On WetCanvas there is a thread from back in 2005 about flame annealing, a topic which was dispensed with in several of my blog entries. From out of nowhere, this little gem showed up a couple of days ago:
I make miniature marbles and beads, everything I do miniature is flame annealed. All it really mean is heating the glass to a uniform temperature, once it is heated to a uniform temperature it is annealed, uniform cooling is a seperate issue really regardless of if it’s annealed in a kiln or in the flame. That’s my two cents but I’ve been flame annealing for ten years.
Chaotic Glass by Mike Aurelius 