Nomad's Work, Critique, talk, etc....

i got a couple of these in the oven, i so wish i had a top to test with. i'll probably buy one from that etsy page, thanks for the link!
you're right though, the asian kids are crazy about this shit.

It took me a few a day for a week or two to get the concave right. Like I said it is the hardest part.


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I have these in stock. I kind of stocked up.

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nice!! the pic above, the blue/amber one is beautiful.

are you using gravity to make the concave/depression, or are you using a light push with a rounded tool?

Fire polish it. Spin in the flame. Marver it. No tools except maybe my stump shaper on the bottom.


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I don't make them that large. People ask me for 4 inch ones but I don't make them.


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This is what I am working on now.


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Those spin stations are very pretty nomad. Nice work.

I got a bunch of thank you letters from customers who bought them saying they were just what they wanted. But business is slow. I have been selling a few every month though.


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The demand for pipes is far greater.


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I'm running low on glass. I'm going to have to scrape together enough for another case but I am good on the other sizes and colors now. Abr only had it in stock in Phoenix location. Or I would have ordered it last night with the other stuff from Bloomington location.
Stress...


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I made some silver and gold fumed bubblers today. I have a lot of them to make and new Rasta spoons since I ordered the color.
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Stress....
I promised I would not mention it.

I was reading chameleon glass website and it is cool they offer apprenticeship and in house positions. Kind of depressing the job description though.


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This is my resume' and bio.


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I have it on my iCloud if anyone wants a PDF emailed or text.


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What's depressing about the Chameleon description? It seems pretty on point to me. It kinda reads to me like they're just saying "You'll bleed, you'll sweat, you'll work your ass off, and you'll spend a lot of time eating ramen (when you don't spend your ramen money on burn cream) before you're making real money. Out of every 150 or so of you, maybe 10 won't realize you can make get paid the same, or better, at a job that has air conditioning and actually AVOIDS big shards of flesh rending glass in the work place. Still wanna do it? Come see us"

I think you'll get about the same advice from anyone honest. Hell, I first started back in 2001 or so, when the money was still comparatively easy, and that's the advice I got from everyone then (as for my crappy current work...LOTS of down time, I was one of the sissies that ran off and tried the air conditioning and no burned flesh or bleeding thing. Also...Pipe Dreams = Shawshank dreams)

You're way over the hump they're talking about, brother. Just a matter of sinking in to a product line that keeps you whole. You've definitely got the consistency down. So yeah, there's the tie-in to the work critique thread. The rack looks sweet, I actually kinda dig on the W&R thing, I don't see it as much these days

Yeah it's cool and honest for sure.

Comparing it to flipping burgers turns me off though.

$12 hour is a little depressing for a master glassblower. So is the fact that they are only pipe makers.


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