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Hi this is my first time posting here. lurking for a while. I have been making murrini in soft glass for about two years. I am turning to the dark side this summer building a up a boro stash and a bigger head for my national 8m. Here is a new cane for GroundHog day
Soft glass burning skull cane
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Steve
sweet! I like them.
real nice, can't wait to see more!
A murrini a week huh? Cool beans, sounds like something I'd start for like a week, then.....................
Then routines change, always gotta start new routines otherwise it becomes too routine! I don't like to change, but it's inevitable.
Pretty good though, I'm getting to the point where I might be able to make a bubble free murrini, but it takes a little bit to get there with all of the angles, encasing, and fine point fixing you gotta do. Handtorch is working wonders for touchups and bubble free lenses/encasing/stringers/cane, etc....
Very cool. Murrini has always been one of my favorite aspects of glass.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
I would love to make a bubble free murrini, a friend told me I pull my cane to cool and I need to nuke it. Here is the Head in the middle of my last post polished up on its own.
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Steve
Looks cool!
Awesome!! Keep the pics coming :)
nice!
Nice work!!!
HOpe you keep showing more very great and intricate!
Friday night playing with Japanese murrini flower with a face. I know cute. Ill post a skull tomorrow to even it out.
I dont think the petals will spread out like a pointed murrini but will try it in a pendant tonight.
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STEVE
New Skull Marble fritt and a murrini
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looking good, nice color...keep up the good work.
Cat Cane hardly any bubbles this pull
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cut and polished some cabs off the end of the cane
awesome, i love the cat cane.
awesome cats! killin it!
Nice work Mr. S
are you cutting them on a saw or chopping them?
I polish them on lapidary grinder. I start out with 200 sandpaper, than a quick rinse then 600 sandpaper. after they are smooth i cut them off the cane on a 6" diamond trim saw with as thin of blades I can find. I have no luck chopping, I like my canes over 1/2"thick. chopping leads to split canes and swear words.
steve
Awesome work! That skull marble is too damn sweet.
Just added your Etsy store to my favs.
Thanks for the feedback
Steve
Goldfish with the buggy eyes
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That goldfish is sweet I only wish they were boro.
Great work, love the cat! It's amazing the shading you can achieve with soft glass, stick with the soft for murrini, boro can't touch it.
Can't wait to see your progression over the next year....make sure you keep up with your murrini a week!
I am going to try a few boro this Summer saving for a torch and Oxy. I am looking for a torch with a hot center that can melt smallish boro for painting details and larg enough to melt a 3" gather for pulling. Leaning toward a Scorpion or a Bravo. I dont think investing in more national tips is the way to go. would love any feedback on a good boro murrini torch that will still not evaporate soft glass.
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New Cat
get a phantom/mirage. its probably the best torch for the scale your going for. im a beth fanboy, i love them but gtts win hands down for solid work.
Yes the Mirage looks like an awesome murrini maker. I'm going to have to sell allot of glass this summer to get one of those. Pinpoint flame for detail and the melting power of a dragon. No more hour long periods of spinning a 3" gather to get it soft enough to pull
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great work! Any in progress pics before the pull? check out the Millefiori Artists, Collector and ADDICTs Group on fb if you havent yet. Tons of inspiration there.
-m
Here is a before pull of the goldfish
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Amazing!
I'd swear you had real fish skewered in that last pic.
Your cats are great too.
great work. so i imagine you must make two large gobs of clear to pull with when you stretch those hey? like huge even..
I put a whole rod on each end of the gather to keep them from pulling sideways.
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Keep up the work. I really enjoy this thread. You could prob pay for a new torch selling boro mille on this site. Hit up the glass alchemy sale before its over.
I just orderd my first Boro Stash today. Ill have a Boro skull soon. Have to wait for my finger to heal.
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Ouch!!! How did that happen?
Damn that's a gnarly injury was that from lampworking or from something else ?
goddamn bro, that picture came up on me unexpectedly and I actually jumped LOL. Heal quick and provide us with more glassertainment :)