Blow ins I made last night

**spano** · 11-02-2008, 07:48 AM

These are the first blowins Ive attempted. the jar and blueish pipe were done with black and silver, the other pipe is triple amber purple with silver and gold. what do you all think?

**Lurch** · 11-02-2008, 08:05 AM

Cool. The black gives that wicked spacey look.

My only advise to you would be to make all the haze on the amber purple go away with an oxydizing flame before you do the blowin. You will be able to get a more dramatic effect with the color that way.

**spano** · 11-02-2008, 08:39 AM

thanks lurch, ill give that a shot tonight and post my results

**Firekist** · 11-02-2008, 09:55 AM

looks like you could kiln the spoon to kiln strike that purple.

otherwise.. have fun with blowins!

---seth

**Swampy** · 11-02-2008, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Lurch

Cool. The black gives that wicked spacey look.

My only advise to you would be to make all the haze on the amber purple go away with an oxydizing flame before you do the blowin. You will be able to get a more dramatic effect with the color that way.

I see the reason for doing that Lurch but wouldn't that burn off the silver and gold fume? I've never tried it so I don't know but I understand the reason for using an oxidising flame with DAP.

Thanks also to Spano for saying what you've used to do it looking good there.

**KahunaGlassArt** · 11-02-2008, 01:17 PM

black one looks SICK! wicked look. other are sweet too

**CripSkillz** · 11-02-2008, 02:27 PM

thoes look good man, if you poke some lil divots in the tube before you blo in you will get even more cool effect.. just add a lil texture and itll trap air and make it coool

**spano** · 11-02-2008, 02:36 PM

thats what ive been doing crip. i made like 4 or 5 more today ill take pics when things are a little cooler.

**Lurch** · 11-02-2008, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Swampy

I see the reason for doing that Lurch but wouldn't that burn off the silver and gold fume? I've never tried it so I don't know but I understand the reason for using an oxidising flame with DAP.

Thanks also to Spano for saying what you've used to do it looking good there.

Yes Swampy it would burn it off.

But with any of the striking colors, I guess I assumed that everyone was fuming the inside of the sleeve with the gold and silver. If you burn off the haze of the Amber Purple you can allow the colors to come out, but you will still get the fume effect from the fumed sleeve.

I guess thats what happens when you assume... haha

**spano** · 11-02-2008, 05:29 PM

I'm still fairy new to glass blowing, I just started working with the amber purple colors. I seem to lose the darker colors forever if I melt out the haze, the color usually goes a whitish color if not encased and a dark cream if its under clear. If I use a reducing flame on the amber purple colors from beginning until its encased I get a lot of colors to come out. I dunno, just how it works for me I guess.

I just went to take pics of the ones I made today and my batteries are dead. Ive got em charging so ill get them up in an hour or so.

**beachglass** · 11-02-2008, 05:49 PM

spano, generally with strikers like ap its a good thing for it to be clearish when youre done working it, or with a light amberish tone. all you do then is give it a bit to be sure its cool (hold under bench and wait until it stops glowing) then turn it gently in the back of a flame just to get it slightly glowing. most people use a reducing flame for this. youll see the colour grow before your eyes, and just keep repeating until its to your liking

sweet blowins, i really like the fume and black

**spano** · 11-02-2008, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by beachglass

spano, generally with strikers like ap its a good thing for it to be clearish when youre done working it, or with a light amberish tone. all you do then is give it a bit to be sure its cool (hold under bench and wait until it stops glowing) then turn it gently in the back of a flame just to get it slightly glowing. most people use a reducing flame for this. youll see the colour grow before your eyes, and just keep repeating until its to your liking

sweet blowins, i really like the fume and black

Thanks for that info! Ill try it out. I'm just about to take pics, just wait- the ones from today are real nice!

**Swampy** · 11-02-2008, 06:58 PM

Ya I see it now Lurch, thanks for clarifying. The only AP I ever tried was a couple of shorts when I first started off.

The result was so messed up I never tried it again and thought hey why the fuck they sell shit like this when it comes out like this! heh heh you know how it goes.

Now I have a better understanding of the process maybe I should try score some more and booglarise it...