tic tac boxes are great for frit cus you can open them with one hand (as im not a great at planing a head ! )
I've been looking for a perfect frit solution for aaages this is FABULOUS Sarah!!!! Thanks!!
Pat, you're a genius with the George Foreman grill, I'm SO going to look out for one at the car boot sales this spring.
I use a round marble cheeseboard thingy for a marver - charity shop, came with a plastic dome top which I couldn't find a use for so flung out, and now wish I hadn't as it would have been good to cover up the various bits I invariably keep on my marver to stop them getting lost at the end of my torchering session.
Also 1970s style stainless steel trays are really cheap to pick up second hand and are a great place to lay hot rods/tools etc. I stand a rod holder in one end of a tray and it means that if anything rolls off because I pile everything on top, then nothing hot lands on the floor.
For fused glass work (well, slumping anyway) I picked up a stainless steel cocktail shaker, removed the lid and strainer fitting, coated the outside with kilnwash, turned it upside down on the kiln shelf and slumped glass over it. So long as you find a good stainless one, that's a lot cheaper than the nearly identical mould they sell.
LOVE this thread - Thanks!
Hazel xxx