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Sold x 115 grm (1/4 lb) Glass Alchemy Cherrywood borosilicate Glass Rods. Designed to provide you with a color that emulates the dark color of polished cherrywood. It can be worked to be transparent, opaque red or an opaque salmon pink. Size: 7mm x 58cm length. Weight per rod approx. 32 grms. 3-4 rods per 115grms or 12 - 15 rods per 458 grms (1lb).
Pre-heat in outer flame. Avoid rapid heating. Size: 7mm x 58cm length. Weight per rod approx. 32 grms. 3-4 rods per 115grms or 12 - 15 rods per 458 grms (1lb).
Working Tip:
Kiln strike at 1075° F for one hour, +/-20min. An even strike requires even heat.
Cherrywood is a traditional copper based ruby. You can control the striking in the flame and in the kiln. If you put your piece into the kiln and the color is clear then you can strike it from a transparent strawberry red to a deep dark ruby. When the piece is worked, streaks or opalescent patches of reds and pinks emerge and once kilned and struck further, these areas will look like a deep ruby cherrywood pattern. An opalescent or opaque look will provide a richer and creamier looking finish.
Encasement will only dilute the density of color, the same striking properties occur.
- Mike Shelbo
Additional Information:
Colour Characteristics - Translucent (Ionic), Color Changing
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