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JDeMoss
2008-06-09, 9:02am
Here is a quick photo tutorial on a pendant using a type of honeycomb technique.

photo 1- I wrap a few layers of clear on the end of a small diameter tube.
photo 2- starting where my clear left off I coil pot a color (blue thunder I believe), and melt it in slightly...puffing on the tube as needed.
photo 3-I heat the clear and the color and blow out a thing bubble.
photo 4-add clear dots the the color. I usually start with a dot in the center and work out from there.
photo 5-I melt the dots in and using gravity melt the bubble into more of a flat disc shape.
photo 6-heating this disc and another rod I encase the color in clear.
photo 7-I heat the edge of the tube where it meets the disc and blow it out, removing the tube. I then clean up the edges.
photo 8-I add a backing color and then punty to the front and remove the clear rod. Then shape the glass in a mold.
photo 9-attach a punty to the top of the pendant and remove the one on the back.
photo 10- using gravity, heat the pendant and let it begin to droop down.
photo 11- punty the the bottom and make your loop.

remove punty and place pendant on tongue.

well, I suppose you don't have to do that last step, in fact, maybe you shouldn't.

JDeMoss
2008-06-09, 9:04am
photos 6,7,8

JDeMoss
2008-06-09, 9:05am
photos 9,10,11

Bruna
2008-06-09, 9:09am
wow. that's so cool. Thank you for sharing it. =)

GiGiC
2008-06-09, 9:18am
Jesse,
Wow that is beautiful. Thanks for sharing and pictures always help us newbies!

VitreousTyro
2008-06-09, 9:18am
Very cool! Are those tubes boro? Or what?

- newbie Jill

JDeMoss
2008-06-09, 9:19am
Jill,

yep, it's all boro.

theglasszone
2008-06-09, 11:09am
Very cool!!! I figured there would be some "likeness" in terms of glass behavior to the "Dragon Scale" bead...in that the dots would begin to pull toward one another, thus creating the "honeycomb" effect. The boro, though - on the clear tube - very different and wonderful in it's own right!

Now how come no one else has remarked on the very last "step"? I, for one, would probably choose to SKIP IT!!! Ha...for someone who's head is usually in the clouds, this one really jumped out and BIT ME!!!!

Thanks for sharing!
DeAnne

VitreousTyro
2008-06-09, 11:29am
Now how come no one else has remarked on the very last "step"? I, for one, would probably choose to SKIP IT!!! Ha...for someone who's head is usually in the clouds, this one really jumped out and BIT ME!!!!

Thanks for sharing!
DeAnne

LOL.... I guess I'm visual... I mostly looked at the pics! :razz:

Boro, huh? Is there a soft glass equivalent of those tubes??

- Jill

suzanne
2008-06-09, 12:05pm
Jesse that is way cool, thanks for taking the time to make pics and all ( btw my sons name is Jesse too:D:D)

glassbead
2008-06-09, 2:17pm
Great instructions, nice pendant!

shawnette
2009-03-16, 11:04am
bump

honey*bee
2009-03-16, 2:25pm
Hey thanks for bumping this up!!
Question... can this same technique be modified to do without the tubing? Could I just use a large gather of glass?

shawnette
2009-03-16, 3:32pm
Hey thanks for bumping this up!!
Question... can this same technique be modified to do without the tubing? Could I just use a large gather of glass?

Yes, it can be done on solid rod.

Mr. Smiley
2009-03-16, 3:50pm
Kinda... you don't get the depth you'll get by allowing the tube deflate and reduce in size. A solid gather doesn't do this... and for regular honeycombs, it's crucial... for this pendant version, you might be able to just melt in some dots... still it won't have the same depth as the one shown. ;)

cadia
2009-03-16, 5:14pm
Damn you boro!!!!
LOL!!!

honey*bee
2009-03-16, 6:29pm
Could I do it with soft glass tube??

shawnette
2009-03-17, 3:17am
Could I do it with soft glass tube??
Yes and I don't think Brent was saying it can't be done with solid rod. I think he was just saying that it wouldn't be exactly the same. I know from experience that it can be done, since I pretty much never work with tubing. It's close enough that anyone other than another glassworker wouldn't notice the difference.

Mr. Smiley
2009-03-17, 3:47am
I think the best way to get depth with rod is to make sure your maria is as big as possible. Not a lot of glass, just a wider base. I some times I enlarge my maria (of thin it out), by pressing down and then using my parallel mashers on the edges while it's still hot. Squish repeatedly and fast as you turn the maria around between the plates. It's the thickening of the glass after the dots are applied that gives depth. Dots applied to the surface will only sink in so far... and they tend to spread out as well. If done on a tube, the dots actually get smaller and deeper as you deflate the bubble... it would really depend on how much depth you're after whether or not you'd notice a difference. There are definite advantages to using tubing for this sort of thing... the depth tubing offers is well worth the learning curve.

honey*bee
2009-03-17, 5:14am
Cool, thanks for the tips! I can't wait to try this. I will probably order some tubing so I can try it both ways. I have some large diameter clear so maybe I'll get some torch time today and can give it a try.

Nicker
2009-03-17, 9:45am
This is essentially the same technique used with silvered glass to get those lovely deep dots you see. Try it in silvered glass on a bead instead of a maria and you'll get lovely results.

honey*bee
2009-03-17, 9:48am
How would I do that? Just add dots of silver glass and encase?

Nicker
2009-03-17, 9:49am
Lay down your silvered glass dots, strike or reduce and encase. You'll get lots of lovely color and depth.

shawnette
2009-03-17, 10:13am
This is essentially the same technique used with silvered glass to get those lovely deep dots you see. Try it in silvered glass on a bead instead of a maria and you'll get lovely results.

That's why I bumped this post.

honey*bee
2009-03-17, 2:22pm
Cool! I have slowly built up my inventory of silver glass so I have to try soon! Hopefully tonight or tomorrow as I have to go to the laundromat.:doubt:

Scout
2009-05-23, 9:31pm
Brent, If you are following this, or anyone else!! I always have trouble with my tubing when I blow it out. It seems to be thinner in some spots, and not blow out evenly. I was told to get my gather hotter, and I did (soupy hot), but it still had the thin spots. I was thinking that I might need a different flame?? I am kinda lost on it! HELP!

SleepyCreekGlass
2009-05-24, 8:18am
Scout - That is the tricky thing about tubing work. For the issue you are dealing with you need to focus on two things...

1) Thickness of gather on all sides of the blowtube needs to be the same or very close to the same.

2) Heatbase. You can get your gather as hot as you want to...but if it is a uneven heatbase, the hotter glass will ALWAYS thin out on you no matter how careful you are.

Practice, practice, practice is the key....and soon it will come.

I had LOTS of practice trying to overcome this SAME issue when I started tube work.

Cheers.

mad hatter
2009-05-24, 8:39am
Hey thanks I have just started to do a bit of boro and these little tuts are like gold.

Scout
2009-05-24, 9:07am
SleepyCreekGlass,
Thank you! that's what I thought I would have to do, Practice, practice, and practice! I actually have a ton of tubing that is in the form of pulled points, and bad bubbles, but I am determined to get it!! I have not decided which I like better, a blow tube attached, or a point to work from, but I will keep at it!:biggrin:

lampworker1
2009-05-24, 5:03pm
Thanksss sooooo much!! I'm going to try it soon!!

JDeMoss
2009-06-07, 9:08am
Brent, If you are following this, or anyone else!! I always have trouble with my tubing when I blow it out. It seems to be thinner in some spots, and not blow out evenly. I was told to get my gather hotter, and I did (soupy hot), but it still had the thin spots. I was thinking that I might need a different flame?? I am kinda lost on it! HELP!


If you wait a second before blowing out, your glass will even the temps a little better. Then blow slowly. As you blow slowly, the thin spots cool a little faster (because they are thinner) and everything evens out.

That is kind of hard to explain I guess. It is best when doing bigger things. Sometimes I'll use a series of little puffs rather than a continuous puff. (spinning everything the whole time of course). Hope that helps.

Nitadee
2009-06-09, 7:33am
Morning all!!! I work only in soft glass, and I don't have any tubing, (it's on the "list" tho!) There are a couple of ways to do this and achieve the same effect.
You can use a hollow mandrel and blow out a nice bubble OR, make a hollow bead on a regular mandrel, get it nice and round, add your dots, and start covering the dots with clear dots. Just keep going, and going and going. LOL!!! I get the same depth, and the loverly colors, only using my ever-so-pretty 104 glass. I'll post pictures after I get everything moved and set up again. Hope this helps? AND I hope I'm not sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong, lol
Nita

HubCityFlame
2009-06-09, 10:32am
Morning all!!! I work only in soft glass, and I don't have any tubing, (it's on the "list" tho!) There are a couple of ways to do this and achieve the same effect.
You can use a hollow mandrel and blow out a nice bubble OR, make a hollow bead on a regular mandrel, get it nice and round, add your dots, and start covering the dots with clear dots. Just keep going, and going and going. LOL!!! I get the same depth, and the loverly colors, only using my ever-so-pretty 104 glass. I'll post pictures after I get everything moved and set up again. Hope this helps? AND I hope I'm not sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong, lol
Nita

Great idea Nita. : )
Now this is on my list of things to try.

Thanks for all the great tips ya'll.

Amelia

ps: Nita, your nose is fine. Dont worry bout it. : )

char
2009-06-09, 7:11pm
I would do the last step only after it has been cooled:)

Carols Glass
2009-06-09, 9:20pm
Thanks for this tutorial. It's very inspiring and gives me a good reason or two to get my boro and silver glasses out again!

I'm soooo glad I didn't sell my boro!

gmkcpa
2011-12-28, 10:35pm
Depending on the size tubing, you need a certain size torch-not just to blow the bubble, but to keep the whole thing warm enough so it doesn't crack while you are putting down dots.

Bea
2012-08-07, 5:21am
Bump.....another technique on my 'to-do' list...
Thanks for the neat tute....

shawnette
2013-05-21, 10:15pm
bump

Bretta
2014-01-15, 12:49pm
Shawnette,

Is this the technique you used for the body of the awesome sea turtle you were wearing when we met in Orlando?

Bretta

istandalone24/7
2014-01-17, 12:50pm
FAIR WARNING!!
honeycombs are addictive.

Lizzydee
2014-01-17, 8:38pm
Very cool. Thanks!

Aga
2014-03-12, 6:01pm
Thank you, thank you ! Much appreciated, just started lamp work and tips like this are very very helpful !

shawnette
2014-03-19, 1:15pm
Shawnette,

Is this the technique you used for the body of the awesome sea turtle you were wearing when we met in Orlando?

Bretta

Just saw this! No, the turtle I wear is an implosion.

Bretta
2014-03-19, 2:32pm
Thanks, Shawnette! :)

zen-mom
2014-07-17, 8:28pm
Bump!

Because I wanna try this tomorrow :)

Mitosis Glass
2014-07-29, 6:58am
Hey, this is very cool! How did I not see this before? Thank you for sharing this!

shawnette
2015-09-05, 8:12am
Bump

zen-mom
2015-09-05, 4:33pm
Well, I attempted one just now. I didn't have my laptop or anything with me so I just went by what I could remember from reading the post a couple dozen times. Will post a pic as soon as get it out of the kiln. =) This was fun.

zen-mom
2015-09-05, 5:45pm
Now there are two... I like the overall shape of this one... but I need to get the pattern down... I had come back to the 'puter and google 'cause I couldn't remember if honeycomb is five or six sides... :)

Speedslug
2015-09-05, 7:28pm
Thanks for the bump Shawnette.

This is going into my things to try next list right at the top.

zen-mom
2015-09-05, 7:35pm
I now have 3 in the kiln. I have yet to get a nice dot pattern down. But the pendant part is getting better. Off to google again. =)

shawnette
2015-09-06, 5:58am
I now have 3 in the kiln. I have yet to get a nice dot pattern down. But the pendant part is getting better. Off to google again. =)

My dot patterns suck, but I don't care. I should probably practice more. I should probably actually do some prep and at least have the proper rods ready, but I don't care to do that, either... I'm the worst.

zen-mom
2015-09-06, 10:37am
I saw you on Periscope! I'm so glad you did that. I learned a couple things. I'll post pics in a bit, turns out... I like the first one I did better than the second and the third. I need another concentrator or a homefill so I can use the outter fire of my torch. More heat. =)

zen-mom
2015-09-06, 11:47am
My first three attempts. Middle is the first one. I like it best. On the right is the second and left is the third. Gonna play again today. =)

Katerinoula
2018-12-18, 5:35am
This is a wonderful tutorial and easy to follow! You've put a lot of work into making this!! Thank you for sharing.