Update on my production

[Uscalus Storm]

Well some of you that know me, some of you that know of me, have all been asking whats been up. Since i still need to learn how to take good pictures of my pendants, i'll skip those. However some of you have posted and seen my rose post. Well here are updated photos of them. I've made about 18.... 4 dropped and 2 cracked/broke beyond fixing. However here are the few that turned out well.

Total prop goes to N3rd for helping me out all the time. He's always there when i need to talk, whether it's glass or personal life. Dudes the shit. Also VED, for being my noob counterpart....who seems to be doing so much better then me. :shifty:

PS...A few have asked, and those who do ask how long i've been doing this. I started in sept/oct. But to give u a look on how much time ive spent with glass...I've gone through 3 125 oxy tanks and 2 250's. I felt jipped on oxy this week going thru an oxy tank in 6 days (trying to push out roses for mothers day) :bouncy:


This one turned out nice. I did start to loose part of the vineish stem's form bcause it was so thin and in the way. Overall it sits well and turned out nice.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0192-1.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0193-1.jpg

This one turned out nice except half the stem broke off. I ran out of oxygen and it looks a bit rough. but personally in person u cant even tell, just looks normal
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0169.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0170.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0171.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0172.jpg

This turned out really nice. No problems at all! I dropped the first 2 attempts of this though :(

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0176.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMGA0167.jpg

I made this one when i first started, just the bloom. Added the base when i got bored...And i made a few mistakes but it looks decent.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0179.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0181.jpg

here's one i didnt finish cause i cant help but boil the carmen.....

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMGA0151.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0173.jpg

Very first 2 roses. Never finished...Basically cuz i was using shitty second white sand...just for practice.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0187.jpg

This is clear...may be hard to see
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0188.jpg

And a few heart pendants to make u happy :)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/100_0194-1.jpg

[n3rd]

very nicely done! they look great :)

[beachglass]

sweet! i really like the white roses

[VED]

looking good man! i still love the bloom on the white one and i like what you are doing with the stems in the first few. keep it up man your solid work blows mine away.

[Swampy]

Hey Storm

Couple of weeks ago I mentioned about putting an LED bulb at the end of a clear rod and welding attachments on that, like a marble/wodeva.

I looked at the clear rose you did and thought fuck, that would be the perfect application for it.

I've been looking for suitable LED's locally but can't find anything suitable, they are already fitted into brake-or sidelight enclosures, not seperate.

What I'd do is fit the LED into a sleeve and the other end of the sleeve slides over the clear rod, see.

That fitted into a sturdy base/wall fitting with a jack socket for a 12volt DC power block supply.

Any ideas on top of that, I'd appreciate, especially where I can source 6mm clear LED's.

[newmexicomagma]

looks good man. i like the bright red one. with the carmen work it far out in the flam and work it slowly.

[DanBrooks]

lookin good!! i like the white ones a lot

[Uscalus Storm]

Alright. So i know i just posted a site with some pictures but it isn't nearly enough. I'ma give u a small sample of what i've been up to, and while i'm taking some hardcore photos of each individually...You can stare at the computer screen for the next minute admiring each one :)

I just wanna thank n3rd and mark (paradise) for helping me out so much. Props to the other people who have helped me out the past year. Oh...Btw...My one year is this month :)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMGA0015.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMGA0016.jpg
Butterfly Attempt #4 (the best one so far)
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/101_0327.jpg

Again...Some of these are copies from my site, but i know noobies love pictures!

Borostix white with gold fume btw
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/101_0328.jpg

[Uscalus Storm]

A few more
If anyone wants to see some upclose...lemme know. otherwise just wait til i find time :)
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6817.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6818.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6827.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6803.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6802.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6801.jpg

Another attempt.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6749.jpg

[VED]

wow man. its been a while since i have seen ne updates on your work. everything looks awsome keep up the good work.

[n3rd]

looks great!! keep busy!!

[Uscalus Storm]

Just a few more...Vortex type pendants. Which might i saw is a bit hard having to smash the back flat...

Here's the autumn set.

3rd honeycomb ever made...Thanks n3rd! There's a few but i didnt get all the pics taken....
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6836.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6830.jpg

Few for Halloween...
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6840.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6841.jpg

Neat Blue...

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_6832.jpg

[voic]

maan!' .. very nice collection you got there! I have to stop fooling around and buit some stock for 1st of March..
Good work! keep it up!

[Uscalus Storm]

Winter's coming...And it gets way to cold to even work in there so i got like one more month before i'm done, unless i buy some intense heater...Which i dont know if ill have the cash

[VED]

invest in some carhart coveralls brother. they keep me warm all last winter but you are a little futher north......

[Uscalus Storm]

It's more along the lines of how temperate the glass is...Cracking happens waaayy y too easily.

[nafglass]

I worked one winter in Duluth in a garage with no insulation, a propane "Mr. Heater", and a pair of heavy, insulated Carhart bibs and I never had cracking issues. I would rarely work if it was below zero though.

[Paradise Waits]

Uscalus, Right on man! I'm definitely impressed by the rapid improvement I've seen in your pendants (and the sculptures are super cool too).

[Clear_dome]

wow super nice pendant dude !!!! nice work also with the flower !!!

[Uscalus Storm]

So instead of posting all of the pictures of all the stuff i have...Lol, i'll just post my most recent awesome work from the past 3 months. But you can view most of it on my myspace. www.myspace.com/stormsillusion

here's a few wine bottle stoppers i made. Snowman was tight, but didnt know what to do for arms..cuz i didnt want them breaking off...
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/183edit.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/176edit.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/175edit.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/185edit.jpg



Here's a few new pendants.
Tried encasing some red with black to create that black outerlined rose petal.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/120edit.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/108edit.jpg


An attempt at a galaxy pendant
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/130edit.jpg

Trying out some dichro designs.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/001edit.jpg


VOIC here's to you. Remember when i mentioned those custom dragonflies i made? here's the first 2 i did and sold for 50$ to the women.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/DSC_0059edit.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/DSC_0055edit.jpg

[Mecha]

I'm digging the snowman and cactus stoppers.

I made a small snowman before with spindly little arms that almost immeadiatly broke off. Maybe little metal arms would work better?

Keep it up!

[Howie]

Cool stuff. I like the roses and pendants. I've tried a couple roses but yours are much nicer than what I ended up with.

I've been making a lot of pendants, so I thought.... You're got a lot of pendants there!

[Uscalus Storm]

Here are a few Glow in the dark pendants i made for this last show. It's the glass powder from glowglass.com But they turned out kinda of cool. Sorry for the bad glow pictures but i didn't have time to get good ones in the dark. 3 of them are actually dichro vortex's but it's hard to see in the picture.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_0012.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/IMG_0013.jpg

[Glacier_Arts_Studio]

pretty kool stuff...
i remember when my case was full of that kind of stuff...

..

[Uscalus Storm]

here are a few more pieces i made before i broke my wrist snowboarding. Right before i received like 8 orders for valentines day.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/All%20glass/DSCF4208.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/All%20glass/DSCF4234.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/All%20glass/DSCF4233.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/All%20glass/DSCF4232.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/UC_Warrior_1/All%20glass/DSCF4228.jpg