Succession of blown beads

[PyroAaron]

I am on Spring Break right now and my goal is to make a successful inside out bead by the end. I have been improving over the past few days, but I still have a ways to go. Here are pictures from each day showing my progress.

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Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

[PyroAaron]

I am getting better, but not perfect. Hopefully I will be able to make a perfect one by day ten!

[Over the Moon]

Kewl! Can't wait to see more...

[Toni L.]

keep showin em!

I tried once...ummm....not so good

[HardwoodTrailGlass]

Those are all awesome to me! (well except the complete failure)
Thanks for showing all your attempts.

[baylie]

Keep at it, you are movin in the right direction

[dogmaw]

How sad is it that I want the complete failure? :lol: Great improvement!

[PyroAaron]

LOL, thank you for the comments! Here are more! I attempted a honey comb bead, but I didn't blown it thin enough initially and then it turned wonky on me :doubt:. Oh well, the green/blue one in the front-middle turned out perfect! I got a nice shipment of tubing in today...I'll be busy!

Day 5

[e. mort]

What size tubing are you using to learn on?

Eric

[PyroAaron]

I think it is 16mm and 25.6mm. The 25.6mm is slow melting on my GTT Cheetah, lol.

[Tanya]

Your beads are looking great! Are you turning the tubing inside out by cutting it or by coaxing?

[Cosmo]

Your beads are looking great! Are you turning the tubing inside out by cutting it or by coaxing?

Heat it up, and either flare it open with a graphite reamer, or blow into a bubble first, pop a small hole, get it hot, and spin it. Either way it will open up like a funnel. Draw your design inside, then close it back up and shape it up.

Not nearly as easy as it sounds...

[Toni L.]

Yeah - not nearly. :)

[Tanya]

Thanks Cosmo. No, I don't imagine it could be. Especially for me, since I have done almost nothing with tubing.

[dogmaw]

Ok, thanks to you guys I am almost ready to start. Of course I bought tubing before I saw a video on how it is done. :lol: What size small tubing do you use for the cold seal, and where do you get reamers like that?

[e. mort]

I tried doing one of these yesterday after reading Aaron's description of how they are made. Talk about wonky! This one is 3" long, and I am thinking that maybe I should try and get it hot again and even it out. My question is, how do I make it into shorter beads once I do that? I like the colors so I would like to be able to salvage it if possible. I am finding it very challenging working with tubing...it just won't do what I want it to. :lol: Can anyone recommend a class on tubing where I can learn the basics?

Eric