so I tried making a butterfly tonight. Will post results tomorrow.
So far I can say the first one was a complete disaster.
tried the "keep it hot the whole time" method, but then one of the wings cracked off, so I tried making the wing separate, kept it warm on the hot plate, then attached to the body, lots of "tinking" sounds and it fell apart when I finally put it into the kiln
2nd attempt was a full commitment to making the wings separate and attaching to the body. Much better this time. I made the wings, set on hot plate, made body, kept body hot, used molten ball on end of rod to make a cold seal punty to each wing as I picked it up to attach to the hot body.
Lessons learned:
make blebs of glass on the body and on the wings, just heat those up to attach
make big dots on the head for pulling out later for antennae. The pulling out of the first one was fine, but then it kept going all wonky as it got heat splash while I was trying to pull the second one. Need more practice on moving around the object and getting the pinpoint flame just where it's needed and NOT where it's not wanted.
will post pics tomorrow
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Elizabeth
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