My first pics here

[glassmax]

Hi everybody!
I´m new in this forum and post some pics for the first time.
Please have a look and tell me what you think about it.
Thanks,Glassmax

[ShttrdSpctrm]

pictures are blurred, is the spiral hollow or solid?

[dogmaw]

Welcome! The flower is my fave.

[newmexicomagma]

those r pretty cool man how long u been on the torch? i like the last sculpture also.

[mer]

yeah, the last one is kickin' sweet! i love bandhu branches.

[PyroChixRock]

sweet!! and welcome! :D

[Julian]

That spiral is really great...

so you paint oxides onto the glass? What oxides, iron? copper?
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It´s hollow.Just paint the tube with your oxides (after heating it a little bit) and then burn it in and do the wig-wag(always reheating and blowing a little bit out to starting size...) and then blow a ball.Next you put a point?(I´m not an native english speaker!) in 90* degree and then turn and turn and..then you can strech it or try to do some other stuff.
Needs a bit of exprience but finally...

[glassmax]

Hi!
Copper oxyde is for green ,brown and red colour.
Cobalt oxyde is for blue.
Siver nitrate is for yellow clour and fuming(which turns to opal-blue).
Bone ash is for white colour.
You can also mix bone ash with a bit of cobalt oxyde for opaque light blue.
Needs quite "some" experience to get really the exact colours you want.
Glassmax

[glassmax]

Well,I`ve seen my father and grandfather working on the torch since I could walk.(watch my portrait) Myselfe I´m lampworking since some 26 years now and I´m happy that I´ve found the US-based lampworker forums in the net because exchange between german glas artists is not that common.
Glassmax

[ShttrdSpctrm]

cool, that spiral IS neat. :D

[Pilgrim]

very cool

[MainiacGlass]

very nice, and welcome. Always wanted to travel to Germany thats where my dads side of the family is from.