You def should man! They know how to jam!
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You def should man! They know how to jam!
Here are some newe techs I learned In ATL. The front of tube popped off on blue one so decided to tryin a coil pot that A cool cat named Pat showed me in ATL. Turned out cool so tried another with multiple colors. Also did A line work spoon with a Line tech I learned at flametree. Got some dead dichro, a flower pendant and new turtles as well I did week or so ago.
after puttin off prodo all day I decided to try to pull a small color tube did it on 25mm and its lines encased about 1&1/2 in worth of color stripes to start with. Made a spoon and a chilly pics tommorrow maybe- this stuff is weird to work with, and was havin problems but pulled em off. I think my wall thickness on tube was not even or somethin. duno really hard to tell when you cant see in it or through it, lol big thanks to rob and puck down in FLA for showin me a good way to make tube and encase. Also big props to puck for lettin me watch you make prodo with colored tube for a couple days. And not to forget thanks N-Dark for originaly inspiring me to do this. Think its somethin I just gotta use to the feel of though, Yall made it look easy.
Skeliton dicro Sick!
loookin good man.. :)
yo didja stripe color onto the tube then stripe clear ontop? thats my lame tube pull style :D
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I did, I did! But tried to keep lines of color as thick as original rod when I laid it on. I melted the color in all the way then covered in clear. I wanna try a stick stack soon now. I dont like having to work the colors in the direct flame and figured would be more consistent wall thickness . Some of my black greyed out a lil and few bubbles in the red. But from what Ive been told. You get the most tubing out of your color with the encsasing method.
and thanks slick420- Thats my fav as well!!!!!
what black was it? with jet black you just gotta use more oxy, altho i tell ya i just made a couple things and they greyed on me anyhow dammit :d more oxy!
Ya it was Jet- It was only black I had and Didnt wanna use to much oxy cuz of yellow and red boiling but tried to keep it high as i could. It only greyed a lil. And I suck at chillys cuz I dont hardly ever make em but went for it and its not that great in my opinion. But Im more a spoon person so Im kinda biased im sure someone will love it. They are on the small side on things and I think THey could have came out better felt like I was fightin it the whole time. Oh well Ill get the feel of this stuff down in next couple trys I hope.
That flower is amazing man! Nice progress too, I see you've been working with dichro images, looks fun! Haven't given them a try yet, but I need too! Good work turtle!
Tryin to make a color order , does anyone know a good black that can take a slighty reduced really soft flame. and also a good white from NorthStar?? and any other colors for making tubes with encasing method to avoid or that you like???
onyx black and egyptian white sand.....
Thanks !!!
diggin the A/P flower!
Thanks it was for my GF, for mothers day cuz she is the best momma for our pug baby!
So Ive not been posting pics cuz I had been doin prodo and then Worked it all In a couple weekends :) All most got all my Initial Ivestment covered now. Hard work Def pays off, I swear Ive Lost 15 pounds Running around camp grounds with my case . But Back on torch and playing more right now. I Made this for A good friend as a surprise gift. Hes been having some health problems and broke up with his GF recently, so I figured He needed cheered up :) Made him this pendant it looks just like the logo for his bar Toasters Pub. This was first attempt and turned out ok I think And wanted to share w/ yall.
Oh ya and I got A LOGO Finally, My gf sis hooked it up!!!
Nice job on the toasters pendant. That's pretty neat. Very unique.
Makes me want a beer.
Thanks mecha!
i love the beer pendant
thanks!
Here is a tutorial I made- Its also posted in tutorial section
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kwVph2nd8A
Still playing with coilpoting :) I think these have great potential for evolving into something really cool. But When I made my push the places where I had dotted with clear to honeycomb, kinda sank in more than rest and its not smooth around edge of the inside of the push??????? Does anyone know how I can prevent that. It doesnt really show in pictures. Also any tips on making these better would be great. The one with the brown dots was the first attempt.
wrinkles around the edge of the bowl is not hot enough. You can flame polish those wrinkles out though...as for trhe clear dots, maybe thiner glass there or it is hotter than the colored tubing
Thanks for the info!
looks nice, try coilpotting a white and then encasing wit persimmon strike for example, gave me a cool look
kind regards frank
yea after you push your bowl go in with a tiny flame a polish all those stretch marks away.
get the bowl hotter before you push it, then there will be less flame polishing in the end with a high oxy sharp flame........
Thanks for the suggestion frank :) I will def try that I tried some white coilpotting some white last night but had a few issues with discoloration and boiling. i shoul prol encase atleast with clear after I honeycomb?? Does everyone else encase their honeycombs??
i had the same with whites but since i bought egyptian white sand i can control it much better, now i have some stag white from tag i want to try out
kind regards
So had three points blow up on me right off the bat last night and decided to do all solids. Here are the results of my playing! Maybe a Few more tommorrow. A couple had cracks, goin to try to save em tonight.
haha funny turtle good job :)
Cool, nice little set up you got there.
O yeh nice kiln to :)
Mike & Pam
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Thanks Mike, and I love my kiln!
Here are some things I made for fathers day! My dad who love golf as much as I like glass has been the most supportive person of my lampworking and glassblowing. I spent prol 6-7 hours making him the golfing turtle. I had lots of issues but finally pulled it off. He seen a sketch/doddle I had made of it. And asked " could you make a golphin turtle sculpture"? I replied I duno would be really hard, I guess if you were really good you could. LOL I allready planned on doin it, so I had to throw him off my tracks, but now he will think Im awesome The turtle paper wheight is for my grandpa who is one of the biggest reasons why I love turtles. WHile I was young and growing up he would bring me a box turtle every spring that he saved from the road. I would keep it all spring and summer and when the leaves started falling in the fall I would let it go.
turtle paper weight is like an inch and a half x inch and a half
golf sculpture is like three inches tall and the base is about 2 in across
I tried to sculpt the head of the turtle the best I could and was first attempt at that.
All and all I learned alot making it! Hope yall dig it!
love the golfer. :)
im love the golfer too
golfer turtle is sick! +1 repped
likin those chillums man!
Thanks Yall!!