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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-10, 11:24am
Replies: 1,006
Views: 413,606
Posted By StellaBlue
Kalera, I've spent the past couple of days...

Kalera,

I've spent the past couple of days reading though all the responses here. Thank you so much for this act of generosity - you are truly a gracious lady and a wonderful glass artist. I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-10, 5:47am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,225
Posted By StellaBlue
If you can get ahold of a copy of Corina's...

If you can get ahold of a copy of Corina's "Passing the Flame" (which you should consider doing for lots of reasons!) there is a really nice set of instructions with great pics. My very first one...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-09, 10:26am
Replies: 49
Views: 11,569
Posted By StellaBlue
Great tips, Starleen, thanks!

Great tips, Starleen, thanks!
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-07, 2:26pm
Replies: 317
Views: 103,967
Posted By StellaBlue
I haven't made the tool yet but I already have...

I haven't made the tool yet but I already have everything I need. The idea is brilliant. I have always had the item you modified but never would have thought of it on my own - great job and nice...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-06, 11:36am
Replies: 30
Views: 10,642
Posted By StellaBlue
Thanks for the pointer to the twisties thread...

Thanks for the pointer to the twisties thread (Haley's exchanges are ALWAYS informative!) Post 143 it is - and very helpful.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-06, 8:48am
Replies: 0
Views: 1,348
Posted By StellaBlue
Crazy cracking problem with DH gaia and taxco

I ran into a problem yesterday. I had a hades base bead, and grabbed a lightly stormed Gaia stringer, dotted, topped with lightly stormed Taxco then clear. Wasn't crazy about what I got, mostly...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-05, 3:08pm
Replies: 30
Views: 10,642
Posted By StellaBlue
Henna patterns! Going to Google!

Henna patterns! Going to Google!
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-04, 7:55pm
Replies: 30
Views: 10,642
Posted By StellaBlue
Pat - thanks, great tips - but I can actually put...

Pat - thanks, great tips - but I can actually put a straight line or simple curve down with stringer fairly well - could always use more PPP, but making Anne Ricket's plaid beads from her tutorial...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-04, 1:32pm
Replies: 30
Views: 10,642
Posted By StellaBlue
Nice tip about the boro paddle. I think I might...

Nice tip about the boro paddle. I think I might also try the trick I read about for dot control - make a plain white bead on an old mandrel, and use dry erase markers to practice. That DID help me...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-04, 12:25pm
Replies: 30
Views: 10,642
Posted By StellaBlue
Scroll-challenged - drawing help needed!

I've always looked longingly at beautiful scrollwork beads. I've tried time and again to make them and typically ended up with a horrid little bead mess. I've learned to attempt them in colors that...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-07-03, 10:37am
Replies: 19
Views: 7,130
Posted By StellaBlue
Mine - etch-all liquid, not crystals - has also...

Mine - etch-all liquid, not crystals - has also turned dark and thickened. Is it ok to use? I was going to order more, and dispose of this if it is not ok, but I am not even sure how to dispose of...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-30, 12:27pm
Replies: 317
Views: 103,967
Posted By StellaBlue
Just ordered this - can't wait to get it! Did a...

Just ordered this - can't wait to get it! Did a quick sketch this morning of something I want to make that needs holes - so here we are.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-30, 11:16am
Replies: 49
Views: 11,569
Posted By StellaBlue
I'm seeing a few votes for cool-off accessories. ...

I'm seeing a few votes for cool-off accessories. I've seen some things like gel bandanas you soak, and I know there is warm weather clothing meant to wick perspiration for hikers, etc. Does anyone...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-30, 11:14am
Replies: 49
Views: 11,569
Posted By StellaBlue
Nice to see Vermonters on here! I grew up in...

Nice to see Vermonters on here! I grew up in Springfield, and my family all still lives up there. I get to visit pretty regularly. I moved to Texas about 20 years ago - love it but the heat and...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-30, 6:39am
Replies: 49
Views: 11,569
Posted By StellaBlue
Wow Elizabeth, what kind of kiln do you have? ...

Wow Elizabeth, what kind of kiln do you have?

My little Skutt bead annealer feels like a blast furnace. The room feels substantially warmer when it is on, and when the bead door is open while...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-30, 5:38am
Replies: 49
Views: 11,569
Posted By StellaBlue
I've been moving back and forth between "don't do...

I've been moving back and forth between "don't do it" and "suck it up". I had knee surgery so I am off the torch for a couple of days and have some time to rethink.

Before we got our kiln, we...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-30, 1:12am
Replies: 49
Views: 11,569
Posted By StellaBlue
Hot Weather Studio Time Poll

It's been brutally hot in Texas, and I am looking for torchtime survival strategies. How do you cope with the heat?

(I wasn't quick enough last time and couldn't post the poll!)
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-29, 4:27pm
Replies: 34
Views: 8,644
Posted By StellaBlue
Funny that this just got bumped, because I've...

Funny that this just got bumped, because I've been thinking about it.

Before we bought our kiln, we batch annealed everything by taking it to our local glass shop and paying for kiln time. Most...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-26, 6:12pm
Replies: 13
Views: 4,234
Posted By StellaBlue
So, at one point when I was trying to make...

So, at one point when I was trying to make perfectly matched beads, I was pre-cutting rods into exactly sized pieces, grabbing them with tweezers, melting one end, attaching it to the mandrel,...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-26, 8:25am
Replies: 13
Views: 4,234
Posted By StellaBlue
Perhaps you are not melting enough glass to go...

Perhaps you are not melting enough glass to go all the way around your mandrel for your initial footprint, so you are stretchiiiiiing some of it to make it all the way around - and your footprint is...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-26, 8:07am
Replies: 10
Views: 4,023
Posted By StellaBlue
I encase tiny bits of ash in beads for my...

I encase tiny bits of ash in beads for my memorial beads, rather than create a vessel, but if I was going to use a vessel that I wanted permanently sealed, here are some things that I might try:
...
Forum: Tutorials 2012-06-25, 10:05am
Replies: 27
Views: 14,018
Posted By StellaBlue
I'm gonna tag onto this thread rather than start...

I'm gonna tag onto this thread rather than start "yet another tutorials ethics" thread. I have a question I really haven't seen addressed, so I hope this is not flogging a dead horse!

This is...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-13, 6:14pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,407
Posted By StellaBlue
My take on anise white - I stick it in the flame,...

My take on anise white - I stick it in the flame, collect up the little bits that shock off, and use them like murrini.

A basic easy technique: Make a base bead using one or some of the following...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-09, 9:13am
Replies: 44
Views: 9,471
Posted By StellaBlue
I have kind of a smallish stash. I buy a pound...

I have kind of a smallish stash. I buy a pound at a time of the things I use alot of - white, clear, black, cobalt transparent, dark ivory, copper green, CIM rose quartz. The exception to this is...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-02-07, 10:22am
Replies: 21
Views: 7,019
Posted By StellaBlue
Thanks to the posters who recommended the Red Max...

Thanks to the posters who recommended the Red Max - I'd love to hear more about this torch. I use mostly soft glass on a Minor with tanked O2 and love it. I've been using it for boro a little bit,...
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