Lookin' good, Bones

[paulsafo]

Another progression thread! Hope these little pieces make you chuckle! I'll get better soon, promise. Feel free to hit me up with tips, constructive criticism or encouraging words. Enjoy!









still working on my loops 😔


Keep on keeping on, everyone! I love going through your progression threads. Show me sum glass!

[PyroChixRock]

Nice. How long so far? Keep it up!

Here's a tip..move farther out in the flame to avoid those bubbles.

[paulsafo]

Thanks!! I'm finding that sharp edges on my scored clears are bringing me bubble trubble as well.. I've been watching a friend for about 30 hours.. I've had about the same amount of time behind it doing his shop work like welds and splices and cleaning up dirty rods and things. Started making my own stuff about a month ago, but I only get to burn twice a week for a couple of hours at a time. My torch is on the way, just need a new place to burn!!

[paulsafo]

Shop work today... Had a chance to sneak off and make a tube implosion practice marble.. Can't wait to get more time behind the torch!

Thanks everyone!

[EpochGlass]

Looking good man!

I highly recommend checking out Cosmo Glassworks books. You buy them in digital PDF off his site here http://www.cosmoglassworks.com/index.php/books

Cosmo covers a lot of different techniques(implosion, silver and gold fume, etc, etc) with pendants including different loops and marbles.

Very reasonably priced for what you get

[paulsafo]

Aha! Good lookin' out thanks! When I buy materials like that, I have to hide them from the shop master. Caught so much shit when he found my Ron bearers tutorial. What's wrong with studying up??? 😔

[paulsafo]

Forgot to leave out my just in case I burn the shit out of myself room temp water.

Grabbed this water bottle and jamming it into my thumb seemed to work wonders.

Improvised burn unit FTW!

[Amorphous]

Nothing wrong with studying up, not sure why your boss values ignorance

[paulsafo]

I think he feels more rewarded when he figures it out for himself. He is also very worried about 'copying?' Someone else's work this late in the game. He wants to make something that is completely his own and feels you won't accomplish that using tutorials and YouTube. Obviously I disagree, but I can safely say I wouldn't be doing anything without him or his extremely valuable guidance. I get to learn from his years of mistakes without making them myself.

[paulsafo]

We both know we have much to learn and are going about it different ways. We finally just agreed to disagree and burn some glass! 😊

[paulsafo]

Got my kiln in today! Paragon F-130 Along with a few other much needed tools. Shipmaster was so excited he lit the Carlisle and got to work. Have a great night everyone.

[paulsafo]

💩🔥👌❤️ 2nd attempt at a pipe looking about like a second attempt at a pipe. Gotta burn to learn 😅

[paulsafo]

I ordered some GLO powder out of curiosity. Does anyone have anything cool they have made with GLO powder or rods? I found this..

http://dj-hash.com/xavier/slp.JPG

Any tips for the powder? I'm pretty much sticking to clear right now while I practice, but this stuff is super cool for us 3 year olds to ogle over 🙊

Thanks!

[paulsafo]

I'm sure I'm missing something in the search if that rig is all I found.. Please be nice and post links to point me in the right direction if you found something I didn't thanks!

[oG Glocc Coma]

Close off a 25x4 tube and blow thin walls on big chunk. Fill with glo Powder and Melt into solid rod. BAM! Stripe down tube and Enjoy!
Main thing to remember is Glo Powder will burn out on you and lose its Glow which is why you need to encase it. Try to keep as cool as possible, a lot of Oxy!

I believe that work you posted above is HMKs work and he could answer some question although It didn't look like Glo Powder to me.

[paulsafo]

He said he used some glow tubing that someone made him. And thanks that's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for. I didn't know you could burn the coolness out of it 😜

Thanks so much! If you or anyone has any pics of anything you've made, feel free to share. Doesn't look like I'll be using this anytime soon @ $120/lb!

[hashmasta-kut]

ya im not sure how you got the wrong picture, that one you linked of my stuff is purple rain and slyme.

this is the one you were referring to, and it does glow very well in complete dark.

[paulsafo]

D'oh! Thanks hashmasta!! Sorry about that 😔

[Zero]

Sounds like your shop owner needs to open his mind a bit. I don't know about him, but being able to watch and listen to Loren Stump work for 2 hours for free... is priceless.

[paulsafo]

Agreed. I'm working on him. Hopefully he will realize it soon. He is getting stuck on steps he should have mastered by now because he won't accept any help or advice. Trying to be a trailblazer. Idk.. Nonsense to me.