A VERY good day so far!! Just had a call to tell me my kiln is now PERFECT!!! I am so happy!!! I have waited for so long, and was expecting a MASSIVE repair bill, but everything is totally fine, even the thermocouple which looked as if it had been badly damaged in the overfire is working fine too!! It has cost me nothing!! I am forever grateful to our technician!! No explanation as to what went wrong but I don't care! Just need to wait for delivery of a new kiln shelf, and I am back in business!! YIPPEE!!!! I now have to put my heart and soul into this venture. I started my company over two years but generally treated it as a hobby that makes me money. Now is the time to get serious. This is what I went to uni for, this is what I know best, and I believe that I can be successful. Kiln-forming glass is one of the most exciting and rewarding hobbies ever. Nothing beats opening your kiln after a firing and finding what started off as a mould full of crushed coloured frit, transformed into bright colourful jewels! Then the whole polishing process, getting them to gleam and sparkle........sorry, going off on one........ :)

Just can't wait to get back to it.....