Start thinking now about what would make a real difference to your quality of life. Personalizing Your Bathroom Design So you've decided to design your bathroom? Aside from painting it your favorite shade of blue, you should know how configure the bathroom space as well. Jump into the world...
Make Your Own Kaleidoscope Although kaleidoscopes can be elaborate, collectible pieces of art costing thousands of dollars, you can make your own. Depending what you have on hand, you may not even have to spend a dime to do it. Here's what you need: Two or three reflective surfaces. ...
Glassblowers don't use silicon dioxide alone to make glass -- it's got a really high melting point and it becomes very viscous when it melts. So they add other things into the mix to make the glass easier to blow. These might include different metals and metal oxides, like alumina, ma...
so to overlap them later in the game environment. Since Little Briar Rose is supposed to be a stained glass panel, I didn’t overdo with this effect, or it could get away the flat glass feeling.
Dichroic glass is used in a variety of applications, from stunning jewelry to absolutely mind blowing pieces of glass art. Although the techniques used to make it might seem to be daunting at first, you'll find that it is far easier than you might think. The basic concept is fusing thin...
1. Fused Quartz or Fused Silica Glass This type of glass is highly resistant to weathering. Its molecules are arranged randomly. This type of glass is used in tube lights and furnaces. 2. Soda-Lime Silica Glass This type of glass is commonly used in windows and is one of the most preva...
Making stained glass is an ancientartthat can be traced back to the early Egyptians. Although the first colored glass may have been used as jewelry or evencurrency, we probably know the art form best from seeing stained glass in the windows of churches. These windows are really paintings...
Make sure that acidic papers, such as newspaper, aren't pressed between the pages and always handle old books with care. Photographs, whether printed on paper, metal or glass, should only be handled with white cotton gloves. They should be stored in archival boxes in individual archival ...
Flat lace-up shoes can be unflattering to your shapely legs. Be careful when choosing casual clothes as they can make you look boxy. Also, take into account the width of your belt. If you are fairly short-waisted, don’t choose a style which is too wide as this will reduce the space...
The number of Astronomy related Internships/Summer Schools/Camps/Conferences are endless, thus this will provide a beginning to your search of things to do in those long summer holidays (or simply if you just want to go off and explore another country). I’ve tried to make sure that most...