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A segmented platter challenge for our club. We purchased the segmented blank from one of our turner's, Jim Kramer. This was my entry. I turned the blank into an 11.25" x 1.75" platter and finished it with satin lacquer. I made the lid at a glass art store by cutting and combining colored glass, it was then fired in their kiln to create the domed lid. The finial was made from Zebra wood.
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Mark Hepburn
Ben, that's a pretty cool idea. So how do you get the glass to hold the arched shape? Is it placed on a mold and then slumps or do you work it in a soft state? Also, what is your mounting method for the finial?

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Mark
 
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Thanks Mark, The glass is fired in a kiln until the individual pieces melt together, then placed on an arched mold, it slumps to that shape as it heats up again. It is a two piece finial, the top that you see and a round piece of wood inside which is screwed up into the top piece. Ben
 
Mark Hepburn
Thanks Ben!
 
Philip Rose
Very nice. I just acquired a kiln a few months ago to experiment with combining turning with glass fusing.
 

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