CC_BOBs work thread

[cc_bob]

Well since everyone else is doing it....

First a little about me.

I started working with glass when I was 10 and worked on it for a couple of years making unicorns, ships, bird baths, humming birds and the typical stuff you see. The only color I ever seen was cobalt so everything I made was spun or solid clear. I loved working with glass but I was pushed to make things to sell, go to craft shows and all that crap. This took all of the fun out of it and made it feel like a job so when I was about 16 (after working on and off, usually cramming before a craft show) I just stopped, besides chasing girls became more important.

I then got married, built a house, had a kid, and all that. A couple years ago I dug out my torches and got set up again. I then found this site and started reading up and was amazed by the colors and techniques I was seeing. I bought some color and started playing around.

Unlike most of those on this site glass is now just a hobby (more like a passion) for me and not my occupation. This has it's good points and it's bad points but mostly good (for me anyway). The good is that it is never "work", its all PLAY time for me:bouncy: I make whatever I want when ever I want. The bad however is I never truly get good at any one thing, I don't make 100 of anything (nor do I want to) so I do not get to the point where I am truly proficient. This is not the best way to learn but it is best for me and keeps it fun. The only customers I have are a flock of nieces, friends and family (I give almost everything away).

Any way here's some of my crappy pics (my camera does not have a macro setting).

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Yay Bob has a work thread!!! Let me be the first to reply! I really dig the hell out of the sculptural work. I'd like to have you show me some sculptural techniques next time we meet up! The marbles are sweet too! Are the first ones with the oyster knife? Def good to see some of your work and am looking forward to seeing more. And we really gotta get together soon now that I got a bigger o2 tank. I'm crankin the shit outa my torch now!! Talk to you later!!

[CripSkillz]

Looks good bob got some cool stuff there.. and I hear ya on not a job thats what keeps it fun for me, like a side job, if you like you buy hehe , just keep trying new stuff one day i might do 100 of somethin .. but I doubt it..

[cc_bob]

Thanks Keith, Ya I used the oyster knife, but you can use anything to push the glass around. It's just comfortable to use.

And Crip, some of that stuff is coming your way. Not the checked vortex, LOL, the wife said it was pretty that way.

[poncho]

hey bob sweet stuff! glad to see you got some of your stuff up here!

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Oh yeah, I dunno if this won't work without a macro setting but why don't you try making a light box? Just a box, white t shirt and white paint or poster board will work. I made mine out of wood, just cuz I had the extra time. Just a suggestion if you start putting up more pics. It really helps and is very convenient!

[bzglass]

Good to see some of your work. I too have been making glass for fun for the past 8 monts or so, But I am going back into production mode with it again. Gonna see if I can make some money without makin pipes. Sure has been fun to make whatever kinds of things come to mind though. Keep up the good work and keep posting your goods!!

[naughty pirate wench]

Bob - your stuff is great! The marbles are sweet and the shaping and colors on your sculptural work are terrific. More eye candy please!


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[Pogo]

cc_bob, your work kicks ass... keep postin' and i'll keep lookin.

[cc_bob]

OK, keep in mind this is a hobby so I only get to make things when I have extra time (not much lately).

These are both sitting on a 6x6 in case you want a reference for size.

First is a tiara I made for my niece, she just turned 3. It's for the shelf, not to wear.

Second item is a humming bird I made for the GLDG birthday. The HBird is just setting in the flower, kind of hanging there. It's gotta be shipped so I was afraid it would break.

[sertaiz]

the shading on those flowers is mint, and that base looks like it was fun to make

cheers

[ornametalsmith]

great work thread, Bob. Enjoyed it all......the sculptural stuff ROX.

[jes]

wow, really like everything alot, thanks for postin them, jes

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Damn bob! Lookin good! Really like the humming birds! Hey! I'm gettin some wheels here in about a week so we most def take another glass trip! I'll be talking to you soon:D

[cc_bob]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it. I'm never happy with anything I make, I always see what's wrong with it or what I should of done differently.

Keith, glad to hear you're getting wheels. What are you getting? I'd be down for another road trip, just let me know when:hotrod:

[Fiorino Glass Art]

I'm lookin to get a pickup. Like a ranger, S10 along the lines of that. Only gots 800 bucks to work with but after driving to cleveland and back in your truck gave me hope!!

[cc_bob]

One of my best "customers" showing off the tiara I made for her, she has quite the collection started. I have 6 little nieces who only want things from fairy tales (princesses, unicorns, ballerinas, etc..), and only one older one that likes jewelry.

[p.j.]

^^^^looks like a satisfied customer

[cc_bob]

Finally got some time to fire up the torch a bit this weekend. I've been spending all my free time getting my plow tuck (72 Chevy SWB) together. It's done now so hopefully more time for glass.:bouncy:

First up is a little pendant I made for a lady I work with, actually for her son (he loves planes).


Second up is a marble I made for the guy that first got me into glass. Yea, the pics suck, flower is actually yellow and black LOL.

[MUPH]

Lookin tight and clean, great marble

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Yes very clean marble Bob! I've been melting glass like a mad man lately!!! We gotta get together after the holidays for sure!! I need someone to make some sweet marbs to put on these new bubblers i've been making!!

[CripSkillz]

that mirage 2000 is sick heeheh

[cc_bob]

Thanks guys!

Crip, I was confused by your post until I googled "mirage 2000", LOL. First thing that came to my mind was your torch:D

Spent a couple hours on the torch tonight. Made a stand for the marble I made this weekend (turned out nice), and some pendants. I'll post up some more pics tomorrow when I take em out of the kiln.

[CripSkillz]

hahah damn I loved planes and helis sence i was a kid ,, got my student license when i was 16,, n flew for a while.. still do RC on occasion.. we rip shit up.. .lol

[cc_bob]

Every once in a while I get a request for something that's not a unicorn, :dieslaugh

[Aussie]

why? what's it supposed to be? It sure looks like a unicorn to me ....

[cc_bob]

why? what's it supposed to be? It sure looks like a unicorn to me ....

Yea it kind of does. :dieslaugh

Just a dilly for my one cool sister-n-law. I made her a little pendant once and she asked if I could make her a much larger one, LOL.

[CripSkillz]

lol sweeet get video.. of the test...

[cc_bob]

lol sweeet get video.. of the test...
I said she was cool, not her hubby:dieslaugh

But I'll tell her you want to see it in action anyway, she'll think it's funny.

[dorkeedude]

Lol, good work!

[Fiorino Glass Art]

haha, that's funny shit bob. We should get together sometime this month. I'm really lookin to do sculptural work and was thinkin you could show me a tip or two. I got contemporary lampworking for xmas, def has some good stuff in it.

I'm waiting on my oxy reg to get fixed(hole in the diaphragm), the reg guy at airgas gets in on Monday, so I'm thinkin it might be a week or two. If you got an extra oxy reg, we could def get together before then, if not, I'll let you know when I'm all fixed up!

I also cut my bench shorter so we can sit too! Standing all day wasn't cuttin it. Even with a kitchen mat!

Here's my number 428-6992, give me a call whenever you want to get together. I'm free almost all the time, still no job! haha Which I will take! Gives me more time to melt!!

[hashmasta-kut]

nice lookin toy bob, looks functional.

[cc_bob]

We should get together sometime this month. I'm really lookin to do sculptural work and was thinkin you could show me a tip or two.

Well yesterday I loaded up a couple torches, tanks, and some rod and headed out to FGA's house. Had a great day other than the cold (20 degrees at best and I'm a frackin' freeze baby). I must say I really have no idea how you guys work standing up let alone with out any heat:puzzled: I find both to be very difficult to deal with, and made a lot of janky shit. I did learn that I can still spin a rod while wearing gloves:D

We did not focus on making any really cool things just spent the day going over some simlpe sculpty stuff, some weaving techniques, and some critters.

I planned on taking more pics but I kind of forgot. Maybe FGA could post some more.

Here's FGA, smiling like a MOFO.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S2XarvyeAxI/AAAAAAAAALA/LCUd2BgIcRs/s720/Keith%20Fiorino.JPG

And here's a pic of the kiln, we stopped when we ran out of room...
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S2XasOAtCzI/AAAAAAAAALE/a4MXTn5Q7MM/s720/DSC03907.JPG

[Slimy-E]

my shop is a garage. i got on of those heaters that sit on the propane tank and has two pie plate looking things. it was like 80 bucks, the smaller one is like 39$. between that in back of you and the torch in front its not bad even when its really cold. rips though the propane though.
Bob maybe we can hang out soon too. i never learned any sculpure work and it would be soo good for me to learn. i was not sure what u ment by spun- is that like the flower and the base of the bird?

[TheGlassTree]

Dude!!! i want one of those ships!!! I got to watch Roger Parramore make one of those up at pilchuck this last summer....he offered it to me but i took a three foot tall vessel from him instead!! Love it, its the pride of my collection but i always think of the ship as the one that got away.... Any chancec of making another glass trade? i will even send ya a ti pen for your signatures :(

[cc_bob]

Bob maybe we can hang out soon too. i never learned any sculpure work and it would be soo good for me to learn. i was not sure what u ment by spun- is that like the flower and the base of the bird?

Sure, I would love to hang out with anyone that's into glass.

And spun to me is just woven, or lacework. There are several different types of stitches.

Here's a couple of videos that explain it better than I could in text.
Crazy4glass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstcFFekCCY&feature=related) and another (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-go3ZTLAnGc&feature=related) one from him.
Timia Glass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAGnUH3k0o8)

Some books to check out, don't forget to try your local library. Mine is able to get books from others in their network. Contemporary Lampworking v2 has a brief description of loop stitches as well as Creative Glass (http://cgi.ebay.com/CREATIVE-GLASS-BLOWING-Decorative-and-Scientific_W0QQitemZ220548062307QQcmdZViewItemQQpt ZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item3359b05c63)(mostly scientific) and the Homer Hoyt book (http://cgi.ebay.com/Glassblowing-Homer-L-Hoyt-Introduction-to-Glassblowing_W0QQitemZ320480236189QQcmdZViewItemQQ ptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9e1c529d) (this is a pretty good book).

[cc_bob]

Dude!!! i want one of those ships!!! I got to watch Roger Parramore make one of those up at pilchuck this last summer....he offered it to me but i took like a three foot tall vessel from him instead!! Love it, its like the pride of my collection but i always think of the ship as the one that got away.... Any chancec of making another glass trade? i will even send ya a ti pen for your signatures :(

Sure, I'm always in for a trade. I still got your addy so I'll make one this week and send it out. I'm sure it won't be as nice as one Roger would make:o: Just for curiosity, do you have any pics of the one Roger made?

[TheGlassTree]

I believe I do when I get home I'll go through the library of photos but yours looks so much like his from what I could tell from the pics...

[HOSS]

Hey, how did I miss this thread for so long? :puzzled: Nice stuff Bob!

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Once again thanks for coming over Bob!!! I posted up some pics of our work on my thread. My mom really dug all the stuff we made!!!

[CripSkillz]

Bobs ships are cool as hell I am lucky enuf to own 2 thxB

[cc_bob]

Thanks for the complient guys.


but yours looks so much like his from what I could tell from the pics...

Uh oh, hope I'm not biting on him.

Just kidding, I haven't seen any of his ships but most spun boats are made with the same basic shape, mines nothing new. Lay the keel, either round rod or wiped followed by some weaving for the boat, add a mast, some rigging and walla a ship. I think the same basic shape was in one of the books I have (possibly the Creative Glass one).

The real difference is usually in the quality. Mine are a bit sloppy (especially that one) but I've seen some that looked like they were done with a machine, that's impressive and comes with a LOT of practice. I'm willing to bet Roger's are perfect.

[TheGlassTree]

yeah he learned his from an old timey and was showing that they were built with certain fundemental plan and steps....

[cc_bob]

Just a couple of small boats...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S3tQ3Fhxk4I/AAAAAAAAAMw/UPvRKCdwqZ4/DSC03924.JPG

This one's for a friend, mailed out today, hope he likes it:o:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S3tPtcr6QuI/AAAAAAAAAMk/2-IDqYD1n9I/s576/DSC03923.JPG

A crappy pendant pic...
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S3tPaDPzdmI/AAAAAAAAAMc/yuYZR9qjB_I/s576/DSC03920.JPG

[Slimy-E]

nice work Bob!

[hippi]

damn those ships are sick! can you make a bass boat? lol...

i like the pendant to im in the process of learning this wigwag style

[cc_bob]

i like the pendant to im in the process of learning this wigwag style

That's just a piece of Momka's multi, wigged and lensed, quick and easy. You can certainly tell which pics my wife took:o: I hate cameras:bangHead:

[naughty pirate wench]

Lookin' mighty nice Bob! Love the ships and the tiara!

[cc_bob]

Had some free time this weekend so I made a couple trinkets.

A little dagger for my son's buddy. Never made one before, I don't like the way the blade attaches to the hilt.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S5RKgETbHBI/AAAAAAAAAP8/PP0o3MxfWkQ/DSC04015.JPG

"Good/Happy" clown
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S5RKgstEPfI/AAAAAAAAAQA/1xweTuuPH6g/s576/DSC04016.JPG


"Bad/Evil" clown...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S5RK9DJkOdI/AAAAAAAAAQM/Fxi4iAU9gi8/DSC04020.JPG

Grape earrings and pendant for one of my sister-n-laws (I have some wire pieces that attach and go through the ear.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S5RK9pTQMuI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/ho3QcIlQxGU/DSC04026.JPG

And some pics from a road trip with FGA....

This pic cracks me up, FGA with some pimp shades on...
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S5RK-cAJQ2I/AAAAAAAAAQY/d9zRcXoA33o/s800/FGA%20%28Keith%29.JPG

Constant Flow rockin that mini cc...
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/S5RKf21-7fI/AAAAAAAAAP4/H4KwZkqT150/s800/Constant%20Flow%20%28Ian%29.JPG

[hippi]

nice dude that dagger is freakin sick! i wanna make one!!! looks a lil tricky though... cool clowns to.. same with the action shots...goggles are dope. and CF is rockin that lil thing..i need to learn how to melt in lines and keep the shape good lol..

[Slimy-E]

Love those goggles, hopefully we can all get together with more time to play with some glass soon!

Love the first clown! I keep showing everyone the boat you made!

[cc_bob]

Well work's been kicking my ass and I haven't had much time to play with glass. This is the first thing I've made for a couple of months, hope you like it.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_naWrbWnfI20/TIQKA5Coo9I/AAAAAAAAARo/bey30ffPnVE/s640/DSC04155.JPG

[dewalt]

what is there not to like about it :)

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Awesome work as always Bob!! I got your email...I too have also been busy with work and have less time for glass but when I do, I try new things and experiment more, maybe get a couple orders done here and there. But most just havin fun with it!!

I gotta F120 a couple months ago and fuckin love it!! So much better than my last lil guy!! I made my first tube 15inches tall with an inline ashcatcher, all ground glass joints!! I gotta cell phone a week ago!! Here's my number 440-415-2382 gimme a call anytime and see if we cant set somethin up!!

[CripSkillz]

hell ya pimp ass Bob

[TheGlassTree]

Suh-Wheat!

[blueflame glass worxs]

good work young man marbles & implotion is very good keep in mind your only going to get out of your glass WORK what you put into it what ever you do don t quite! thanks for putin up the pics.

[cc_bob]

good work young man

Haven't been called young in a while (been called worse), I'm pushing 40 LOL :D My wife got carded yesterday at the Circle K, she came out smiling ear to ear and it made her day.

Keith, I sent you a PM...

[STROKER]

good work young man marbles & implotion is very good keep in mind your only going to get out of your glass WORK what you put into it what ever you do don t quite! thanks for putin up the pics.

please use spell check. you are killing me with your post.

and once again glass guy, inspiring words from a man with 37 years on the torch and no pics to show for it???

cc , you and crip have to put more in it at the torch and less in the titty bar.

dont "quet" "quite" or whatever the hell the old man is trying to say.:wes:

[STROKER]

by the way i love the latest hummer sculpture.

those are the most majestic birds ever. imho.

we have 3 hangin out at our haouse right now and i could watch them for hours.

[cc_bob]

cc , you and crip have to put more in it at the torch and less in the titty bar.:wes:
Gotta say, I do like titties but haven't been to the titty bar for at least 2 months. Crip is so bad ass the titty bar comes to him:D

[cc_bob]

Thought you all might enjoy a good laugh at my expense.

Me taking lessons, I was probably 10 or 11 then. The older fellow is one of the nicest people I have ever known. If you look close, the CC he is using is the one I now use. Note the lack of ventilation and no kiln, neither were standard equiptment back then.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_naWrbWnfI20/TW2vW0quVYI/AAAAAAAAAU8/YxAfHiozt9I/s720/Gene%20and%20Bob1.jpg

These pics were taken at my first show ever. I was in 5th grade (like 1981-1982) and it was the school carnival, LOL. Checkout the mount for the Natty, it was from a rear-view mirror and it worked great. Glass was definitely janky at best. Gene (my teacher) drove out to see me at my first show.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_naWrbWnfI20/TW2ugnVFkqI/AAAAAAAAAUg/eqf_Ybmap-E/s640/Gene%20and%20Bob3.jpg

I must of been really concentrating:puzzled:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_naWrbWnfI20/TW2vydu4uMI/AAAAAAAAAVU/SK3sRVm6qnA/s720/Bob%20Glass%204.jpg

And a final shot of the entire table.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_naWrbWnfI20/TW2vzKyFexI/AAAAAAAAAVY/s8gXJCcGec4/s720/Bob%20Glass%205.jpg

[TheGlassTree]

Sick dood! Thanks for sharing. Wish I could have gotten so a young start. I was 30 before I ever touched a torch....

[hwcglass]

You make me proud to be a lampworker.

Those photos, for me, that's what it's all about.

Can you tell me Gene's full name and where he learned to lampwork?

[Lmwfy]

old pics are awesome!!

[CripSkillz]

hell lya thats cooool as hell ,, now we know why you so good

[Swampy]

My Grandson thinks your pictures are great, even better when I showed him the paperweight you made. Thanks again.

[STROKER]

a lifetime of dedicated lampworking. awesome pics cc.

thanks for sharing.

[smolder holder]

That's so cool cc. I'm just starting to teach my 11yo. He loves it so far.

[cc_bob]

Glad you liked those, they are very fond memories for me.

I wish I would of found this site long ago, I worked with clear and solid rod until only a few years ago. You don't know how much difference a little color makes, I had a piece of cobalt that I hoarded for years and only used it for eyeballs and whatnot.