert on the 25th. And take a train 4 hours on the early morning of the 24th. At least I will be back in Lauscha on the 25th for the concert and then stay here for the entire vacation until the new year. YAY! Going to visit a thermal swim hall, with steam and fountains and and and... Gasoline prices sunk to around 6 dollars a gallon here - they were up to the equivalent of 10 dollars a gallon... so driving 40 miles to visit a nice pool is something we can consider again... and that had nothing to do with glass, so ignore it. Time to go back to bed. 