Borosilicate Roses

[Sparkey]

I have assisted a friend of mine in the hotshop making these roses out of soft glass, and was wondering if anyone had tried this particular technique using boro?

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[menty666]

Which particular technique are we referring to?

I know of a couple of ways of making them:

* Attaching prepped petals
* popping open a bubble, cutting the sides and moving the pieces around while soft (my preference)
* taking a gather, heating and cutting it into sections then manipulating those.

I suppose you could blow one bubble, drop it through the end of another open bubble with a hole in the bottom so you have two layers of bubbles, then pop those and move the petals around so you have an extra layer.

[PyroChixRock]

Beautiful :)

[benfinity]

I make roses, like the ones pictured, in boro. Pics to follow

[Sparkey]

Beautiful :)

Thanks for the replies and the ideas! Those were made by Andrew Gudger in Eugene....

[Sparkey]

first attempt

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[PyroChixRock]

Wow, I love it! I'd totally wear that.

Great color, too. What is it? There's so many close to that now days it's hard to guess lol.

[Sparkey]

Thanks! It is Chinese cobalt with a bit of silver fume..I'm happy with it for a first go.

[christopher]

first attempt

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Winner winner chicken dinner. I could sell those to rich old ladies for a couple hundred each...50% for the artist. 😉

[Aymie]

Corinne and Rose Winters make beautiful roses in boro. When I get moved in this weekend, I will dig in my boxes and get a picture of the wedding set they made me.

[yinzer]

I make roses like that. I don't think I have any pics, I'm just learning the importance of taking pictures ( years too late lol). I'll try to find one tomorrow.For open flowers with spread out petals, I may attach petals or cut a tube. But for tight rose petals like that I find it best to make my base and work from the center out, adding blobs, and then mashing and shaping/curling them. I find this way helps me keep it tight with less chance of accidentally tagging petals together. Also, for roses I don't start with a marble or a maria. I prefer to start with a squat conical frustum.