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Forum: Boro Room 2011-03-28, 3:12pm
Replies: 100
Views: 22,578
Posted By evolvingBeau
Here's a few of the incalmo bottles I have been...

Here's a few of the incalmo bottles I have been working on.
Originally they were just bottles but they were really looking unfinished without stoppers. With all of the clear glass, they presented...
Forum: Shows and Festivals 2011-03-25, 10:11pm
Replies: 120
Views: 26,392
Posted By evolvingBeau
It's a Vegas family vacation! Never been to this...

It's a Vegas family vacation! Never been to this show, and I've never been to Vegas..
I've been working maximium hours at the torch to get as much product piled up as possible and can't wait to be...
Forum: Boro Room 2011-03-11, 12:55am
Replies: 9
Views: 3,682
Posted By evolvingBeau
As you've figured out, blowing out a thin bubble...

As you've figured out, blowing out a thin bubble leaves a lot of room for lobes of glass you don't want.

For a small flared opening like the vessel in your link, decide where you want the edge of...
Forum: Boro Room 2011-01-05, 3:21pm
Replies: 14
Views: 5,097
Posted By evolvingBeau
If you just want to make a pendant with a name in...

If you just want to make a pendant with a name in it you can skip pulling it into cane and call it done.
Same thing as that tutorial minus pulling it into cane. Blow the bubble, write the name, then...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-06-13, 10:46am
Replies: 114
Views: 22,978
Posted By evolvingBeau
Thanks for the love comrades. Scout, I don't...

Thanks for the love comrades.

Scout, I don't have anything currently available but I know that Shannon Hill (RIP) made a video showing how he did his inside-out beads. Doug Remshneider put out one...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-06-12, 8:41pm
Replies: 114
Views: 22,978
Posted By evolvingBeau
Excellent work gang. Harold you deserve all the...

Excellent work gang. Harold you deserve all the respect we've got. No doubt laboring for the love.

Been ages since I've posted so I'll drop a few.
...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-02-20, 10:41pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,360
Posted By evolvingBeau
Seems more logical to first enter the "Boro Room"...

Seems more logical to first enter the "Boro Room" then conveniently find the tips and techs etc for boro there. The general tips and techs section could easily house all other COE's.

Here's how my...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-02-10, 7:09am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,959
Posted By evolvingBeau
Creating nuclei and crystal growth (striking) are...

Creating nuclei and crystal growth (striking) are two separate steps.
GA adds nuclei to initiate the crystal growth (not sure what they use) to a lot of their striking colors, that's why many of...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-02-10, 6:21am
Replies: 27
Views: 6,892
Posted By evolvingBeau
Brent also had a good tip to just practice making...

Brent also had a good tip to just practice making loops of the end of a clear rod.
Flame adjustment, flame size and where you hold the tungsten and glass in relation to the flame can all help that...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-02-07, 9:50am
Replies: 16
Views: 5,481
Posted By evolvingBeau
Take your time with them to make them more...

Take your time with them to make them more durable and do a little something extra and they'll be worth a lot more than 3 cents a pop. Just one dot on each one would amount to a valuable effect in a...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-02-06, 8:22pm
Replies: 9
Views: 3,085
Posted By evolvingBeau
Nice video BZ, that's the way I do it too (with...

Nice video BZ, that's the way I do it too (with boro), I've just had mixed results with softer COE glasses at the snap-off step.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-02-06, 8:07pm
Replies: 9
Views: 3,085
Posted By evolvingBeau
I do it underwater. The disc nippers work great...

I do it underwater. The disc nippers work great this way. The water does three things, captures dust, captures murrini and helps give a nice cut due to some molecular voodoo between the glass and the...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-01-29, 11:31am
Replies: 7
Views: 4,059
Posted By evolvingBeau
Hadn't got my hands on Jamboree until recently....

Hadn't got my hands on Jamboree until recently. Really digging this color, kind of reminds me of the 96 coe Reichenbach iris-orange (raku) in some surface applications.
Tan-purple/powder-blues....
Forum: The Dark Room 2010-01-27, 8:31pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,344
Posted By evolvingBeau
Check out Photo Plus SE. ...

Check out Photo Plus SE.
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/photoplus/
It's the best downloadable free photo editing software I've come across.
It's extremely similar to some of the older...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-01-27, 7:44pm
Replies: 18
Views: 5,372
Posted By evolvingBeau
Mary, the frozen gel pad is simple genius. I'd...

Mary, the frozen gel pad is simple genius. I'd never think to bring one near the torch unless I was treating a burn.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-01-27, 7:37pm
Replies: 14
Views: 7,968
Posted By evolvingBeau
Nice, thanks for the link!

Nice, thanks for the link!
Forum: Website help and critique 2010-01-27, 11:51am
Replies: 18
Views: 6,302
Posted By evolvingBeau
Nice Cosmo. I keep a couple different color...

Nice Cosmo. I keep a couple different color wheels mounted out by the torch to help me pick colors when I'm stumped but this is a whole new beast. Thanks bookmarked that one.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-01-26, 7:44pm
Replies: 15
Views: 3,356
Posted By evolvingBeau
Cherie, I used that torch with the SM-7 tip for...

Cherie, I used that torch with the SM-7 tip for soft glass for quite awhile. Personally I don't think it's as user friendly as the minor which we also have.
It does fine if you play around with the...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-01-26, 1:45pm
Replies: 18
Views: 5,372
Posted By evolvingBeau
Lea was to the point while I rambled on...

Lea was to the point while I rambled on...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-01-26, 1:44pm
Replies: 18
Views: 5,372
Posted By evolvingBeau
The only time I use brass marvers/shapers is when...

The only time I use brass marvers/shapers is when I want to scoot the surface glass around. Graphite is slippery (why powdered graphite is used as a dry lubricant), and won't put up much friction on...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-01-25, 8:02am
Replies: 22
Views: 7,942
Posted By evolvingBeau
JR, I built this little rack the other day for my...

JR, I built this little rack the other day for my bench to help get color off of the table. I have three other simple "drilled block" holders that are fine but this keeps the rods all leaning the...
Forum: Beads of Courage 2010-01-24, 12:03pm
Replies: 5
Views: 4,065
Posted By evolvingBeau
Nice. I've been wanting to find out how to be a...

Nice. I've been wanting to find out how to be a part of this. I really need to put some of these lazy shacked up bead-box bums to work. The neighbors kids came over one day (with parents permission)...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-01-24, 9:46am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,975
Posted By evolvingBeau
Cleaner the better. Soapy water and a rinse will...

Cleaner the better. Soapy water and a rinse will do.
Jeanette's got the numbers all I would recommend is to peek in at them to shut it down just as they gloss over. You can ramp up and down fast and...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-01-24, 9:36am
Replies: 15
Views: 8,237
Posted By evolvingBeau
I have used super-glue for kiln fusing. (If...

I have used super-glue for kiln fusing. (If you're a fuser, double check or test this before you try it, it's been awhile and I don't remember details)
You can glue pieces until you get it in the...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-01-22, 10:01am
Replies: 140
Views: 66,355
Posted By evolvingBeau
My little extra pointy tweezers are probably the...

My little extra pointy tweezers are probably the biggest multi-tasker and also THE tool I can't really work without.
Remove tiny bits,doing pinches for wings and fins etc, opening tiny holes,...
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