Experiment 11a-b

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Material
a. Soda-lime glass
> colour: gradient of amber and purple (a)
> colour: gradient of emerald green and purple (b)
b. Ceramic tissue
> composition: SiO2 + Al2 O3
> Structure: trimide, α-alumina
> T max: ~ 1300 °C
c. Metal mould

Dimensione pezzo finito
h. 23 cm l. 22 w. 17 cm (a)
h. 25 cm l. 22 w. 17 cm (b)

Objectives
a. Allow the easy removal of the tissue from the glass piece.
b. Testing the thermal strength of the fabric after several use.
c. Include tooling and superficial finishing typical from Murano.

Process
Tissue secured with metal clips to a V-shape metal mould.
The piece was hand finished.

Results
the tissue easily comes off the piece of glass; interesting texture.

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