seriously... i've try flame striking shit so many times only to result with hazy junk or nothing happening at all.... i dunno how you do it exactly adam, but you do it really well..Quote:
Originally Posted by mer
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seriously... i've try flame striking shit so many times only to result with hazy junk or nothing happening at all.... i dunno how you do it exactly adam, but you do it really well..Quote:
Originally Posted by mer
That's what the girls always say
Hey Adam(and everyone else) I got a sample of this clear glass from Generations Glass and I've had a lot of fun with it. Check out these photos of the first piece I made with the schott boro artistic: http://www.talkglass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27933
I am still forming an opinion on the glass and I have a bit more to play with, but so far I am impressed with many more things than I dislike.... A few things I noticed seem strange, but I could adapt to work with them. I'll try to write a real review once I have used a lot more of the schottBA.
(here is a preview of the photos) :D
I love it, PJ turned me onto it a year or so ago and it's all I use for my marbles now. Nice and clear, and great pricing!
-chris
uneven wall thickness. at least in the heavy wall, havent tried the medium.
I just realized I had an old photo (2 or 3 years ago, maybe?) of a sleeved piece done with SBA...it's SBA on the inside and the outside....silver and gold fume.
Sorry about the quality of the photo...it was done with my old camera, which sucked....so at the time I didn't even try to make the photos look good because it wasn't worth the effort.
Anyway, this photo is definitely not the best example, but I wanted to show that getting the blue colors (like around the mouthpiece) is possible with SBA.
waittttt.... could you make that exact pipe and have point be the carb twisted to meet your finger somewhere? is that pointless or cool. ill try it out.
Its still fumy looking, but sweet piece
I have had several pallets of boro artisric in the last 2 yrs. I am now switching back to Simax because: the fume is not as nice , the standard wall I use for cups allways shows flaws when held up to the light , the heavy wall is a little shocky. B.oro artistic has its place in my studio, but its not top shelf stuff, it is great economy glass. I guess it's like color rod... odds can be usefull , just not allways the best choice.
For some reason i can't figuire out how to resize photos on my comp so had to the rents........ this pic is ok, kind of shows the range of colors, looks way better in sunlight......And this is not fume, just three types of striking colors over 32x4, then encased in 50x5 two or three times....untill i like the look, I do a comb, and if the color bleeds to the surface, needs more clear, then try again......Not the same look as the fume combs by vorhees, cupcake, and others, Props to you all, but I like the look of my shott combs as well, and no complaints from buyers.
here are some more different shots, i like this one as you can see greens, blues, purps, and most everything inbetween....Not sure how the photos will show it tho?
The new 50X5 I got seams to fume fine, but the rod I got a couple years ago does seam to turn milky. Over all I love the BA.
Peace
Nate
I disagree, the new 50x5 fumes crappy. It takes alot more silver to get any effect, and it can still turn milky white. Plus its damn near impossible to get the cool blue halo effect on the new 50x5.