Time to buy glass! Recommendations?

Bobeche · #1 2012-07-14, 3:53pm

Glass shopping time for me, yay! I do small sculptural work and would like to add some new colors... can anyone recommend some colors that are easy to work and not boily?

It's the viscosity that's of particular importance to me, generally the lower the better. Borostix white and uber blush are wonderful and Aquamarine sparkle works great for me, too. Colors that are very stiff are hardest for me to work. WYSIWYGs are ideal, but I can do some silver glasses as long as they don't reduce.

AuntD · #2 2012-07-15, 12:38pm

I'm not sure there's an obvious answer to your question. Clear boro has the lowest viscosity, I think. Opaque WYSIWYGs tend to be stiff and boil easily. Transparent WYSIWYGs are less stiff, though I think cobalt, which is both transparent and WYSIWYG, tends to be stiff. I'm not sure what you mean by wanting silver glasses that don't reduce; whether something reduces or not is dependent on the flame, not the glass.

Bobeche · #3 2012-07-15, 4:04pm

No probably nothing obvious, I just notice when working different colors that some are lower viscosity and tend to be a lot easier for me to work with my birds. Just wondering if anyone else had come across colors like the Aquamarine Sparkle that tend to be nice to sculpt with. If not, no worries.

I do work silver glasses, but mention reducing b/c I work with 2 oxycons, so my flame tends to be a bit reducing no matter how much oxy I give it.

untamedrose · #4 2012-07-15, 6:42pm

Tried.. NS Periwinkle??

Baywinger · #5 2012-07-15, 11:14pm

you can always mix in a little clear to make it easier to work

Master Yoda · #6 2012-07-16, 4:47am

I worked on nothing but an oxycon for a long time, I would find colors that look good reduced, ie. ice blue gets a nice red out of it, multi turns to a nice orange, you can selectively case it to keep or slowly strike the original base color

the reducing atmosphere of a oxycon flame is great for silver fume as well

Bobeche · #7 2012-07-16, 7:13am

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Originally Posted by untamedrose

Tried.. NS Periwinkle??

No, I will, thanks, hopefully have some in my NS sampler.

Baywinger, Yoda, thank for the tips

rudiger420 · #8 2012-07-16, 7:38am

Try Blue Passion and Triple Passion! Maybe some silver seaweed

Bobeche · #9 2012-07-16, 11:55am

I do have some Periwinkle, yay! I'll give a try.

I love triple passion & silver seaweed! Thanks for the tip on Blue passion, I'll give that a try too

Cornbread · #10 2012-07-17, 6:57am

don't forget the frits. i love amazon bronze frit and who doesn't love AP frit? also butter scotch, onyx/black, cobalt, dark multi is also great. peacock chameleon, silver unobtanium(lg size only good imo)...cherry...ummm there are tons. def make any piece pop!

Bobeche · #11 2012-07-17, 9:14am

Thanks, Justin! My main goal is to find colors with nice (lower) viscosity for sculpting. I don't really use frits, tho. The non-reducing was just kind of an after thought.

untamedrose · #12 2012-07-17, 10:06pm

OMG frits..I got some GA peacock....layer it over black. Made lovely heart for me. Might be a really cute bird

Firebrand Beads · #13 2012-07-20, 1:29pm

have you tried things like Red Elvis?