Clare Gaylard Glass 

My unusually tidy workbench. The jug of water is to quench tools or receive glass that has gone badly arwy. The stainless steel pot holds vermiculite, it permits small pieces of glass to cool slowly. I usually put my glass straight into the kiln, left to room temperature the core will continue to heat and expand while the surface will chill and contract, the glass will split. The funnel shape at the top right is my fume extraction system, I'm exhausting carbon monoxide, thoroughly.