HensleyArtglass
2008-03-27, 9:44pm
Thought i would contribute some tutorials,
so this is the first
#1
Mushroom inside clear pendant
First pull a stringer of whatever color you want the stem * or all of the mushroom to be.
Then make a round gather of clear about 3/4 the size of the pendant you want to finish with.
Take that gather and let the heat and gravity "oval" it out the longer the oval the longer the stem of the finish mushroom but you can go to far.
*Decorate the very tip of the gater with colors complimentary to the color you made the stringer if you want a multicolor cap.
Let the gather cool until you can't see red in it at all.
Superheat about 2/3 to 3/4 of the gater keeping the other 1/3 or 1/4 out of the flame as much as possible because that cool part is what causes the eventual shape of the mushroom cap.
Ok now quickly before that white hot gather cools at all plunge the stringer through the color spot if you made itand as it hits the cooler end you'll see it spread out and push back on itself as the clear cools. **
**Pushing in an increasingly harder manner as it cools will make a deeper cap whereas a quickly pushed shroom into a hot gather will make a shallow shroom.
If you end up pushin it in funny don't worry at all just make the shroom as much as possible to make a good shroom and then punty up to the bottom of the mushroom and make the punty parallel to the stem of the push you made.
If you make a mushroom that is short just add more clear on the outside of the pendant inbetween the cap and base and it will elongate the stem.
Finally add a backing of swirled mixed colors or frits to give it a more 3d look paddle it the color in a bit and shape it into the pendant shape(s) you prefer. Add a loop however you prefer and that's all folks it's done after a quick firepolish for stretchmakes and imperfections.
Have fun and post pics so i can see your work more tutorials will follow soon.
Sincerely,
Austin Hensley
so this is the first
#1
Mushroom inside clear pendant
First pull a stringer of whatever color you want the stem * or all of the mushroom to be.
Then make a round gather of clear about 3/4 the size of the pendant you want to finish with.
Take that gather and let the heat and gravity "oval" it out the longer the oval the longer the stem of the finish mushroom but you can go to far.
*Decorate the very tip of the gater with colors complimentary to the color you made the stringer if you want a multicolor cap.
Let the gather cool until you can't see red in it at all.
Superheat about 2/3 to 3/4 of the gater keeping the other 1/3 or 1/4 out of the flame as much as possible because that cool part is what causes the eventual shape of the mushroom cap.
Ok now quickly before that white hot gather cools at all plunge the stringer through the color spot if you made itand as it hits the cooler end you'll see it spread out and push back on itself as the clear cools. **
**Pushing in an increasingly harder manner as it cools will make a deeper cap whereas a quickly pushed shroom into a hot gather will make a shallow shroom.
If you end up pushin it in funny don't worry at all just make the shroom as much as possible to make a good shroom and then punty up to the bottom of the mushroom and make the punty parallel to the stem of the push you made.
If you make a mushroom that is short just add more clear on the outside of the pendant inbetween the cap and base and it will elongate the stem.
Finally add a backing of swirled mixed colors or frits to give it a more 3d look paddle it the color in a bit and shape it into the pendant shape(s) you prefer. Add a loop however you prefer and that's all folks it's done after a quick firepolish for stretchmakes and imperfections.
Have fun and post pics so i can see your work more tutorials will follow soon.
Sincerely,
Austin Hensley