TipSheet 5: Bullseye Box Casting

Overview

This method of kilncasting developed as an outgrowth of an artist exchange project in our Research & Education department with Mexican artist Rafael Cauduro. Cauduro had originally come to the factory to work in methods known as Painting With Light, but quickly became intrigued with kilncasting processes and began to make large-scale cast glass sculptures using traditional “monolithic” or one-piece refractory molds. The fabrication, handling, and technical challenges posed by making and firing these molds ultimately led the R&E team, assisted by Ray Ahlgren, to begin researching other ways of building the molds. After the conclusion of the project, this research continued. TipSheet 5 will lead you through the processes that were subsequently developed.

TipSheet 5: Bullseye Box Casting PDF
Revised September 09, 2009.