Leaf pendants?

[Cosmo]

So I see a lot of people posting leaf pendants recently. Looking at them closer, they all look very similar (same shape, same number of "veins" or whatever, in the same pattern). So I'm wondering if there is a mold or something people are using. Normally I wouldn't do something like that, but the leaf represents something special in my wife's breast cancer support group, and I'm planning on making a bunch of them for all the ladies in there. Since I'm giving them away and not selling them, I don't feel too bad about using a mold or whatever to make them.

Anyone know more about it?

[glassdocnc]

http://www.mountainglass.com/Leaf-Pliers-1-1-2-x-7-8.html

There are multiple versions of this idea out there.

[TacosGlass]

im pretty sure they're just carving them with a knife... and everyone's making the same thing

a guy on instagram who works for mothership, @jdz___, sells his for quite a chunk of change, my guess is most people are trying to do the same

[TacosGlass]

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j344/budtacos/240930D1-C29B-451A-9E49-54E6907BAAFF_zpseqtc96q9.png (http://s1081.photobucket.com/user/budtacos/media/240930D1-C29B-451A-9E49-54E6907BAAFF_zpseqtc96q9.png.html)

If this is what you're referring to, definitely flame sculpted

[TacosGlass]

now the question is: gather, stretch, then carve? or gather, carve, stretch?

id go with the latter


(this coffee is making me post more than usual...)

[Cosmo]

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j344/budtacos/240930D1-C29B-451A-9E49-54E6907BAAFF_zpseqtc96q9.png (http://s1081.photobucket.com/user/budtacos/media/240930D1-C29B-451A-9E49-54E6907BAAFF_zpseqtc96q9.png.html)

If this is what you're referring to, definitely flame sculpted

I've seen almost the exact same thing from other people, which is why I was thinking they were using a mold of some sort. I have no problem doing it by hand if there isn't anything else out there. But since they are giveaways and I need to do like 25 of them I was just going to do it the quick and easy way.


now the question is: gather, stretch, then carve? or gather, carve, stretch?

id go with the latter


(this coffee is making me post more than usual...)

Yeah. That's what I'm going to do I believe.

[Jackass Glass]

https://www.google.com/search?q=leaf+vein+tool+glass&espv=2&biw=1192&bih=734&tbm=isch&imgil=eflYEcyecqOe1M%253A%253B86DYGF-xSbo8sM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.com% 25252Fitm%25252FANGLED-LEAF-MASHER-with-Veins-Lampworking-Hot-Glass-Blowing-Tools-Pliers-TR-050-%25252F351421334744&source=iu&pf=m&fir=eflYEcyecqOe1M%253A%252C86DYGF-xSbo8sM%252C_&usg=__r6o8OJMQfl9AoaZmOiepyyoyjPo%3D&ved=0ahUKEwj0v5aZvb7NAhVD92MKHUwfABcQyjcILA&ei=GwJsV7TGFMPujwPMvoC4AQ#imgrc=eflYEcyecqOe1M%3A

i use these for my flower dabbers.... put one leaf on the stalk.

[Chad S]

http://www.artcoinc.com/leaf_mashers.php

https://www.waleapparatus.com/product/leonardo-featherbone-tool/

[Jackass Glass]

ooooh i like that featherbone one from wale

[somewhere]

I use Jim Moore leaf crimps and love them. After you crimp the glass you stretch it out. Very realistic look IMO.

[somewhere]

Sad to say it looks like L and K glass tools is no longer. Talk about quality custom tools for the lampworker. I wanted to say check out the bird wing crimps they made.

[Chad S]

Ya I miss their claw grabbers, very high quality tools.

[gypsea]

I've been doing large leaves (pendants and stoppers) for years without using a crimp; I just hand carve them with the pointed end of a stump shaper. It's fast & easy, and I think they look better than perfectly symmetrically molded ones do.
gather, flatten, heat, carve, heat, stretch.

[chevelleface]

85466

I carve mine similar to jdz. I made this one just gathering a mass shaping then flattening then using a pinpoint flame heat a line and carve. I do all the veins first then do the edges and connect to the veins.