Friday 21 May 2010

Kenneth Lives!

Pink Lampwork Glass BeadsThe relay for Kenneth arrived today and I fitted it, revved the kiln up, held my breath and was elated to find that Kenneth is working again! Yeah!

And in answer to your question, Sue, fitting a new relay is really easy. The longest part of the process is unscrewing/replacing the dozen screws on the base of the kiln to get to the workings. Aside from that it's just a logical process of moving the wires carefully from the old relay across to the new one. I call Robin at
Electric Kilns whenever I need a relay or if I'm having kiln trauma and he is always so amazingly helpful.

So anyway, with Kenneth in full working order I was able to make a few beads. Not many because by the time I'd mended the kiln and had a celebratory bacon sandwich it was afternoon and also the conservatory was 31°C (sudden sunshine-a-rama today) and I was wilting a bit. So the small set that I do have ready are those pretty 'Ballerina' ones up there. Soft pink (
CiM Desert Pink if you're interested) and grey. Very '80s, don't you think?

I will be making beads all weekend to make up for what I haven't been able to do in the past couple of days so do check in over the weekend to see what glass creations I come up with. Then I'm reckoning that I'll be selling said beads on either Sunday or Monday night.

5 comments:

  1. Laura,
    I am so glad Kenneth lives!
    I LOVE the beads that you posted. I love the pink you used! I am going to have to head over to the Messy site and check it out!

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  2. Woo hoo, way to go Kenneth and Laura - what a team :-) The contrast colour you've used for your dots and stringer goes so well with the pink. I'm looking forward to seeing your weekend work.

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  3. Glad to hear that Kenneth has revived!
    Very pretty pink beads.

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  4. Welcome back Kenneth!
    It has been hot, hasn't it?! I'm not complaining though as I doubt it'll be here for long. I'm just trying to arrange my work so that I solder in the morning or the evenings!

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  5. I'm glad that Kenneth lives too. Phew!

    Hi Jo - it's a bit warm, isn't it? I'll be back in a shed soon so I'll be doing that hot-weather-working-time-shift thing too. :o)

    Laura x

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