Kilnforming on a Sand Bed L035

Sand often serves as a mold material in hot glass casting. It also works nicely as a firing surface for transferring textures onto kiln-glass. The range of textures one can achieve by firing on a sand bed is enormous, offering a unique and distinctive design vocabulary. In this lesson, you will learn:

• How to prepare the sand bed mixture and load it into a vermiculite board box
• Various ways to create texture on the surface
• How to contain the glass during firing
• How to fire an arrangement of sheet glass set up on a textured sand bed