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2009-01-08, 1:51pm
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my first try-out of boro ( on a minor with one concentrator)
i'v kilnstriked for 2 hours than normal anealling
Astrid
sorry very bad pics, I wished I could make the things I see here (I love your work everything is beautiful)but that will take some time and maybe another torch and a second concentrator
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2009-01-08, 2:16pm
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orchid pendant
Hey Marcel, Your Jellyfish pendant is awesome.
Here's an orchid pendant on ebay ending Saturday.
Kobuki ebay link
thanks,
JK
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2009-01-08, 2:24pm
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Does it come in Purple???
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Great work everyone - all drool worthy. I was going to post meager beads but I think I might wait til later - can't follow a master
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2009-01-08, 2:25pm
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Does it come in Purple???
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Glastrid - wow - awesome colors
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2009-01-08, 2:34pm
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Thank you John i love the orchid pendant
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2009-01-08, 3:24pm
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What a wonderful show and it's just the first week of the month. Ya'all rock! Totally WOW!
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2009-01-08, 5:46pm
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rckeyes, Those pendants look great. Love the colors. Nice photo as well.
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2009-01-08, 6:16pm
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John K, very nice pendant.. Great detail... Hello to you...
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2009-01-08, 7:19pm
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Astrid,
I wish my first boro looked that good! Keep it up
Leah
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2009-01-09, 10:20am
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Jelly Fish Dichro Marble
One of my favorites that Trev did.. Thought I'd share it with you.
Jelly fish all the way around with Dichro in between
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2009-01-09, 10:51am
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that's sweet, sunray.
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i make stuff & also things.
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2009-01-09, 1:45pm
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product of the universe
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some more water globes
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2009-01-09, 11:36pm
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WOW>!!!
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2009-01-09, 11:43pm
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some more fun stuff for this month, b&w nautilus marble, a couple of lilies and a double-sided reticello and spiral.
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2009-01-10, 6:01am
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Does that shed?
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an itty bitty frit implosion marble. lol. My lynx and my marble mold (6 holer) will be here Tuesday! Doing the happy dance and lookin rather silly.
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2009-01-11, 8:36am
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I am trying to come up with an "eye of sauron" pendant. This one isn't quite there yet, but I am getting closer. The Dichro shows much better in person and has more of they eye effect.
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2009-01-11, 8:43am
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Nubbins, disks and Organic Cubes
Love these colors and they are such a joy to make
... and the shapes are fun too.
The round ones are pretty generic but I love the colors...
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2009-01-11, 8:43am
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very nice work everyone!
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"I believe in pink, I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."
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2009-01-11, 7:34pm
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Eric, that's awesome! You need to get together with Lana to see what she came up with for the flame pendant she was working on. Get a little collab going on
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2009-01-11, 7:47pm
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crabby...who me?
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Thats choice Eric.Very nice.
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2009-01-11, 8:05pm
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Thanks everyone!
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2009-01-12, 8:46am
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Eye like it!
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Originally Posted by e. mort
I am trying to come up with an "eye of sauron" pendant. This one isn't quite there yet, but I am getting closer. The Dichro shows much better in person and has more of they eye effect.
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That is "Precious" Eric. How do you know where to cut it open? Do you slice it and then polish, or just grind it away until you have enough of an opening?
I saw some lapped pendants at the Gathering bead show, but they were not shiny on the surface that had been ground. Would it be possible to put it back in the kiln, heat it way up and then flame polish after you lap it?
OH, and how do you do a "quote" with the picture included?
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2009-01-12, 11:14am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mary K
That is "Precious" Eric. How do you know where to cut it open? Do you slice it and then polish, or just grind it away until you have enough of an opening?
I saw some lapped pendants at the Gathering bead show, but they were not shiny on the surface that had been ground. Would it be possible to put it back in the kiln, heat it way up and then flame polish after you lap it?
OH, and how do you do a "quote" with the picture included?
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I try and keep track of where the design is as I am making it, and I put the loop on so I know where the front and back is. Then I just start grinding. All, that being said, I lose about 40% in the grinding process. Not because they break, but because the design just doesn't look good or is off angle. It is really easy to lose your orientation as you are making the piece or end up shaping it and getting the design off kilter. So, while the piece might look great from a side angle, head on it is just blah. You can have too little interior design, too much design, a layer of bad frit that just won't polish, etc. The pieces are very labor intensive to make. You can flame polish later, but I don't like the look as much. I like the clean angles that you get with lapidary work.
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2009-01-12, 12:23pm
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Eric, if you really don't like it, you're welcome to keep it at my house so it's out of your site for a while!!!! lol, it's gorgeous, REALLY!
Oh, and Chayes.... SICK as hell! Love your work!
Jo-jo
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2009-01-13, 11:33am
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A silver cored beauty.. I call it "Ruby Blues"
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2009-01-13, 12:12pm
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LOVE those Kay!
Barb
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2009-01-13, 12:55pm
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great thread, I have only just started to look at Boro after 28 years of soft glass, I'm having a lot of fun learning what all the colours do, here are a couple of little bits, the dicro marble is 40m diam and the heart owes a lot to Brent.cheers, Bernard
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2009-01-13, 2:40pm
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I love all your beautifuL Work
I hope that some day...........
love Astrid
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2009-01-13, 5:13pm
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Kay, perfect name for that bead... I love it!
castaway, those are gorgeous, please share more often!
Jo
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2009-01-13, 6:33pm
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No Problem!
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Awesome S&T guys and gals!
Here's a few of my recent goodies..
Happy new year!
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