My Work

**Bo Diddles** · 04-17-2009, 04:37 AM

I've been blowing since early 2008, and I've learned virtually everything from this forum, so I figured I'd start posting my progress so far.

Any criticism is welcome. Let me have it! It's the only way I'll improve.

But first, I'd thought I'd start out with some pics of last month's disaster...

I had finally started nailing my floral implosions, made a thick hammer bubbler, and a couple of spoons, and was pretty excited to open the kiln. I found this...

**Bo Diddles** · 04-17-2009, 04:42 AM

A really thick spoon...

**Bo Diddles** · 04-17-2009, 04:52 AM

A bubbler...

**Bo Diddles** · 04-17-2009, 04:57 AM

Fun with eyes...

**p.j.** · 04-17-2009, 04:59 AM

nice stuff.

you should keep the first work of art, people get a kick out of seeing what goes wrong.

**Bo Diddles** · 04-17-2009, 05:29 AM

Thanks for the compliment!
The thing that amazed me was the almost complete lack of devitrification.
It's hanging beside my bench now...

**The Cheese** · 04-17-2009, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by diddles

It's hanging beside my bench now...

As a reminder to set the dial on the kiln? lol - I've come pretty damn close to doing the exact same thing.

You're work is looking pretty damn nice - I really dig that blow-in hammer up there. You'll have to let us know how you got such good sparks from that. I've done a lot of those and getting that effect consistently has been hard for me.

Looking forward to seeing more!

**Swampy** · 04-17-2009, 06:01 AM

I like your wall art, that looks really good. Abstract.

No devit either, well done.

**Bo Diddles** · 04-17-2009, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by GlassPipe

As a reminder to set the dial on the kiln? lol - I've come pretty damn close to doing the exact same thing.

You're work is looking pretty damn nice - I really dig that blow-in hammer up there. You'll have to let us know how you got such good sparks from that. I've done a lot of those and getting that effect consistently has been hard for me.

Looking forward to seeing more!

I sleeve instead of blow-in, but consistency is a problem for me too. I'm thinking the most important factor is the amount of fuming.

My 'wall hanging' is more of a reminder to install an upper limit alarm relay. My first relay stuck closed, even though it was mechanical, so I've changed to an SSR, but I still want to add another relay to shut down the kiln if it gets to a certain temperature.

Thanks for the positive comments! This is the first work I've posted, so I'm a little nervous...

**pstvn** · 04-17-2009, 07:25 AM

the eyeball pipe is damn skippy!

**Aymie** · 04-17-2009, 08:13 AM

The lack of devit is very neat.

I'd like to see some unmelted flowers...the eye kinda creeps me out...very nice

**ALIEN!** · 04-17-2009, 08:18 AM

super slumpers are sweet

**CripSkillz** · 04-17-2009, 10:30 AM

I had a kiln malfun like that an got the flatty series hehe,,

lovin the sleeved lightning one of my fav designs..

**Jimi The Don** · 04-17-2009, 04:07 PM

bitchin', i love the slumpa' i wanna rub my face on it, and the honey comb marble on that spoon is sweet, it's like a small tumor. also, the hammer neck is nice, seems to sit well, no side to side movement? good work, keep it up, and post more picks damn it!

**ras_eel** · 04-17-2009, 09:53 PM

that pipe is post #3 is soooo sick. i love the colours and how it turned out.

**jr23** · 04-18-2009, 05:18 AM

Good good work!

**Bo Diddles** · 04-18-2009, 06:04 AM

Thanks so much for the comments everyone. I feel like I've been working alone in an underground lab and this is the first time I've shown my 'peers' what I've been working on... so ya, the comments are much appreciated.

The pipe in post #3 was kind of a breakthrough pipe for me. Everything just somehow came together, it was blessed from the start. It was one of the first times I really had a specific design in mind and actually pulled it off.

Here are some more...