work thread glassman

[Dglassman]

two months on my red max want to see what people think. criticism welcome and new ideas too. hope you enjoy and i will keep posting as i learn

[KahunaGlassArt]

right on really nice start!

[Dglassman]

thanks i wont give up and practice daily. anyone have ideas for a beginner like me with meager skills. i have no teacher so i only know a little bit but i want to try new stuff. thanks for looking and posts in advance

[ras_eel]

nice work, keep it up, awesome headstart with this forum, cant wait to see u progress

[Dglassman]

some stuff i tried last night one is a blow out the other a tube pull. thanks for looking

[Dglassman]

tried some inside out work but dont really understand it. could really use some advice. tried six times this is all that came out. cant seem to close the tube back up on the blowtube. thanx

[Roots of the Earth]

many people on here like to meet up... where are you located?

[Dglassman]

It would be nice to meet someone in the area i am in a slump and dont know anybody . i live near bellingham in washington. if there is someone else in the area i would be grateful if you could contact me. so much to learn and no teacher this really isnt how i wanted to learn. thanks in advance for any advice.

[KahunaGlassArt]

hit up Emmett. he's here on the forum

[Dglassman]

felt creative so i blew a fish

[Pogo]

felt creative so i blew a fish

He Dglassman, do you like fishsticks (www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/220762)?


On all seriousness, good job!!! hope I'm rockin like that in 2 months (gots me a redmax too)

Had a friend ask me yesterday if i could make his old man a fish pipe. rockin'.

[Dglassman]

I started making more bubblers and trying out new things and larger blowins. I dub thee crazy legs. oh and thanks to all you great and informative people on here i have sold my first to a big name shop in downtown bellingham. I never thought i could do these things or sell my stuff in three months with no teacher. Turns out this forum is the only teacher i really needed. still a long ways to go but getting better every day. thank you all from the bottom of my hippi heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dglassman]

Last Nights Fun Tried Some Doughnuts

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Looks like you're well on your way my man! Good work! Makes me hungry for donuts!

[CripSkillz]

Hell ya workin it,, remindin me of the good oll frustrating days .. .lol

[Dglassman]

I havent posted in a while and thats because i barbecued my fingers pretty bad. Its healing up nicely and i got back on the torch. anyways heres last nights stuff first wigwag and some sherlocks. I made a one piece a two piece and a five piece. hope you guys and gals enjoy because it was hard to do with hard and painful fingers. Thanks crip i am addicted to your thread and think your work is the shis. Wish i could work with you some day and watch you create your art. gotta go take the kids out to play be back later

[Dglassman]

Finally got around to trying this out. have been reading about reversals and tube pulls. its not verry good but it bubbles well and was fun to make. I would like to get better at this technique so if you have comments i would like to hear them. thanx for looking

[Slimy-E]

i lived in bellingham in 1992 im miss that place, lived there again in 1995. you roff to a good start!

[Bo Diddles]

Lookin' good man - line work is tough.
Your shaping looks pretty good on that last one, but it's hard to give any advice without some clearer pictures (should you work on that weld? is it an even thickness? etc.). As far as I can tell it looks like a pretty sweet bubbler that you should be proud of.
Keep it up!

[berning]

felt creative so i blew a fish

yes , YES, YES!!!.....that's whats been runnin through my head, but it's a catfish...i know my next project. thanks.

[rahoorkhuit93]

That tripod bubbler is grrrrrreat!

[Dglassman]

Thanks everyone i tried to get it a little better last night made a little spoon. someday maybe ill be good like everybody else. ha ha just kidding:dieslaugh

[Dglassman]

Favorite piece to date and some bubs. Cant believe i cant sell this stuff. My work must have the plague. I offer it to the shops and they tell me its too expensive. Im pretty sure they are all on crack because i thought ten bucks was unreasonably cheap. almost costs me more than that to make.
sorry to ramble but i had to get that off my chest its really bothering me because i cant work to get better if i cant sell anything.

[NUBBLET]

I tend to show up with prodo to get in shops , even those damn glass screens I have used . Show up with 40 of the cheap pankers , sell for 5$ each , they tend to grab 30 or so , next time have your prodo but have some nicer stuff . Now your in and when those cheap things sell quick they look a little more . Make sure you work steady to transition or they may tag you with as a prodo guy , they will try , youll notice it by a little hesitation to look at nicer stuff , but just narrow the # of prodo pieces brought , so the normal amount they spend will encompass some nicer stuff .

The other way is to show up with a good selection of nicer stuff so they can pick , makes it seem less of a gamble if they can deny a couple pieces , like they got the cream of the crop .

I think of it like this they are gambling , if they drop 150 on prodo that doesnt sell , its easier to swallow than loosing 400 on stuff that wont sell . At least those cheap ones they can drop price and not lose as much , or use them for give aways , or grab bags .


PS I think the price is more than reasonable , maybe mix the prices up a bit , if all are the same price they think they should be close to the same piece .

GOOD LUCK

[Dglassman]

I hear what your saying nubblet. good advice. Its just so hard for me to deal with the store owners. they all try to rip me off and there are only two in my area and one of them i wont deal with at all because the owner is a complete bitch that says she gets all her spoons for four dollars and that is just crazy talk. The other place is cool but they bought from me once and now when i go in they say the cases are full before i can get my stuff out. dont know if its me or what. He said he liked my work and its only gotten better. I wish there were more stores around bellingham. it makes me depressed.

[TheGlassTree]

Dglassman if you wanna work together sometime come on down to seattle.. I have a second torch station in my studio and would be more than happy to give ya some pointers....

[Dglassman]

thats one hell of an offer I just went out to work on some more bubblers and my kiln wont turn on. Anyone know about an aim cr420d. The power switch wouldent move. I forced it like an idiot and it made a wierd sound. a crunch maybe. anyway no power so i opened the bottom and theres a wire burned off and i dont know where the hell it goes. this is unreal only had it for six months and this is a very big inconvienience. someone please help.

[NUBBLET]

check the forum , at one point there was a wiring diagram for switches .

[Dglassman]

Im so relieved. thought my kiln was toast. I called aim and a rep helped me figure out where the wire went. and then he diagnosed the power switch failed. I went to home depot and got one for seven dollars. now my kiln turns on and im doing a test run to make sure its all fixed:D

[naughty pirate wench]

Yay for repaired kilns! Glassman, your work is looking nice - I especially like the blue & yellow one - those colors play very well together!

One idea regarding approaching shops - have you considered calling in advance and making an appointment? That's what the shop here prefers - they won't look at your stuff if you walk in off the street, you gotta have an appointment.

Hang in there and keep melting and posting!

[The Madhatter]

Whew! My kiln kicking the bucket is one of my biggest fears (cause it'd be a bitch to replace!)

Hope your test run goes well!

[Dglassman]

I just ran the kiln and it works great. the cheapest fix i could have ever asked for. I am so happy. Thanks for the kind words and i will keep posting now that i can make stuff again. i give a one up for the guys at aim, ive herd bad things about them but they had me going in a few hours. He even told me where to get the part if i didnt want to wait for shipping. Glasstree I would still like to come down and work with you or watch you work evan. I have never worked with someone else and think i would learn an immense amount. What should i bring and when would you want to do it. anyway i should probably pm this to you so ill stop rambling.

[TheGlassTree]

tomorrows good, and i have pretty much everything you could need....i pm'ed ya..

[Dglassman]

So today i went to go work with the glasstree and he was very hospitable and tought me so much that my head almost blew up. Thanks tree and we will have to do it again sometime. Hands down the most fun ive ever had with glass. D

[TheGlassTree]

Pulled your piece from the kiln this morning looks nice man! Finished up the colab piece last night after ya left also looks pretty sweet. I think I'm gonna throw it back in the kiln and put a few marbles on it though.. I'll put some pics up when I get home from work. You can have it next time you come down. Good working with ya! You got a future in glass keep on torching!

[Dglassman]

Thanks man thats a really nice thing to say. I hope to keep learning and working twards perfection. Oh i will bring your movie back when im on my way home in a few days. Thanks again. D

[Dglassman]

Oh i repped you for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just not showing up yet

[TheGlassTree]

Repped you as well

[TheGlassTree]

here's some pics from last night...the first piece is my prodo bub demo...the second piece is Dglassmans piece after watching a few demos... not gonna post the colab piece yet gonna wait until after i throw the marbles on it...

[Devils Defect]

Looks great, nice job to both of you.

[CripSkillz]

lookin good, , so sick to get to watch others isnt it.. :chilling: kick ass

lets see whats next..

[ras_eel]

looking real good keep it up

[TheGlassTree]

Colab piece...i made the can and marbles..Dglassman set the shape by making the sherlock style stem..i finished the final assembly last night...its all yours Dglass when ya pass back through, hope you like it!

[Dglassman]

Thanks for the lesson and the pictures are great. cool marbles man i think its really nice. I got to olympia and sold my case of glass so i got the blow hose setup and a carbide knife. watching you work changed my opinion on a lot of stuff. Now i got to go home and practice using the new skills and tools. D

[Dglassman]

back from the graveyard figured id bring the work thread out of the cobwebs been a few years what you think