Rollcall - introduce yourself!

Diana Dunn, flameworking for the last 6 years in So. Cal and loving my life.

My name is Rich. I'm new to glasswork. I spent many years as a factory maintenance tech before running away to the Caribbean. I've been a boat captain for over 12 years now and it's time to reinvent myself, again. Glasswork is something I've always wanted to do and I've had friends who do it. So that's where I'm headed now.

Names David. Spent entirely too much money on glass in my college years and trying to visually dissect every piece of glass I saw. Decided to spend all my money on making it instead. Been on the torch for 2 weeks and making implosion pendants and a couple onies already wahoo!! Anyway, nice to meet and greet, looking forward to picking up more skills from you talented and knowledgeable folks.

aaron,i have been doing neon work since early 89 and started some boro work about 1.5 years ago and am hoping to blend them together

Rob,i been flameworking for 8 months now. once i started i couldnt stop... ended up having to decide oxygen or rent... i chose oxygen so i lived out of my car for 3 months workin in a shed in the homies backyard. been workin in my basement now for a few months. Glass is my life.

Hi ..I'm Debbie (I don't work glass...YET!) South Jersey
Mary.. (my partner) scientific glass blower since 1993.. South Jersey

welcome aboard everyone!! tons of info here, you just have to figure out what you are looking for...

gongfreak,long time collector and glass on glass/heady enthusiast from uk,wants to start working glass and meeting other like minded folk in the UK so an oldish man can learn a new skill

This is such a learning place, and funny too. I'm Bill and have been softworking off and on and since Dec. have been rocking the boro beast. Good times Ramone!

My name is Mike and I have been flame working since mid November. I don't have a whole lot of time to work, but I have been loving every minute of it.

Welcome, Welcome enjoy as do I.

They call me GAS. I have bee blowin in Austin TX for about 2 years, and like always i am Keepin It Hot.:archer1

Whats up everyone?
My name is Jimmi Palmer. I Run a small recycling company. I also refine gold and silver as a hobby. I love the way glass art and functional pieces look. I don't really blow any glass myself, just bend tube when iI break a piece of lab ware. I would love to learn some techniques for scientific glass production but at this point getting my company to grow has to come first.
any way I have applied for a vendors badge and will be posting gold and silver for sale in the vendors glassifieds. So if you ever need any look me up.
thanks and keep up the beautiful work.

Peace n Love,
JIMMI P

Hey everyone,
Great to finally join this community of such immense knowledge. I would like to thank everyone here for their inspiration and contributions. I'm finally setting up a little studio in the next couple months, so am researching and looking to buy all sorts of stuff. I'm from London, Ontario, Canada, so if any local canucks around, definitely send me a shout.

Thanks everyone, hope to see you around.

Hello all, Im fairly new to glass but the bug bit me hard... i have done quite a bit of learning in my first few months but i plan on keeping the same pace throughout my apprenticeship. glad to be here and thanks for having me

MXC

Hi there. Mary here. Live in northeast Ohio. Been flameworking 'bout 8 years. Mostly I make beads and small sculptural bits. I recognize some names already and hope I can contribute some useful things here.

Thanks for the great forum!

Welcome Moth, nice to meet you. Great place

Hello, my name is Ray, and I have been attempting to learn to make glass pipes,marbles, and whatever else i can teach myself. There definetely seems to be alot of info here to help me. I have not made anything that reallyqualifies as decent yet, but ill try to post pics at some point.

Hey, I'm Cal, I started in Sept. 2009, I'm in the process of opening my own studio in Toronto Ontario and it feels good. I've been lurking around here for a while so its good to finally be part of the community.

whats up everyone names mateo been collecting for about 2 years and found my life needed something new something i can really put some time and effort into. so i decided to take a couple classes this last weekend and believe i have really found what i was looking for. spent about 8 hours behind the torch so far and made some quite a few beads with soft glass. cant wait to jump into the boro side when the time comes. My girlfriend joined in and loved it to so we will be setting up shop in a large shed/small house we have in our backyard. just thought id introduce myself. Im really looking forward into diving in and learning all i can from all the knowledgeable people on this site. thanks all and have a great day !