Glass Casting: Loading the Kiln Properly & MORE.

How to efficiently prepare your kiln for glass casting, load your molds properly, prepare your glass for casting, and more! This video covers basic kiln maintenance—safety, element care, etc.—how to level your glass casting mold to prevent spills and how to safely break up your glass billets to fit into your mold. To learn how to estimate glass volume without math (using displacement) watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4V0hcjJaTg Here's how we made our basic glass casting molds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJre6ONYxFU Lecture/demo by Prof. Davin Ebanks at Kent State University.