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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Mar 5, 2012 7:16:42 GMT -5
Helen thank you very much for the links you posted! How so very interesting! The group you sent me is sooooo much nicer in the hand & I am really excited about wrapping them! Will probably design a necklace to go with the ones I keep! The one with the flippers......awesome!!! Would like to see more with that kind of design, just really cool!
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Post by geoff on Mar 5, 2012 11:49:05 GMT -5
Those glass cabs are awesome! I watched a special, how it's made, I think. On how they make lamp work beads, and a tour of the Fenton shop. I love watching them make that stuff. I have 40 pounds of broken antique uranium glass from the depression. I have been tumbling it to make "beach" glass.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Mar 5, 2012 13:43:08 GMT -5
AWESOME
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cailee
having dreams about rocks
Member since February 2012
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Post by cailee on Mar 5, 2012 15:44:30 GMT -5
Wow those are gorgeous! I love them!
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Mar 5, 2012 16:49:47 GMT -5
Cool cabs!
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Post by helens on Mar 5, 2012 18:29:30 GMT -5
I usually try to thank everyone who commented individually, but the list is growing longer, so I hope each of you who commented know that I appreciate your comments, even if I don't reply by name:). kk- LOL! I was actually just following the contours of the fire agate:). Unlike other rocks, there's only one way you can cut them without losing the very thin film. In that last one, it had the most beautiful and well shaped chalcedony pattern over it... even if there was some neat colored bubbles under it, it was too pretty to remove... so I just tried to shape it out better. It's interesting, because when you look at it, you can 'see' several odd figures, like a rorshach. My son saw a bird. When I was working on it, I saw a vague resemblance to a woman in a white robe embracing another woman (right) and child (left). And you see... !! LOL! That's the best part about abstracts, everyone sees something else:). Hi Mary, I've tried to mimic rocks before, but it just never comes out quite right. I'll show you. I thought these looked like a rock (this was before I spent much time actually looking at rocks tho): ![](http://www.azenglass.com/jewelry/2010/focal-ivory-2.jpg) Here was another 'rock': ![](http://www.azenglass.com/jewelry/2010/10-softglass-lens.jpg) And something I did with another one like the above: ![](http://www.azenglass.com/jewelry/2010/eggpendant.jpg) The above were done in soft glass, I went through a phase where I wanted to do 'organic'. Well, I'll leave nature to do organics, I'm not that good at it:P. Glass working is FUN! it really is. I'd be thrilled to help any of you who wants to get started or wants more info on how to get started. It's just a bit too complex to try to describe in a few pages. If you DO decide you want to, I'd be happy to walk you through equipment and basics and then techniques. The biggest learning curve is the glass itself, each type of glass is very very different, so it's a long process. But I'm happy to help if I can!! Geoff, that uranium glass stuff was AMAZING. I have some too, the old WWII stuff. I have rods of it, and even some frit. I just haven't found/figured out the project to use it for!! Have you seen old examples of Uranium glass and what they did with it? Beautiful stuff!!! You know that glass can usually be 'reused' right? If you have a local glass artist (and you have several in Alaska), maybe you can work out a deal where you give them the glass, and they get to keep some, and make you something with the rest:).
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 5, 2012 18:49:54 GMT -5
The glass pendants are awesome!! Amazing fire agates too
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Post by geoff on Mar 5, 2012 19:00:45 GMT -5
I've thought about that. One lady in particular that uses old bicycle parts along with recycled glass to make jewelry. Next time I bump into her I'm going to see what she thinks.
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Post by Tony W on Mar 6, 2012 4:21:38 GMT -5
Beautiful work, Helen! I've wanted to get into glass for a long time, but all I've ever gotten around to is some stain glass work, and some fusing, and slumping, and a touch of sand blasting. So many roads to follow, so much to learn, and do, and so little time, lol. Tony
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