Aommaster's Progression

[aommaster]

Hi!

If you push the maria too hard or too often your flower will be squished flat. I am still learning how to get the desired effect more regularly but it really comes down to how often and how hard you push. Ron Bearers "Boro Implosion Designs" helped me a lot especially his tips on color combinations and stringer work are great. You can e-mail him to get a pdf-copy.

It's very likely I was pushing a lot. How do you deal with the divot that starts to form at the center of the maria once you start imploding?

The PDF sounds really good. How much does this PDF cost?

"Livering" (i.e. brown haze) is a common problem with copper based rubies if you overheat the glass, what type of flame did you use? There is a video on working with this color on TAGs website.

I'll check the video out! I believe I was using a neutral flame to work it.