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Originally Posted by St3wY
To try and answer your question the pendant you showed in picture (made by JuJu) is made from hollow tubing. I know this cause I have one and you can see how it was taken off from a tube on the back. I haven't dabbled in dotstacks myself at all, but I think most people stack on tubing because it makes the process quicker. I would say they blow out a bubble from heavy wall tubing that is relatively thick and then start adding your dots in an order that "stacks" them the way that you want. I would say each band of dots you lay, once your ready to move on to the next row you would melt in the previous almost completely as to overlay your next row on top of previous and continue. Making sure to keep your ball shape on the end of your tube until the last row then blast the whole thing with heat almost like you would with a tube implosion to condense the glass and thicken. Terminate the front. Pull off from tube. Add finishing touches.
Hope that makes sense.
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I suspected something like that. I see such amazing work, and am shocked at the lack of information available online about making them. I tried 2 solid rod ones yesterday, they are still pretty nifty. But I'm sure tubing helps with some of the issues I had.
I'm hoping someone eventually puts something up online! I'd be more than happy to pay for it!
Definitely would be worth it to get the best understanding of how to work them.