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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 13, 2023 14:07:47 GMT -5
Holy Crap jamesp! Those came out fantastic!! I still have some chunks of your "old stock"!
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Post by liveoak on Dec 14, 2023 7:17:13 GMT -5
How cool is that !!
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Post by rockbrain on Dec 14, 2023 10:23:00 GMT -5
Wow! Those are seriously psychedelic and cool! Pretty neat how you can take slabs from different sides and have completely different patterns. Is that what you would typically do now is slab them?
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Post by jamesp on Dec 14, 2023 10:46:35 GMT -5
Holy Crap jamesp! Those came out fantastic!! I still have some chunks of your "old stock"! Thanks Jason. The old stock is becoming vintage stock; it has been a long time since doing any melting. Trying to remember old techniques is a problem due to a vintage brain these days.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 14, 2023 10:48:54 GMT -5
How cool is that !! Patty
Enjoy Patty. It has been a while since fusing glass. Thought I would give it a go again just using the small kiln for quicker experiments.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 14, 2023 10:57:58 GMT -5
Wow! Those are seriously psychedelic and cool! Pretty neat how you can take slabs from different sides and have completely different patterns. Is that what you would typically do now is slab them? Thanks rockbrain. The sawyer can have a lot of fun cross sawing at various angles to get crazier patterns no doubt. Because glass pours with distinct color boundaries and mixes well one can make some unique patterns. These will be sold to arrowhead makers(knappers) in the block sizes seen in the photos; they will saw them to their whims usually 5/16" slabs to make spearpoints. I fuse them in 6x6x2 inch or 11x6x2 inch bricks and saw/sell them in basically 6x3x2 inch bricks. I used to sell sawn slabs but got lazy and tired of sawing long hours.
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 14, 2023 12:16:46 GMT -5
Holy Crap jamesp! Those came out fantastic!! I still have some chunks of your "old stock"! Thanks Jason. The old stock is becoming vintage stock; it has been a long time since doing any melting. Trying to remember old techniques is a problem due to a vintage brain these days. Both you and I are like wine. At one point we had "aged to perfection"...now we're just turning to vinegar!
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Post by RickB on Dec 14, 2023 13:01:31 GMT -5
Jamesp, what a kaleidoscope of color you work with for your product. There is definitely enough selection that everyone can find multiple pieces they like. a few new man made obsidians out of the bakery Victor saw this at angles for slabs and get some interesting results. Sawyer has all the fun... Much of what looks black on this brick is transparent colors, see backlit below. Note varying saw angle effects. Above backlit, lighting change does color changes(digital cameras) That's pretty eye candy James.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 16, 2023 13:28:21 GMT -5
Thanks Jason. The old stock is becoming vintage stock; it has been a long time since doing any melting. Trying to remember old techniques is a problem due to a vintage brain these days. Both you and I are like wine. At one point we had "aged to perfection"...now we're just turning to vinegar! Man is that the truth. Thought we were tough when young Jason, this aging is the true test of tough !
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Post by jamesp on Dec 16, 2023 13:32:14 GMT -5
a few new man made obsidians out of the bakery Victor saw this at angles for slabs and get some interesting results. Sawyer has all the fun... Much of what looks black on this brick is transparent colors, see backlit below. Note varying saw angle effects. Above backlit, lighting change does color changes(digital cameras) That's pretty eye candy James.
Been a few years since making glass Rick. Hope to get groove back. The re-start is certainly easier than starting out. Having to buy some supplement colors like popular opaque red and yellow. Testing new brands to see if they are copesthetic with the China made stuff.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 16, 2023 13:40:14 GMT -5
This one about all transparent glass; boring in brick form, let the light in things change. A thin arrowhead lets more light thru. Note how fold-over caught air bubble, grrr.
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Post by Pat on Dec 16, 2023 13:43:48 GMT -5
I like both! Good job! đŸ˜€
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Post by oregon on Dec 16, 2023 13:55:20 GMT -5
So is the mold just a welded box of mild steel, lined with 1/8" fiber paper and set atop other paper? No problems with glass oozing out the bottom? seems like you had some stainless? molds that bolted together.
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Post by victor1941 on Dec 19, 2023 10:13:57 GMT -5
James, the air bubble could be designed into an exquisite piece that is worth some extra cash.
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Post by liveoak on Dec 20, 2023 7:33:20 GMT -5
I was thinking that the air bubbles were a problem, but I can't see how it would be possible to avoid them. Kiln in a vacuum ?
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Post by jamesp on Dec 21, 2023 14:47:59 GMT -5
So is the mold just a welded box of mild steel, lined with 1/8" fiber paper and set atop other paper? No problems with glass oozing out the bottom? seems like you had some stainless? molds that bolted together.
The mold is 11x6 and bottomless oregon. 1/8" welded stainless. Steel sheds oxides at 1500F making a mess in kiln and in molten glass. The mold just lays on a 3/4" ceramic plate covered with kiln paper. The mold is lined with 1/8" kiln felt which gives enough clearance to remove mold from brick. If thinner kiln paper/felt is used a split-able mold is required to remove brick. A bad problem. A split mold is no problem. The viscosity of the glass is thick enough not to leak at bottom of mold, rarely an issue. The process is real simple/user friendly. A taller kiln is nice when melting glass over baffles or pouring thru a bowl, the taller kiln assists such options above the brick mold. The brick molds have a saddle cut in them to accept a bowl for a (11") bowl melt(thru a 1.25" hole in bottom of bowl). Or whatever hole size and height for various results.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 21, 2023 14:56:11 GMT -5
I was thinking that the air bubbles were a problem, but I can't see how it would be possible to avoid them. Kiln in a vacuum ? Patty Holding at max temp. often allows the bubbles to rise out of the molten glass Patty. Stacking method plays a big role in catching air too(like plates stacked horizontally trapping air). In some cases the rising bubbles rising thru mixed colored plates laying flat make crazy patterns as the bubbles rise mixing the colors. Sorta makes upside down funnels if ya know what i mean. I hadn't reached that level of sophistication but may one day . I have seen hundreds of small bubbles rise thru a stack of glass making some very interesting results.
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Post by wargrafix on Dec 22, 2023 4:44:24 GMT -5
Now this is REAL art!
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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2023 7:19:38 GMT -5
It is easy to do wargrafix. It just takes a lot of glass colors and electricity.
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Post by wargrafix on Dec 24, 2023 9:39:08 GMT -5
Its just so....nice to look at. kudos and thank you!
And a very very merry christmas
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