A murrini a week

[MrSmeeth]

Hi this is my first time posting here. lurking for a while. I have been making murrini in soft glass for about two years. I am turning to the dark side this summer building a up a boro stash and a bigger head for my national 8m. Here is a new cane for GroundHog day

Soft glass burning skull cane



Steve

[gambitglass]

sweet! I like them.

[ALIEN!]

real nice, can't wait to see more!

[funksizzle]

A murrini a week huh? Cool beans, sounds like something I'd start for like a week, then.....................

Then routines change, always gotta start new routines otherwise it becomes too routine! I don't like to change, but it's inevitable.

Pretty good though, I'm getting to the point where I might be able to make a bubble free murrini, but it takes a little bit to get there with all of the angles, encasing, and fine point fixing you gotta do. Handtorch is working wonders for touchups and bubble free lenses/encasing/stringers/cane, etc....

[jac1961]

Very cool. Murrini has always been one of my favorite aspects of glass.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

[MrSmeeth]

I would love to make a bubble free murrini, a friend told me I pull my cane to cool and I need to nuke it. Here is the Head in the middle of my last post polished up on its own.



Steve

[dorkeedude]

Looks cool!

[LowTideGlass]

Awesome!! Keep the pics coming

[LooseSeal Baller]

nice!

[vetropod]

Nice work!!!

[jes]

HOpe you keep showing more very great and intricate!

[MrSmeeth]

Friday night playing with Japanese murrini flower with a face. I know cute. Ill post a skull tomorrow to even it out.
I dont think the petals will spread out like a pointed murrini but will try it in a pendant tonight.






STEVE

[MrSmeeth]

New Skull Marble fritt and a murrini

[innervision]

looking good, nice color...keep up the good work.

[MrSmeeth]

Cat Cane hardly any bubbles this pull





cut and polished some cabs off the end of the cane

[hashmasta-kut]

awesome, i love the cat cane.

[ijag2]

awesome cats! killin it!

[Moto]

Nice work Mr. S
are you cutting them on a saw or chopping them?

[MrSmeeth]

I polish them on lapidary grinder. I start out with 200 sandpaper, than a quick rinse then 600 sandpaper. after they are smooth i cut them off the cane on a 6" diamond trim saw with as thin of blades I can find. I have no luck chopping, I like my canes over 1/2"thick. chopping leads to split canes and swear words.
steve

[jac1961]

Awesome work! That skull marble is too damn sweet.

Just added your Etsy store to my favs.