Tut on Owls?

[dragonlite]

Hello everyone I have a friend that is obsessed with Owls! I want to make her a few and send them to her. I know there is a lady on here that does Gorgeous Owl sculptures and was wondering if there were any tuts on this? I know I am fairly new but I love learning new things and wanna push my limits!

[FiredDesires]

Steven, if you would like the tutorial for the owls in my avatar, pm me and I'll send you the instructions, but it will take a couple days, the computer that has the tutorial on its drive is at the Dr. right now, lol. They are called Hooters and were a featured tutorial in the Flow Magazine last year.

[dragonlite]

Thank you sooo much for the reply! I PM'D you on your hooters...:oops::hide:...LOL Sorry I had to...lol

[zenmoto]

I would love a copy of this tutorial, too- do you know which issue of Flow? I wouldn't mind trying to chase down a back issue for it, either.

[Pia Kaven]

STEVEN!!!! Thats not a way to talk to a lady! :lol:

[houptdavid]

Speaking of Hooters I gotta go try to make a goddess bead




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[Pia Kaven]

:lol: David, I just did, my first goddess ever! And I had little difficulties with the hooters... :lol:

[dragonlite]

STEVEN!!!! Thats not a way to talk to a lady! :lol:

:lol: sorry I couldn't pass that one up. I hope it didnt offend anyone though

[dragonlite]

:lol: David, I just did, my first goddess ever! And I had little difficulties with the hooters... :lol:

I wanna see!! when you gonna post?

[Pia Kaven]

Annealer is not even ramping down yet, will post it tomorrow... I just finished torching. I will be up early in the morning to check out and post on the goddess challenge thread. And I dont think anyone here gets offended about that kinda stuff. As long as we are nice about jokes and stuff, its different if people get nasty. That was just funny!

[dragonlite]

Pia I didnt know you etched glass chinese dragons and koi!!! those are sooooo good!!!! I have an entire room I am doing in chinese

[Pia Kaven]

Aaaaaw, thanks!!!

[asimeral]

I'm envious! I wanna make a goddess too!

[houptdavid]

Well Andrea what did you do? Kick yourself out?

[dragonlite]

Goddesses and Owls are my fav! lol not to mention dragons!!!!!!

[asimeral]

David, busy making beads for the consignment shop. She has particular tastes, and I'm busy trying to get enough stuff for that display. I DO want to try making some goddesses however, and WILL get to that eventually. Maybe AFTER the holidays?

Steven, have you seen the owls that are on the Big Kid's S & T lately? WONDERFUL!

[FiredDesires]

Zenmoto, send me a pm with your email address and when I get my computer back I'll forward you the tut.
Asimeral, link the big kids owls up here so I can see..whoohooooo I love owls!

[dragonlite]

Steven, have you seen the owls that are on the Big Kid's S & T lately? WONDERFUL!

I saw those and they are wonderful!!! I think they are boro though and I am still learning :) still gonna try them :)

[dragonlite]

Catharine I wanna thank you once again for this!!!! I love it! Here is one I already did, camera sucks but I want you honest opinion.



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[Pia Kaven]

I love them! And the colors are really nice! Dont you ever fail anything? Dang it must suck to be always so good!
I have to wait until Sunday to make them, my annealer is already off... oh, and it is almost midnight anyhow... but what do I care :lol: they are really good Steven. You really have a talent with that glass!

[squid]

Those are CUTE!

[dragonlite]

:) you are tooo nice Pia lol
Thanks Squid

[FiredDesires]

Steven, from what I can see from the picture......he (just a little blurry for my senior eyes, lol) looks good, you did great..love how you did the colors..your friend should be pleased...thank you for sharing..

[Ali Oops]

Good job Steven! You should be proud of yourself.

[PaulaP]

Steven great job remember my favorite color is purple...lol

[dragonlite]

Thank you all for the kind words!! Its all in how you follow the directions...lol It is a Wonderful tutorial and extremely well written so all the credit goes to Catharine!!

Thanks Cat!!! Once again :)

[dragonlite]

Here is a slightly better picture I got a long way to go with these...lol Got a better camera now still trying to figure out how to use it. LOL :)
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[asimeral]

Do a search for WildatHeart (that's Beth's user ID). Look thru the lists of posts and find the ones which have a set of numbers in her post. Those are pics. :-D

Zenmoto, send me a pm with your email address and when I get my computer back I'll forward you the tut.
Asimeral, link the big kids owls up here so I can see..whoohooooo I love owls!

[FiredDesires]

Zentmoto, I just realized that I never answered your question. It was Flow Spring Issue of 09....chock full of some awesome tutorials...worthy purchase for anyones library.
Asimeral, thanks for the response.

[ironmountainglass]

Steven they look great and didn't I read somewhere you've only been torching for a month. Wow you have a gift I'm in awe of you.

[ironmountainglass]

FriedDesires I have that one so I know what I will be doing next week. It is a great tutorial very well written.

[dragonlite]

Steven they look great and didn't I read somewhere you've only been torching for a month. Wow you have a gift I'm in awe of you.

:) Thank you! Only a month here, My mom got me hooked on the 19th of September, that is when I set up a studio in a spare room here and she showed me a ton of things and I have been at it ever since..lol :)

THANKS MOM (aka PaulaP)!!!!

[FiredDesires]

Ironmountain, thanks so much...and please share your results...I love seeing just what everyone comes up with using the same directions. This tutorial is one of the sculptures that students learn in my sculpture class at GlassCraft Expo, and it is amazing to see the various personalities of one little owl from 8 different students. They are great little sellers at bazarrs (sp?) so I encourage folks to make and sell them..

[FiredDesires]

Just found out today that I will no longer be able to offer up Hooter tutorial for free anymore, it is owned by the Flow magazine and may be purchased at:
https://www.theflowmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=887:owl-tutorial-for-sale&Itemid=72

[FiredDesires]

((Kimmie))
LOL, are you talking to me or David??!! I give him permission to play with my Hooters, er wait...I mean make owls OR goddesses.....

and by the way...you are NOT apparently invisible, "I" see you hiding behind that couch!

[Pia Kaven]

I think you might have just shot yourself on the foot :lol:

[swamper]

Just found out today that I will no longer be able to offer up Hooter tutorial for free anymore, it is owned by the Flow magazine and may be purchased at:
https://www.theflowmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=887:owl-tutorial-for-sale&Itemid=72


Catherine, I hope you were compensated by the Flow.

Seems unfair if you gave it to them for free that they can profit from it and you no longer have any rights.

Just my 2 cents.

[Pia Kaven]

Which "you" are you referring to??

playing with hooters or permission to do so ... David ofcourse would be total gentleman about it... but just in case...

[FiredDesires]

Kimberly & Swamper, I gave the tutorial to the Flow/Will & Jen when I submitted it for publication in 2008. I love that magazine and those two folks. I never tried to sell/share it for over a year after publication, hoping folks would subscribe to the Flow.

I just didn't realize that they WERE selling it until I came across it the other day. No one told me to quit giving it out, I just don't want to step on toes and decided to quit giving it. However Hooter will still be one of the sculptural beads I teach in my sculpture class at GlassCraft Expo each year.

Flow is only charging, 3.95 for the tutorial, far less than I would charge for it anyway. I encourage folks if they want Hooter directions to support the Flow and make a purchase, it is well written/photoed and easy to follow. (I don't say that just cause I wrote it, emails/reviews lead one to believe it is so, ...course, what the hell do I know..I still believe in fairy tales & Santa!)

Pia...David IS a gentleman!, my quip was more to get my friend Kim to laugh... I think she needs an extra hug/smile this week. ((K:happy:))

[Pia Kaven]

I know Catherine you were joking, so was I! My jokes dont come often across like one, since I translate them quite often from my native language, and it just doesnt always work... or then you would have to be able to insert also the tone of voice into that joke, to make someone realize thats what it was :lol: And by the way, it was funny! You made more people than just Kim laugh!

[dragonlite]

WOW! I have been away for wayyyyyyy tooooooo long! Glad to see that the humor and good times are still happening!

Sorry to hear about the tut Catharine, But I still give ya kudos for it anyway! It will always be YOUR Hooters that I like.... :)

[FiredDesires]

Yes Steven, just where have you been? lol
I don't feel bad about the tutorial as I support the Flow wholeheartedly, and folks will always be able to play "with Hooter", just through them!

[dragonlite]

:) I have been working on my plane. Man that is one expensive hobbie nowadays, and with this recession restaurant biz is WAYYYYY down. Now I have been playing with my new scorpion (Finally got a second oxy con). I am looking at selling my pieces now but not too sure where to start this. I have considered etsy and ebay but not sure...

[FiredDesires]

Steven, as far as I've been able to ascertain, Ebay anymore is a no man's land for sales with the "foreign" competition..however there are still plenty of folks that make good money there....I would start with Etsy and then maybe try out Artfire.

Plane? hobby? lol, only if its' one of those remote control thingys! A real plane is NOT a hobby, but serious business...hopefully the economy will be favorable for you soon so you can indulge in your passion.

[glassdog]

Steven, Thought you might like to see my owl.
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A quick tut for it is to start with a teardrop for the body. make a tripod of tail and two feet to make it stand up. put the wings on. punty the bottom and burn off enough of the rod to make the head. two small balls flatened for eyes. points for horns and beak. TaDa, an owl.
Mike

[dragonlite]

Hey Mike that is one good looking owl! :) Thaks for sharing nand I will see what kind of justice I can do for you!

By the way I wanna thank you for taking the time to teach the class this last Sunday! You do some amazing work!