steaks thread - progression

nice work, guess i would have braced to the kickstand on the back of the piece. i usually use 6 mm rod for bracing 5 should work fine tho.

safety breaks at your place!! LOL:chilling:

in the second pic you can see the distorted area where it popped off and was repaired, it fell of clean between the disc and the clear tube, but when i welded it back together the disc and the clear tube got a bit out of shape

but its ok :D

hi, i have a question, i was asked to make a full coloured minitube, beaker style, the only thing wich bugs me about it how i make a nice mouthpiece

i thought about making the whole thing on a 12mm blowtube then anneal it and take off the blowtube the other day while holding it in a holder
then i thought about having a blowtube at the bottom and taking that off
how you guys do it?

kind regards

Make the mouthpiece and neck first and use it as your blowtube to make the can.

i worry about spinning it cause itl be around 28 to 32 mm on the neck and its fully coloured so im also afraid of cracking it to pieces, but i can imagine having it half in the kiln to heat it up and then hook it up to a blowhose and the connect it to the can or blowout the can from sections wich i attach, i was thinking about making it on a blowtube attached to the neck and open it up the other day but i think the opening of the neck wont be as nice as i would make it the other way around

gonna try it for sure

You could use tongs wrapped in kevlar. Then just have your blowtube on the bottom and use the tongs to hold it while you flatten the bottom.

that was on my mind also, but i think theres gonna be a reversal or something on the bottom so i need nto puff in it

What an awesome progression thread. How long have you bee going to school for this? What are your plans after?

hi, im am at the school learning scientific stuff for 1,5 years now, ill be finished after another 1,5 year, i worked on my own self taught for a couple months before that, my plans after the education is do scientific work or work in a university maybe, or fuck all that and do my own shit, i dont know, its kinda hard here cause here is not a scene like you have in canada or america , but ist growing slowly and i am positive about this, so im excited where this leads me, my love lies in makin pipes for sure :D

Hi Steak,

I follow your Progression thread since.And I like it!

I think that is has been the absolute right desicion for you to become a glass blower.
You are an addict and have been since the first time,you got in contact with hot glass
As you might remember,my father and grandfather has been scientific glass blowers.
My brother learned at "Schott" company.So I have some knowledge about it and want to give you some council.

To work in the industrial field is shit as it is absolutely underpaid in my opinion.
Another thing here is that you´ll have probably to do mass production.
A much more varied and relaxed job is it to work at a university although the paiment would not be that great.
As you might have seen,there are several offers for scientific glass blowers on the VDG
website to go to Australia,South Africa or Switzerland.

Best,Axel

Hey man, a touch of advice I was given on bridges was this : use nicely accented solid colors to develop your bridges, that way you can make them permanent additions to the piece, that accent others. It also has allowed me to really learn how to really put a lot of sections together very quickly and cleanly. your work looks really good, smart move to learn both sides of the torch at once, I had a job offer to work in a scientific shop a couple of years ago, and I'm wanna kick myself often for not trying it out

hey new pics from me, some school stuff i had to practice or was playing around with
coils, condensers, feet, potassium aparatus, discs.....and this thing like a curve i dont know the name but with a nail,
i just wanted to see if i could make one, they look so stylish

oh nearly forgot the collab piece between myself and hans meijer from snob
of wich i am really, really proud, i made all the colourwork while the customer visited me and watched it,
and then the tube was assembled after a drawing of the customer from hans meijer/SNOB ...


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i hope you like the pictures
kind regards
steak351

Great work as always

I really love your work Steak - It's good stuff. I can't wait to see more.

@Axel, What is the VDG? How much do you know about glassblowing jobs in Switzerland? Just curious.

hi, VDG means Verband Deutscher Glasbläser thats the website, im also a member ;D
http://www.vdg-ev.org/
kind regards and thank you very much

NiCEEEEEEEEEEe

Wow man! I've read through a lot of progression threads on here, and I have to say. This is by far one of my favorites. Your glass has come such a long way man, its pretty inspirational. Thanks for sharing it with us!

hi, so much happened that i dd not find time to post anything, the scientific aprenticeship is really running well, i like the stuff that we make very much and
i rebuild my garage workshop at home and 2 weeks ago i could scoop a small old east german lathe , still need to change stuff up like my herbie at the lathe...

i just post some pictures
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hope you like them

:D

right on bro, everything looks fucking great, and some looks amazing even :)

you have come a long way, that sci-teaching helps a lot i bet. keep it up!

Dude the goblets and bubble bottom pieces are awesome. I've always been a sucker for a bubble bottom tube. My old girlfriend had a sweet water that had the most perfect round bottom and ever since then they were my favorite style. Keep it up man