Rollcall - introduce yourself!

[KellerGlass503]

Steve Keller aka KellerGlass
From & currently reside in the Portland Of Oregon. I'm 32 been melting for two years. Been a slow start but I'm catching momentum !

[PyroChixRock]

Welcome guys

[moyse707]

Figured I'd introduce myself and start doing some actual posting
Names Sam, aka moyse_glass
Been melting for 2 years now.
Started torching in Arcata, CA.
Relocated to Albuquerque, NM.
Greymatter glass is my local shop. Shout out to Doug!
Thanks Talk Glass!

[Van Schwank]

Hi, I'm Van Schwank. That's almost my reply name my last name us actually Schwanky which is spelled phonetically. I'm from the Florida Panhandle. I've watched my friends blow glass for years. I've decided when we finish buying our house, which is supposed to happen next week, could take an extra two weeks to close, I am going to make a small glass studio, with the intention of making a living creating. I'm sure it's going to be hard work. Lots of burns and cuts. Probably won't be able to quit my job for a year or two but yeah... Fuck it, it's my dream right. Any ways my buddy told me to come here and lurk Moar so here I am. Trying to learn about torches and kilns and then it will be tools and glass.

[OPAL]

Figured I'd come out and introduce myself on this rare leap day.

Name is Robert G. aka OPAL

35

TMP lurker for 6+ yrs.

Glass Collector for 17+ yrs.

Been in Vegas for the past 20 yrs.

Currently an Automotive Tech for last 15 yrs. Looking to break into the emerging medical dispensaries popping up here and finally take up lampworking as a serious side project after almost 12 years of wanting to do so and see where it leads me. (As time permits)

I've lost 4 close people/friends to me within the last decade.. which has made my personality quite drama-free with an appreciation for life and time left for it, however long or short it may be.

Been on the torch for a total of 3 months. (off and on over the period of a couple of years) Pretty much just practicing the fundamentals of GTT triple torch control: flame types, where to work in the flame along with simple clear rod techs. (gathers, cold punty, hot punty, rod intro into flame, etc.) Basic beginner stuff.

Still at the base of the information mountain as far as tech and terms though. Just need to find more time for research and practice which will hopefully come with a job transition.

I'm humble to be considered part of this community of artist.

Thanks to all of you that contribute to the knowledge base of this forum and do their thing on a daily basis... Not sure where I would have known where to start without it.

And with that, consider me introduced.

Hello all !

[PyroChixRock]

About time you came out of lurking. Happy to have you here, Robert.

[Chad S]

Welcome to the POT Opal... Judging by your 1st post, your already ahead of most noobs. I bet you'll fit in just fine around here, glad you finally decided to brake the ice & share a lil insight. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a PM, I'll try my best to help. Wish you best of luck with the glass adventure.

[OPAL]

Welcome to the POT Opal... Judging by your 1st post, your already ahead of most noobs. I bet you'll fit in just fine around here, glad you finally decided to brake the ice & share a lil insight. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a PM, I'll try my best to help. Wish you best of luck with the glass adventure.

Thanks Twist & Misha for the warm welcome. Still a lot of ducks to get inline before I can start a progression thread but slowly getting there everyday.

[Michael fullspectrum]

Hi all. I'm Michael, aka fullspectrumglass, aka spiritglass.
Been lampworking boro about 19 years now, mostly pipes and millies.
Living in WV now.

[Tombstone Brick]

Hi I'm Sean from Tombstone Tile. I make glass tile from food and beverage containers. I use a air fired wood oven that I made.

[Roland8974]

Hello I'm roland. Been in the background for years and finally pulled the trigger. I'm almost 2 weeks in melting glass. It's the best. Please check out my progression thread in the newbie forums.

[girlycomputerwizard]

Hello Everyone. My names Brandy. 34 year old graphic designer here. Been coding and freezing my pc up with photoshop for over 15 years.
I'm a northern Illinois native currently residing near Chicagoland. I've been making silver jewelry and setting stones for awhile now and I feel like I want to go where my heart really is. It's really not in engagement rings. I grew up watching a glass artist. He doesn't work anymore, but I still have some of his old pieces (some over a decade old) and use them almost everyday still. My obsession with glass started with his marbles and the millies he would buy off other artists. I still marvel at anything "encased" in glass. I stayed away from lampwork because I was young and afraid of the health risk, but after a few losses to cancer in the past few months, I see no reason not to pursue. YOLO right? I want to start with lampwork and get my bead on. My silver work involved a lot of moonstone cabs and I would really like to recapture that look with fuming. Sorry, my mouth got away with me. Anyways, Hi! Please to meet you all.

[glassdocnc]

Hi Brandy, welcome to TMP.

[mattholimeau]

Fancy yourself a computer wizard, eh? Thems might be fightin words right there. Hah.

Anyway, welcome! Where you're coming from is a direction I'd like to explore a bit in the future - silver jewelry and settings, engagement rings and the whatnot. I might try to pick your brain sometime.

[Dan Kooper]

Welcome!

[Cosmo]

Been coding and freezing my pc up with photoshop for over 15 years.

There's your first mistake...

Sorry. Couldn't help myself. Been in the same field as you for 26 years, and I can't resist the urge to extol the virtues of Macs. It comes with the territory.

Seriously though, welcome. Not a huge health risk from glass if you do it right.

[PyroChixRock]

Don't worry girl, glass won't give you health problems. Let us know if you need any help!

[Nuka Glass]

I'm a northern Illinois native currently residing near Chicagoland.

Welcome fellow Chicagoan! I am on the south side of Chicago about 15-20 minutes from the city. Just started up myself. You will love melting glass it is amazing
Feel free to ask anyone on here any questions. They have been extremely helpful to me in more ways than just melting glass. Most will become your second family

[mattholimeau]

There's your first mistake...

Sorry. Couldn't help myself. Been in the same field as you for 26 years, and I can't resist the urge to extol the virtues of Macs. It comes with the territory.

Seriously though, welcome. Not a huge health risk from glass if you do it right.

At the risk of annoying everyone for derailing the thread (... sorry guys... can't help it... have.. to... argue...)

Every mac is a personal computer. "Mac vs PC" has always been a complete misnomer, and incredibly aggravating. PC shouldn't mean "windows based". Grr!

Also, down with macs! Well... hah... unless you're in the graphic design business.... whoops. (For the record, I use *nix on a majority of the systems I use on a daily basis. Problem with macs is they go out of their way to not play nice with others, walled garden and the whatnot. Get quicktime the F off my system.) Okay, I'm stopping now. Sorry about that. I probably shoulda looked for a different thread for this.

[Jimi The Don]

Yeah but bitchin about such things gets you nowhere
Band aids are adhesive bandages
Not all borosilicate is "Pyrex"
What everyone calls a "beaker" shape is actually a flask
It's CTE not COE
etc
Back to hellos, welcomes to all