Glass-studio guides from My Glass Cookbook.

A plain-language foundation for reading a firing schedule as a map of heat over time — not just a peak temperature.

How to read each segment of a kiln schedule and understand what the kiln is being asked to do next.

A practical map of heat-up, bubble squeeze, forming, cooling toward anneal, and annealing/cooling.

A practical guide to the common failure patterns behind kiln schedule problems, from thermal shock and trapped air to excess heatwork and poor annealing.

How to turn a kiln schedule table into a mental heat curve, so each segment reads like a clear studio instruction.

What a full fuse is trying to do, why bubble squeeze matters, and how heatwork, hold time, thickness, and annealing shape the final smooth result.

What tack fusing is for, how it differs from contour and full fuse, and how schedule choices affect texture, bonding, bubbles, and annealing.

How contour fuse bridges texture and smoothing, why total heatwork matters, and how to use it when tack is too sharp but full fuse is too flat.

What slumping does, why mold choice and timing matter, and how to read a slump schedule as a careful shape-forming firing.

How fire polishing differs from full fuse, tack fuse, and slumping, and why surface repair still needs schedule discipline and annealing.

How bubble squeeze works, what it can and cannot fix, and how construction choices and schedule choices cooperate to reduce trapped air.

Why thick glass heats, anneals, and re-fires differently, and how to think about mass, stress, and cumulative kiln history.

A high-level guide to reading special-process schedules where glass flows, drops, or fills a form instead of simply bonding or bending.

A practical decision framework for choosing between full fuse, tack fuse, contour fuse, slump, fire polish, bubble strategy, thick-glass, and special-process schedules.

A plain-language beginner guide to COE, tested compatible glass, brand systems, stained glass caution, simple test tiles, and why matching numbers does not automatically make glass interchangeable.

A practical beginner guide to scoring, breaking, grozing, grinding, and cleaning glass pieces for stained glass, fused glass, mosaics, and mixed-process work.