OceanMelt's Melty Thread

Cool to watch another newbie progressing. Your outlook on things makes it even better.

*edit- Do you have a link for the shell tut?
That looks sweet.

Here ya go! http://www.r4glassstudio.com/

I actually ordered the implosion tut, but he was running a special and threw in the shells. Pretty cool.

Thanks O, I got the flower tut from him...I think I'll go with galaxy marble before the shells next time i order one.

Didn't give myself enough glass to start with, so it's just a little guy. But thinking it will be my first kept piece for the home collection. I may have already tested the seals...

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Managed to get much closer on this one. I'm loving AP frit, it almost looks like fume in the sunlight. But there is def a point when it burns out and goes dark from too much heat. I also need to figure out how to keep it colored through the elbo when condensing/shaping. I think I just didn't have enough frit on the bottom of the bowl...

^^no idea on the double image post. I swear iAnything devices drive me crazy somtimes.

Just a lil guy.

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Def my best pendant to date. Lost my punty seal at least three times, had it crack straight through the lens twice....somehow still managed to save it.

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Thanks for looking!

Ohhh nice flower ✌️✌️

Nice OceanMelt!

Whole bunch of issues, but screw it...it's a progression thread.

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I like these, but obviously quite off for AP. I just don't have enough oxy yet to properly work it in the outer flame. Should be good enough to gift a friend and get a smile:)

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Haven't been getting much torch time lately, and most attempts have ended in the scrap bucket. Rocking the single concentrator has run its course, I'm going nuts and desperately need to get this thing properly powered.

Decided to take a shot at a hammer bubbler. The seal is sloppy, but I wanted to focus more on the shaping and steps involved. All about that muscle memory...
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Little pendant, I had no direction, just started melting.
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Nice bub I need to Learn how to drop a stem

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Hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew with the exchange, I have almost no marble experience! Here is number three. The vortex cone got smooshed and the back is chaos. Better start practicing....quick!

http://youtu.be/0r-HTLmMoLw

That video is set to private

Oops, my bad...should be fixed now

Few from the past couple days...

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One of my fav pendants to date

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