Spider Implosions - minitutorial

[voic]

I made a short tut about my spiders. Check it out :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHNMRBj803E&feature=email

[shawnette]

Nice!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[dclutter64]

Love the accent! I will have to give this a try! Thanks for the tutorial!

[Elleth]

Voic I could listen to you say..."there is no need to marver" all day! :lol:
Great tutorial and I love your voice!

[beybey]

Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, loving the accent.

[Birdsonawire]

Very Nice... I want to try this. Good photos and instructions. Thanks: )

[Otter]

Very very cool thanks for the great tutorial.

Otter

[voic]

lol ... Maggie :) ... it's kind of weird for me... listening to myself in english.. I cant help it with the accent.. but I guess thats just a sort of eastern europeean..

Well show me what you come up with and Ill try and help you with this..

Many thanks!

[ukiacat]

I don't work with boro. I've never really done implosions.
But your tutorial is really great. It's easy to understand
what you're doing and you make me want to try it. 8-)

Thanks for sharing. It makes me realize how small our world
is when I see a chilipepper kiln, just like mine, in your photos
and know that yours is in Romania.

[AcidFly]

WOW That's great :) Very nice Tutorial Hope you find a video camera :)

Well done and Very Cool will try one today :)

AcidFly

[Wendyki]

Wonderful Voice and Tut thanks for sharing :)

[lysa]

Great!! Thanks

[LyndaJ]

Thank-you SO much.

Very clear explanation. I had wondered and wondered how these were made.

[Karen Hardy]

That rocked! Awesome explanation, (and yeah, you've got a WAY sexy
voice! LOVE the accent :love:).

[cadia]

Great tutorial !
And I really liked your music here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoTi90AlAw&NR=1
think I'll pick it up @ itunes!!

[Kiss My Hot Glass]

I love the accent too, I felt like I was watching a Mission Impossible clip, because I am sure that is what it will be like for me to try and make it. I will give it a shot though. Happy Turkey Day all of you and thanks so much for the tutorial.
Linda

[myrdlebp]

Whoa! Very nice and way over my ability in this decade!
Thank you for sharing! It was fun to watch and listen!

Gayle

[rguttierrez]

Great video Voic. Thanks for the info. I think your spiders rock.

[StOrM]

Love the accent! I will have to give this a try! Thanks for the tutorial!


i was thinking the same thing....love the accent..

Great tut!I have never done implosions but if i ever do i will totally try this :)

[voic]

thank you thank you

Leigh.. Im sorry about the steep shipping.. which is actually more.. but I promise you'll be mesmerized :)

[swamper]

Wickedly awesome - great tut - hope to see more you tube from you.

[SilverSage]

Awesome! I can't wait to try this :)

[Kim V]

Thank you for sharing how to do these!! Well done!!

[AcidFly]

Way tougher then it looks, tried 2 times with no luck :( i cant seem to get my encased rod right because the colors did not separate, I seem to be getting to much color and not enough white and then of course I'm still a noob and I could not get them to implode straight. Lets just say i got some cool looking drop style pendents out of them lol could not waste the glass so made something out of the mess i had going :)

AcidFly

[Imaglassgal]

Thanks for the tutorial. Very nicely demonstrated and explained.

... and it's not just the accent, your voice itself is very nice.

[killerbeedz1]

Thank you so much for the tutorial.

[voic]

Well, If you show me what you came up with I can tell you how to improve..
The countour color must be apllied thinner over the base color. Pull a 3mm stringer of the contour color and apply it over a full size rod of the base color (which is about 7-8mm)..

Keeping the whole thing perfectly centered is essential of course but you can only reach that with practice... Yours probably came out just like my first ones...

thanks everyone!

[artwhim]

Ahoy! Thanks for the great video!

BTW, my daughter visited Romania a couple years ago. Beautiful country, but the cab drivers scared her. LOL!

[AcidFly]

Thanks for the tips voic. Yes centering the rod is my main problem but like you said practice. I also thought the same i had to thick of a coating. I turned the first ones onto drop pendents so these not much left to show you lol but i will try again tonight and let you know how i make out :)

thx for the help :)
AcidFly

[LyndaJ]

Mine sort of worked in soft glass (I use bullseye). But I'm not very good with implosions. More practice needed.

[Faust]

Great tut! Definitely gonna have to try these next time on the torch. Ever try doing the spider with a different background, instead of petals? Thanks for the insperatu...

[voic]

Hey Kathy.. Yeah its a beautiful country.. too bad we the people kind of suck.. especially the ones who decide for us... but thats anoter story..
Never worked with soft glass.. im still pretty new to lampworking .. 'working for 2 years now but at an average of an hour a day.. with big brakes.. so besides a few sculptures and marbles I only did implosion pendants.. only boro..

I tried the spiders with some kind of web (posted them a while back).. but these ones are much better in my opinion.. any other suggestions? :)

Have a great weekend!

[Moth]

Awesome job of explaining the process and inspiring viewers to give it a try. And yes, your voice is very nice. Some people are so annoying to listen to that I turn down the volume and just watch their hands, I couldn't have done that with your video so it is nice that your voice is smooth and clear.

Good music on your other video. Good camera angles too. Great job and thanks for sharing.

I'll give this a go with furnace glass colors and if it isn't too embarrassing I'll post pictures.

~~Mary

[voic]

Thanks,
If I'll show you my first ones you'll probably doubt that I made these.. :)
They're not very easy to do .. but all you need is practice..

[houptdavid]

Wow this one is just amazing...
http://www.glassartists.org/Img196322__Img196322_canary_spider.JPG.asp

[kernheimer]

Loved this tut... and i did feel like some Morticia Addams .. ( reversed Gomez )about the accent... LOL

[Sue in Maine]

Oh my word, this is a fantastic tutorial but my execution of it? Not so hot. Let's just say you don't have to worry about me as competition! Here is what I made:

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Sue

[Vicki B.]

Those spiders are amazing and beautiful. They look like the tarantula we saw in Yosemite National Park about a month ago.

I don't think my hothead is up to the task, but your tut is very well done, and I loved watching the process. Thanks so much for taking the time to share.

[perlienne]

nice tutorial, understandable even for blondes :rolleyes: , sexy little french accent, great skills! :cool::cool::cool:
thank you for sharing

[Kipper]

Brilliant tutorial Voic, Thanks And yes, a great voice, you should be a hypnotist...

[Steffi]

VERY cool Voic :) Thanks for that great tutorial. Now i have to practice and then i can wear my two tarantulas around my neck :)

[Llama Girl]

Nice tut! Thank you for sharing!

[granodivetro]

Those are so awe inspiring. Thank you for the tutorial!

Gene

[PaulaD]

That is a pretty bead! Thanks for sharing!

[Dasi]

I enjoyed your tutorial and purchased one of your spiders!!!! They look awesome!

[lunesse]

Now I am reading your responses, voic, in your accent. ;)

Thanks for sharing!

[Dasi]

Now I am reading your responses, voic, in your accent. ;)

Thanks for sharing!


LOL

[woodywood143]

thank you

[Leigh-in-AK]

Morning Voic,

I receivced my spider in Friday's mail.. Awesome bead! Love It!!

[mintleaf]

Very nice! Thank you for sharing. I think I will try and make one for my son.

[s38hyler]

I love your tut, it really helped me to understand how to do an implosions better.
thanks so much,
Sandra

[Dasi]

I just received my spider and I love it! It is so much nicer then the picture! Totally Awesome! Fantastic! One of my favorites in my collection! I love that it is so different but still an implosion.
I could keep going and going praising his pendants! The pictures do not show how intricate the design really is. They are just beautiful pendants!

I also like the way he puts the loop on the back. This is done perfectly also. The workmanship is truely wonderful.

[BellaBean]

Thank you so much for the tutorial!!!! I think that my implosion skills are half-way decent, so I'm going to give it a try! I'll post the results after the weekend. If mine turns out even 30% like yours Voic, I'll be pleased!

PS. I LOVE the sexy accent!

[dyrhol]

*love your spiders Voic, they are so cool, thanks for sharing*