|
2011-03-23, 3:44pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 15, 2005
Posts: 349
|
|
Anyone Have an Octopuss Tutorial? Boro or Soft Glass!
Know of any tutorials on how to make an octopuss? It can be boro or soft glass. I'm talking about a larger sculpture type octopuss, not a pendant. I've seen the videos on youtube but i was hoping to find one I can print out and go step by step while I torch. Any help appreciated!
__________________
Ari'elle
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-03-25, 10:48am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 21, 2007
Posts: 589
|
|
No tutorial here, but......
here is what I do. Place your 'head - build up a large bump/dot on the bead, keep building it til it is the aprox size you want it to be then flip the bead over adn heat the dot with it hanging down, get it hot enough to form a slight 'light bulb shape. I add the legs after shaping the body, just use stringer to put on eight legs - octupusses are symmetrical, so try to place them in a symmetrical formation. place the eyes low on the head and build them like any googly eyes.
I dont have pics and am actually at work, so I cant even take a picture, but will see if I can this evening.
__________________
Vicki
SRA #C88
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-03-25, 11:02am
|
|
da General
|
|
Join Date: Oct 05, 2006
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 13,002
|
|
Ari'elle, I'd recommend the Vittorio Costantini DVD by Corning Museum of Glass. It not only contains the octopus, it has his fish, beetle, bird, etc. etc. etc. The BEST DVD ever made, imho!
http://glassmarket.cmog.org/browse.cfm/4,3082.html
It's not exactly a "tutorial" but a movie of how he makes his critters.
__________________
Hayley
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. | To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. | To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. | To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. | To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-03-25, 2:32pm
|
|
Curmudgeon Engineering
|
|
Join Date: Feb 15, 2006
Location: Near Seattle, WA
Posts: 1,723
|
|
One of the glass magazines had a tut some months ago. Glassline or The Flow but I can't seem to find it at the moment. Sorry
|
2011-03-25, 5:03pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 15, 2005
Posts: 349
|
|
Would love to see pics if you have any, Vicki! The bulbous head I can pretty much figure out, it's adding flowing legs that look like moving tentacles that I don't get. Are you working in boro or soft glass?
Quote:
Originally Posted by woozles
here is what I do. Place your 'head - build up a large bump/dot on the bead, keep building it til it is the aprox size you want it to be then flip the bead over adn heat the dot with it hanging down, get it hot enough to form a slight 'light bulb shape. I add the legs after shaping the body, just use stringer to put on eight legs - octupusses are symmetrical, so try to place them in a symmetrical formation. place the eyes low on the head and build them like any googly eyes.
I dont have pics and am actually at work, so I cant even take a picture, but will see if I can this evening.
|
__________________
Ari'elle
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-03-25, 5:04pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 15, 2005
Posts: 349
|
|
Thanks, I'll go to their websites and see if I can locate it!
Quote:
Originally Posted by cheng076
One of the glass magazines had a tut some months ago. Glassline or The Flow but I can't seem to find it at the moment. Sorry
|
__________________
Ari'elle
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-03-25, 5:17pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 15, 2005
Posts: 349
|
|
Thanks Hayley. It's not the tutorial that I'm looking for but I think I'll get it just because I love Vittorio's work! Dang, just realized I spelled octopus wrong in my title, lol.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hayley
Ari'elle, I'd recommend the Vittorio Costantini DVD by Corning Museum of Glass. It not only contains the octopus, it has his fish, beetle, bird, etc. etc. etc. The BEST DVD ever made, imho!
http://glassmarket.cmog.org/browse.cfm/4,3082.html
It's not exactly a "tutorial" but a movie of how he makes his critters.
|
__________________
Ari'elle
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-03-25, 6:30pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 21, 2007
Posts: 589
|
|
I am still struggling with the legs myself. I use soft glass.
__________________
Vicki
SRA #C88
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-03-25, 6:46pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 1,229
|
|
Vittorio makes his out of a solid piece of glass.
he doesn't add legs he cuts them out of the bottom two thirds of the form.
starting with a long cylinder jack top 1/3 for head.
heat just the bottom and let it flatten on the marver holding punty straight up.
quickly pinch eight times around with tweezers. fast
next cut those spots. fast
pull out all the legs a little.
heat continue to pull out each leg
good luck!
|
2011-03-25, 10:08pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 15, 2005
Posts: 349
|
|
Now that makes perfect sense, thanks! I'll try it out this weekend after I watch his DVD.
Quote:
Originally Posted by yellowbird
Vittorio makes his out of a solid piece of glass.
he doesn't add legs he cuts them out of the bottom two thirds of the form.
|
__________________
Ari'elle
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-04-05, 11:47am
|
|
Miss my BoBo Griff
|
|
Join Date: Nov 03, 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 897
|
|
It's the FAST and evenly spaced eight pinches with the tweezers that'll gitcha LOLOL
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-05-07, 12:46pm
|
|
Southeast Alaskan Artist
|
|
Join Date: Oct 17, 2009
Location: Ketchikan, Alaska
Posts: 14
|
|
The Octopus legs are generally made (in the tutorials i have seen) by making a cane for the legs then pulling it down into 8 pieces that are tapered down like you would expect the legs to be, they are attached to the body straight, first make a + with the first 4, then the last 4 in between those, the shaping of the legs is then done after all 8 are attached and melted in by selective heating and manipulation. The tutorials I saw were for boro but I imagine they could be adapted for soft glass.
There is a tutorial in Glassline issue: August/September, 2010 - Vol. 24, No. 2. for an octopus.
|
2011-05-07, 12:54pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 13, 2011
Location: Oregon
Posts: 626
|
|
Crystal Myths-Lewis Wilson has a n octopus in his sculptural series DVD's.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
All my children have paws To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Proud Member of "YOU PEOPLE" 9.13.11 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-06-19, 5:37am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 21, 2005
Posts: 1,897
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hayley
Ari'elle, I'd recommend the Vittorio Costantini DVD by Corning Museum of Glass. It not only contains the octopus, it has his fish, beetle, bird, etc. etc. etc. The BEST DVD ever made, imho!
http://glassmarket.cmog.org/browse.cfm/4,3082.html
It's not exactly a "tutorial" but a movie of how he makes his critters.
|
I second Hayley's recommendation. Vittorio is an amazing re-creator of nature! BTW, I learned that the "end" images of the pieces made in the video are different because there was an "accident" in the studio getting ready to shoot all the finished products. But, regarless, the "making" part is there. It's VERY well put together with matching music. Totally worth every penny .
__________________
Ofilia Cinta
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2011-09-11, 7:00pm
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 22, 2011
Location: Florida
Posts: 46
|
|
I make the legs first,then add the suckers,and shape them. I then form the head,add eyes,and other details,put the beak on the bottom, then attach legs,and anneal. I work in born for my octopus. I think that there are still pictures on my website. I 'll have to check. Hope that helps
|
2011-09-12, 9:54am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 22, 2011
Posts: 410
|
|
|
2011-09-20, 7:40am
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 26, 2006
Location: west
Posts: 811
|
|
Glassline had 2 issues with octopus demos in them:
December/January, 2009/10 - Vol. 23, No. 4.
June/July, 2009 - Vol. 23, No. 1.
|
2016-04-18, 6:22pm
|
Junior Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 18, 2016
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 2
|
|
|
2016-04-19, 4:52am
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 04, 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 212
|
|
Cool vid!!
|
2017-12-28, 4:52pm
|
|
Still makin' flowers...
|
|
Join Date: Feb 26, 2006
Location: Oregon...
Posts: 2,388
|
|
Its not free, but I just uploaded one onto Shawn's Etsy.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/5826345...pus-pendant-or
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
* To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. --NEW and Updated Beading Tutorials for all levels
* To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. -- Sign up for my To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. !
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 3:45am.
|