Yay for me!/soon to be another progession thread.

**VED** · 03-13-2011, 12:29 AM

nice progress i like the wig wag cap

**smolder holder** · 03-13-2011, 12:54 AM

Looking good man! Keep spinnin.

**Chris Vargas** · 03-26-2011, 12:24 AM

i made some dbl amber purple tubing for the first pipe here... wanted to see how to work it. i loved it so much i cut the mouth piece short cause i wanted to save a bit for a section of something... i wish i wouldnt have now, but oh well. lovin that color though... and then a few more iso spoons just to show some consistancy

**hwcglass** · 03-26-2011, 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by vargdogg

[IMG]i wish i wouldnt have now, but oh well.

live and learn, bro. sweet colors indeed on that piece.

**Simeon** · 03-26-2011, 07:45 AM

Your lines dont look melted in all the way, might be the source of checking, not lack of speedy-ness. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Some of my inside out work gets so cold at the mouth piece that i can actually grab it. Keep it up and make sweet sweet love to that phantom! I work on one as well and absoluteyl love it having worked on a national before hand.

**CripSkillz** · 03-26-2011, 06:57 PM

oh ya dont cut it short unlesss it breaks lol,, u can make more tube,, lookin good

**Chris Vargas** · 03-26-2011, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Simeon

Your lines dont look melted in all the way, might be the source of checking, not lack of speedy-ness. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Some of my inside out work gets so cold at the mouth piece that i can actually grab it. Keep it up and make sweet sweet love to that phantom! I work on one as well and absoluteyl love it having worked on a national before hand.

yeah, ive been working on getting it all the way melted in... its got a lot better than it used to be. It still needs a little work some times though. and its a delta, but glad your phantom works well for you. i appreciate the advice

**CripSkillz** · 03-26-2011, 11:24 PM

oh ya one thing that helped me lots,, was to take care of mouth piece first thing after closing it up ,, i mean done to shape melted in ready to pull off,, now you can work on the rest all ya want ,, just dont hit the mouth piece blo tube again unless you kiln it first,, save ya lots of cracks..

**Chris Vargas** · 03-28-2011, 07:23 PM

ok... so i know they are just iso spoons, but man did i really feel on my game today... lookin forward to tomorrow. got some blanks all ready to go... these are a couple that I did yesterday. Ill post the ones i did today, tomorrow. im looking forward to them, they looked pretty nice goin in the kiln.

**hwcglass** · 03-28-2011, 11:38 PM

Nice job. On the pipes and on the photos.

Look forward to seeing some more work.

**VED** · 03-29-2011, 08:27 PM

latts look real nice man. making good progress, keep it up

**AcidFly** · 03-31-2011, 08:05 PM

very nice keep it going

AcidFly

**Chris Vargas** · 04-01-2011, 07:58 PM

Well I made my first sale to a shop the other day. I didn't take too much with me, but he scooped it all up, so that was nice. Iso is almost second nature now, so I'm feeling pretty good about that. What I'm even more happy about is my very first bub though (picture above). It could use a little work, but overall, im really happy with the end result. I'm really liking being on cam with a couple of people on stickam. Keeps me motivated to keep working. I'll be at it again tomorrow, but this next week im gonna be taking at least one day off to go mushroom hunting. gonna find me some Morels... mmmmmm

**wfsupply** · 04-01-2011, 08:41 PM

Last couple pics made me reconsider trying I/O work again instead of blowouts...... The lattachinos are nice and shaped great.

**Chris Vargas** · 04-01-2011, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by wfsupply

Last couple pics made me reconsider trying I/O work again instead of blowouts...... The lattachinos are nice and shaped great.

thanks man... i feel honored that either my glass, or my pictures have been an inspiration.

**Headdi Retti's Glass Art Studio** · 04-03-2011, 05:16 PM

Your progression is Awesome!, Nice work, I like your use of colors and cane!...

**hwcglass** · 04-03-2011, 05:36 PM

dude, progress.

+1 for the old school iso hammer bub.

keep it coming.

**Chris Vargas** · 04-04-2011, 11:24 AM

its so hard to get to my torch after taking the past 2 days off to fish and disc golf, and the weather being so nice again... oh well... gotta do it. thanks a ton for the comments friends. The encouragement from everyone has really been the motivation to progress... so THANKS AGAIN