Rollcall - introduce yourself!

**ras_eel** · 01-12-2009, 12:34 PM

hey guys ive been browsing the site for a while now and finally decided to join not too long ago. I am a member on other forums and have recently taken on an extreme love for glass. I plan on getting a torch this year and start messin around myself. I just recently melted glass for the first time and it felt awesome! cant wait to get more into it. Until then i'll just admire all your guys work.. hehe. Lots of great info on this site, im still trying to take it all in...

thanks and hope to see you all around

Ras

**mystykbead** · 01-13-2009, 12:05 AM

Hello all

I have been making beads since 03 and have wanted to work with boro for some time now, I now have the ability to do so

I am from k-zoo michigan, a member of a few other forums. I have been searching everything I have questions for and trying to take everything in. I would love to get together with anyone in the area if you would like to shoot me a line

Lindz

**mer** · 01-13-2009, 12:10 AM

welcome y'all!

**PyroChixRock** · 01-13-2009, 05:27 PM

welcome new guys/gals! it's nice to have you all here.

**BEAR** · 01-13-2009, 06:48 PM

Jay...aka Bear, Ebolarama...20..from T-town, FL

Just started out after many years of wanting to do this. My first Torch is a Lynx. Want to learn everything I can from all these veterans I have come to respect...
Thanks in advance for any help!

**artisticdave** · 01-14-2009, 07:26 AM

name is dave
live in pennsylvania
glassblower for 11 years

**Jimi The Don** · 01-14-2009, 10:00 AM

names jimmi, they call me jimmi the don for some reason i can't quite remember. i live in lil rhody over looking a marina, been messing with glass for a while, always trying to get better..

**Toker420247** · 01-16-2009, 04:09 PM

hi everyone hows it goin? names jake only messed around with flameworking for about a week.i dont know much yet and being in this part of kansas is a set back but i love the way glass can be made into so many forms of art.i hope to learn more from this great site.first i need to get the right tools and some lessons.thanks and have a good one.peace

**KahunaGlassArt** · 01-16-2009, 04:59 PM

Word.
my name is chris. been rippin it up on my bobcat for about 3 months now.
I first got inspired by a guy on Saltspring Island, BC and instantly knew i wanted to make what he made. I've always liked pipes and whatnot in smoke shops but I didnt realize they were handmade works of art.
So I asked myself "where am I going with my life" the answer is GLASS!!
I live near Vancouver, Canada. Im 19. Part Hawaiian, Italian, Chinese, etc etc.

**Family Flame** · 01-20-2009, 09:36 PM

Hi all my name is Dustin and ive been blowing glass for only about 5 months. Ive been learning from my sexy ass wife ,we have a small shop in are barn up in the true NOR-CAL .We both love it and feel blessed to be able to get behind the torch every day . We are starting are teenage boy in the art of glass by teaching him marbles, millies, and beads .We have found its a great outlet for a very artistic and hipper young man.

**JayBlump** · 01-21-2009, 01:11 AM

Blump- 24, Pullman Washington. First introduced to flame working 5 months ago. I've Had my own torch for about 4 months. Nortel Minor, EX-15 Generator. Work out of my 1br apartment. Have to stick the pets in the bedroom cuz it gets freezing cold in my living room. Crack my sliding glass door to let the propane out and for air exchange and a small wall of snow falls in my house! I love it!

**mark206nj** · 01-22-2009, 11:26 AM

Mark---- 43 yrs old-----Vineland, NJ
Behind the torch since 2000
Blowin' glass for six months now and lovin every minute of it.

This site rocks!!!!!!!!

**CripSkillz** · 01-22-2009, 08:34 PM

so what were you doing behind the torch for the other 8 1/2 years..

WELCOME !!

**bRadical** · 01-22-2009, 11:21 PM

Hey im Brian aka b-Radical i was first introduced to flamework about 2 years ago and made a few pendents nothing special just some small pendents with some frit at a buddies house and always held a place for it in my heart since then. im in school and saving every extra penny i get to get a torch n hit it up in my garage as something to do with my free time. if anyone lives in the asheville & or chalotte area and wouldnt mind me coming by for a lesson or to hang out and watch ya at work let me know!!!...... ONE

**mark206nj** · 01-23-2009, 07:35 AM

Hey Crip,
I was mainly workin with soft glass and limited boro. Started makin' beads, then went to pendants and then to paperweights. it was all solid formed stuff. That gave me the basis to do what I thought was a lot harder..... blown glass. I have worked in Paul Stankard's studio and have known him since 1974 and I can say that I find the stuff I see on this site to be on par with the great glas artists like Paul. Mad respect for all of you guys. You've elevated the glass pipe from a simple funtional piece of glass to a mind blowing art form.

Peace,
Mark

**Wandered Away** · 01-23-2009, 08:10 AM

David & Alicia here, Her 5 years on torch, Him 10 minutes on torch (so far). I was a potter for 17 years and woke up one day tired of it, sold the studio, Alicia sold her fused glass studio and now we have a two burner boro studio. My original glassblowing nickname was "Wow, it didn't look that hot when I touched it, would you please get me some more ice?" But now I let things cool longer so we expect to change my name soon.

**dlht** · 01-25-2009, 09:37 AM

Names Dave, i live in CT, been blowing glass for 6 years. I work on a phantom but often wish it was a Delta, peace.

**fashon kore** · 01-25-2009, 09:47 AM

m. duenkel, learned lampworking form misticglass about 3 years ago currently attending salem comunity collage for art glass and loveing it.

Connectiuct rules!

**Bo Diddles** · 01-25-2009, 11:57 AM

Hey there... been blowing glass for just over a year now and lurking on this forum for several months. I figured it was finally time for my first post - I haven't posted yet because I haven't had a question that wasn't already answered in the forum. 98% of all my info has come from this site, which has been a huge help since I've never seen anyone else blow glass in person, so I just want to say thank you to everyone who contributes - to openly share info & techs is such a selfless thing to do - I will forever be in your debt!

Oh yeah, I'm an electrician, 31 yrs. old, living in Stratford Ontario Canada.

**yinzer** · 02-02-2009, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by bRadical

Hey im Brian aka b-Radical i was first introduced to flamework about 2 years ago and made a few pendents nothing special just some small pendents with some frit at a buddies house and always held a place for it in my heart since then. im in school and saving every extra penny i get to get a torch n hit it up in my garage as something to do with my free time. if anyone lives in the asheville & or chalotte area and wouldnt mind me coming by for a lesson or to hang out and watch ya at work let me know!!!...... ONE

b-rad, originally from wv?moved to nc with a buncha kids and a dog i rescued from tweekers in daytona beach in like 01?