flameworked soft glass montage German style....

[Micah Evans]

:D Ok, just finished a workshop with Thomas Mueller Lits (sp?) and i can honestly say I am switching over to soft glass for montage for a while!!!

I have never been so frusterated with glass in my life!! I want more!!! the way the glass feels and moves is incredable and the colors available in the tubing are insane. I worked solid for two days and not one piece lived :mad1: but i must say i was close a couple of times LOL.

We were without a couple of pieces of key equipment and the teacher himself lost his montage demo halfway through so I don't feel that bad. It was pretty cool the first day when Ron jr. asked him which annealer he wanted onand he said none!! thats right no annealers, just make your piece right and you don't need one!

I hope to have some pictures in the next couple of weeks of new stuff!

anybody else tried this stuff?

[Matt Hess]

Glad u had a good time Micah I will have to meet u there next time. Sorry to hear about you solid work. Love to see you mess with some soft glass when u come back for my demo. I emailed you today but im not sure if I have correct email address. Let me know if you get it or not.
- Matt

[eegee]

Hey - can you give any technical details? I've always been curious about soft glass.

Like:
- When you're doing decent sized sculptures - what do you use for a punty?
- When you're doing hollow work, what do you use for a blow tube?
- Do you pull points on a soft glass tube?
- Heck - where do you get soft glass tubes? Is Frantz the only importer?

Thanks - sounds like a cool class.

EG

[IrieGuy05]

Hotshop, I've felt how goey softglass is but not on a lampworking level. What type of soft glass were you using? Also your doing montage with it like sectional vessels?? Thats sounds nuts I always thought lampworked soft glass was more about figures and sculpted stuff.

[SteppingRazor]

this is something i was really interested in learning myself.

[chayes]

check out some of Kurt Wallstabs work. http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/decoart/works/pages/W/wallstab.htm

[J McGhee]

thomas is was pimpin some shit at the flame off, he use's german hand pulled soft glass.
the guy's english is rusty and doesnt understand us very well, so he didnt talk much, nice guy though,

[ArtGlassHouse]

He are two link to the class with Thomas Muler-Litz!
Micah, It was great to see you again! ..........P.S..... "Pang"

http://www.r4glassstudio.com/classpictures.html
http://www.r4glassstudio.com/ThomasMulerLitz.html

Enjoy!
Ron Jr.

[10FennyGlass]

colors!wow

[Marc VandenBerg]

Ahhhhhhh yes my good friend Soda Lime glass. www.marcvandenberg.com . Blown stuff done out of the furnace. Leavin for AGI in the morning for demos and stuff like that. Bring your questions and we'll figure it out.
Marc