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2009-04-08, 10:48pm
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Join Date: Apr 08, 2009
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Beautiful work everyone!
Brent, Those colors are poppin! Love em!
Batwoman sculpture/pendant, nice!
everyone else, great work! I am posting a quick picture of some of my stuff. Hope you guys like it! I am pretty new to glass. Just signed up for my first website tonight (this one!)!! okay, I will post pictures later, It didn't work due to software issues.
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2009-04-09, 8:27am
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anyone make something of winter sun???
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2009-04-09, 8:30am
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I have some coming Kay but not here yet
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2009-04-09, 8:35am
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show it off when you can... It is looking gorgeous as the rod... I can see some of Pipyr's trees out of this.... Bet they would look pretty.
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2009-04-10, 12:17am
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Old Time Bead Maker
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Join Date: Feb 20, 2007
Location: Shelton, Washington
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Winter Sun
Just got a pound yesterday and hope we get to play with it this weekend.
The rods are crystal clear though. Does someone else have something else in rod form???
Dave and Sue
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2009-04-11, 3:04am
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As far as I know Winter Sun is clear in rod form and you have to strike it. It will kiln strike as well. If you want that ethereal look like Pipyr's trees you have to thin it out over clear other wise it is fairly opaque.
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2009-04-12, 1:46am
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Old Time Bead Maker
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Location: Shelton, Washington
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Hi again,
We got to play today. Wintersun is so cool....reduce it and you can get the opaly look, golden as if it were fumed....
Neat glass and we're just getting started...
More later...
Dave and Sue
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2009-04-17, 9:06pm
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you guys are amazing. I am about to try boro and I am so lost.... over, encased, mixing....even though it is still glass, it just FEELS different here. I'm freaked!
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2009-04-18, 6:18am
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you have to work it HOT... so very different... just play with simple pendants to get the use to the fell...
welcome to the dark side...
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2009-04-18, 7:03am
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Don't be skert.... I started making beads with some free samples and got hooked. I had no idea what I was doing. I knew nothing about striking colors but encasing. When I encased some silvered frits, like Blue Carmel, I got some gorgeous glitters because the glass silvered (reduced) as I encased. It was a WOW moment totally by accident. I was hooked.
What I have learned that that is the most important, work hotter than soft glass (burn the haze off the tip of the rod as you apply, for truer colors) and for some dramatic results, try some silvered colors with just clear frit. Clear is boro's best friend. And deep encasing really glorifies your colors. I hardly ever use the color by itself.
Just cut loose!!
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2009-04-18, 9:06am
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No Problem!
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It can actually be a nice change up from soft glass. Aggressive heating is fun after babying the soft glass, like Kay and Shawn saiddon't be shy with the heat, in most cases you're going to work just above the cones of your torch flame in the hottest part, save for the opaque crayon colors that you'll work farther out to keep from boiling them.
The other thing you'll notice is that boro has a much more narrow "working range". Softer glasses stay fluid and workable much longer where the boro will always be requesting more heat to stay in motion... You will have smaller windows to move glass outside of the flame.
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2009-04-18, 9:28am
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Soft is much scarier! You can beat up boro -- don't be afraid.
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2009-04-18, 6:53pm
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And we don't get hot glass chunks spit at us.
Bonny
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2009-04-20, 11:56pm
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Join Date: Apr 08, 2009
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Show and tell
Hi there, Just joined the site! I was going to post a few photos of my work, but the program didnt work last time. Here goes another try... The pendants are actually smooth and round, I just can't use the editing program very well yet!! I will learn!! Let me know what you guys think of my stuff.
Thanks!
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2009-04-22, 10:46am
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Scout,
Are you THE Scout that I know?
Vanessa
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2009-04-22, 11:08pm
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don't burn your fingers!
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Yep, that's meee! I finally come over to "the dark side". And I love it!! This site rocks!
Hi Vanessa!
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