Rollcall - introduce yourself!

**dansean** · 03-05-2010, 04:18 PM

HI Dansean in Tucson AZ, home of the solar cooker kiln, don't have a kiln? just leave your glass on my driveway and use wicked mother nature to anneal you work. Im done with a year of fused glass and have jumped into lampwork and totally wonder how people could go the other way around.

**wakinda** · 03-09-2010, 09:01 PM

Hey yall, Jeff here is N. Ca. addicted to glass since 2006 after I checked out an isgb mtg at arrow springs, knew right then that there was no turnin back :> Started out makin soft glass beads then found boro and switch to makin pendents and sculpture. Recently began tryin out hollow work and lovin it.

**Dazza** · 03-20-2010, 02:24 AM

G'day
I have been playin with glass for about 6 months. Been down under bout a year now. Engineer by trade. Working on being normal despite that.... Too late to be a hippie. Retirement, old hippie pacific north west. Thats me. In a couple more years, glass, hobby farm Comox BC, surfin Long Beach.
Cheers.
Dazza

**p.j.** · 03-20-2010, 06:12 AM

welcome to the forum. your long term plan sounds nice

**ShinySilverDragon** · 03-20-2010, 08:52 PM

ShinySlverDragon - or Sheri when i'm away from the computer.

I'm actually more of a car nut than a glass nut at the moment. I'm into modifying imports and drifting. I want to drift competitively one day, and have been building my car and drifting for about 3-4 years now.

Recently ran into some major car problems, and with my current financial situation had to put the car away for a bit.

My boyfriend showed me some glassblowing sites, and some places that run training courses and such, and I started to get interested. (I'm pretty sure he was using it as a way to distract me and stop me being grumpy over the car all the time :P)

So thats about it

i'm keen to try my hand at some glass projects, and am really enjoying all the inspiration and information on this forum.

Oh yeh, and I live in Sydney, Australia.

**zdub** · 03-22-2010, 10:14 AM

Will Nemitoff
New Orleans

I've just started by renting time on torch. Im looking to buy everything i need to get started making pipes at the beginning of summer once school gets out.
If anyone has any suggestions on a good solid torch and/or setup to start on for making pipes that's be awesome!

**morelife07** · 04-20-2010, 10:00 PM

whaddup everyone my name is chris ,aka butcher. turned 21 last week, new to glass ive been on the torch for a little less than a month now. im workin in st pete florida at zen glass taking an apprenticeship from apple butter. ive wanted to blow glass since i was a little kid but the oppurtunity got thrown in my lap recently so im taking it in full swing. to the post above me, u cant go wrong on a carlisle, theres about ten of them in our shop. hope that helps.

**Ritual** · 04-23-2010, 05:05 AM

Hi guys. I'm about to take my first class in flameworking, very excited. I work as an artist and used to do Tiffany style glass for about 4 years.

**CripSkillz** · 04-23-2010, 08:41 AM

swereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet hAve funnnnnnnnnnnnn

**braheem glass** · 04-28-2010, 09:39 PM

Hello fellow glass people! I'm Brahim, been torching for about three years.
Got my start apprenticing under Dave Strobel & Dusten Revere. I am currently between shops. Trying to step up to a bigger space. And liquid oxy!

Peace & love

**mer** · 04-28-2010, 10:16 PM

Welcome!

**dOprah Winfrey** · 05-02-2010, 08:47 AM

My name is Travis, 23 from New Hampshire. I've fooled around on a friends CC and had some informal lessons. Just got my own set up and have been blowing on my own for a whopping 3 days!

**lil'roller** · 05-04-2010, 04:39 PM

So is this where I start off at .. Ready .set , go ... Hello there , I am a new here but have been a torch-er for about 2 yrs . I love the beads , pendents , flowers & animals that i have managed to learn my self or by looking at mags . I have watched this form silently and have gotten far enough to get this far as today . Texas blood runs in my veins.. I hope I will find new and interesting things to try & tips , or help (If I get beyond here .) I may not be good yet but hope to be when i grow up .ha ha . So hey everybody ..... Keep it Happy

**Mecha** · 05-04-2010, 04:43 PM

All aboard!

**lil'roller** · 05-04-2010, 05:41 PM

So Mecha, did I get on the right train" All aboard!" I have had a look around and already found a lot of cool topics to keep me here a bit > I am sure it will take a bit to figure it all out . Posts , Pic , and all . YEEHAW

**phatsol** · 05-04-2010, 07:14 PM

Hello everyone my name is Patrick aka PHATSOL. Been lurking on this site for a while keepn my mouth shut and jus soaking it all in. Thank you everyone on this site for keeping me inspired to bust my ass to get rollin.I had to trade my phantom in to pay bills but luckily thanks to Sphereagram(great kid by the way) he hooked me up with a brand new lynx. So any ways I will be postn as soon as the rest of my equipment gets here. Also i will post pics up of my shop that me and my pops built together. Any hoot thanks again for inspiration to keep at it and hope to show some stuff soon. PEACE and LUV

**root** · 05-07-2010, 04:40 PM

Scott aka PST... , addicted since 2006 and new to this forum. I'm lost in the sticks of Georgia and looking to the coast

**VeganToker** · 05-13-2010, 09:37 AM

Whats up everyone! My name is Matt, I'm 22 and I live in Illinois.

I haven't even seen a torch in person yet, but I've been fascinated with glass since the first time I stepped foot in a head shop (at 18 I think...). I have a glass studio within a 30 minute drive from me and I plan on taking classes there and renting torch time until I can get a studio set up in the garage.

My goal is to sell my work eventually, but I plan to focus on selling things like pendents and marbles at first, not pipes.

I've been reading all I can here for the past week or so. The amount of information here is pretty amazing. BTW, I can use the search function so I'm sure we'll get along just fine

**p.j.** · 05-13-2010, 09:57 AM

welcome everyone......

Originally Posted by VeganToker

BTW, I can use the search function so I'm sure we'll get along just fine

cool. most people just ask a question that has been asked a million times before. if the answer is not easily found someone will chime in

**The Cheese** · 05-13-2010, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by p.j.

welcome everyone......

cool. most people just ask a question that has been asked a million times before. if the answer is not easily found someone will chime in

And if you ask a really touchy question they'll blow hot bubble trash on you.

Welcome and good luck! Two years into it and I'm supporting a family so it's possible, especially if I can do it.