Rollcall - introduce yourself!

hi all, Bayard Murphy here. living in Chehalis Wa. presently living half under water.
woodworker by day, pushing a mop through the night. total newbie, so hope I don't ask too many questions.

It's damn great to be here! I just started a new job, here in E. Washington, and I find myself in front of a computer (strange feeling for me) so I hope to meet some new folks and share the love (I know kinda limp for a first post, but I like to feel my way around before hittin wit the hard stuff. Plus love is goood).

Age: 29
Race: All of Them
Glass addict: 3 yrs
Sex: Yes
Smoker/N-smoker: GTT Mirage

:bouncy: Hello, I am Terry Edgar aka LdyRvka. I have been working with hot glass for about 3 years now. Just a hobbyist at this point. nice to find this groupl

Hello out there-
Teale from WV and soon to be Teale from Fl.
Lampworking for a couple years. Hopeing to make some new connections and friends.
Have a nice day

Jamie W. from Asheville, Northkackalacky
Been lampin for 8yrs. ,built a new studio this summer, been a recluse somewhat, asp here.finally got zee delta-mag three months ago, whew dats hot! forging a small axe to chop down big tree babylon, seen!
give thanks and praises
Jme glass

Welcome to all the new folks!

learn and share, learn and share

that's how we improve and survive :-)

hye everyone, my name is ryan and i'm from central ohio, jeremy bizzano told me about the site. I'm excited to get looking at some posts.

Corey, 6 years of melting glass. Portland

3 .5 yrz glazzartist livin in the dirty south anyone is welcome to come make stuff in austin any time, let me know much love:peace roze

o' ya and if your a girl blower let me know, cause when i get back from surfin in hawaii i'll be gettin the crew together for the 07' femaleflame-off!aloha

Hello, I'm Laurie from Damascus, Maryland. Seems most of the folks who have introduced themselves are from the other side of the states...I always seem to find the good events are happening on the West Coast, lol!

Anyway, I've been working with soft glass since the end of May (took my first class). I'm hooked...upgraded within a month or so to a Minor and bought a BlueBird kiln and have probably spent a good $1,000 on glass and other sundries.

I can definitely see an improvement in my work since I began. My stringer control is getting better, my reducing techniques are getting results and I'm having a great time.

Glad to find another site. I'm already on LE and WetCanvas...found this site through a post on LE about the library.

Laurie.

Hello -

My name is Laurie and I have been torching for the last 3 years. I am a hobbiest but I do sell a bit of my work. I also design jewelry. I started out in soft glass and just recently got into boro. It rocks !!! I dont think I will ever use my soft glass again.

I am married with 2 kids. My husband and I own a construction company and build homes for a living. We are in Canada.

I am having a blast with hot glass.

Hello all. This is Joseph Norrie, owner of Norrie Industries. We carry the full line of National Torch products. I also specialize in engineering and manufacturing specialty toch systems. We are currently working on a new website, glassworkingtorches.com you will be redirected to norrieindustries. My new website will be up and running in about 2 months and will allow online ordering capability for all the products National Produces in addition to my own products and pressure reducing regulators. We are a small startup company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Great place to live by the way. Just a snippet. I'm looking forward to becoming an active member of this community, as I am very interested in torches and glassworking. Thanks, Joe Norrie. Norrie Industries

how-dee y'all! ryan here....formerly reyeni on the old site. completely starting over after a 2 year hiatus. started in 96, worked full time until operation pipedream, which coincided with other events in my personal life that led to a slow shift from glassblowing to starting a sushi catering biz here in portland, which is still going well. I realized that there was this certain emptiness that i felt from not blowing glass, so i'm back into it with a completely fresh perspective. fortunately, i managed to keep all of my hand tools, regs and glass but i'm working with a loaner cc and kiln. i'll be looking for my own(torch/kiln) in the next few weeks if anyone has some good equipment at a reasonable price.

peace

nice to see you around again! :D

I will look and see if I have anything we can kick down to you. Hit me up if you still have our number, I lost yours. Happy new year!

Hi, Im Dwaine, and i'm an alcoholic.

thanks misha.....i don't have your number anymore, but you can get it to me through my email. i really don't need much, but maybe i could come by sometime and get updated on colors.....i went glass shopping the other day and there were quite a few colors that i was unfamiliar with!

hello all , this is my 1st time here. looking for a good place to make some contacts ...:twitch: :twitch:

good to see you in here
peace, m

Hi all
Mike and Deb Crowley
deb on torch for um um well lots o years
me furnace glass blower,kiln builder.

Mike