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Post by MsAli on Jun 22, 2018 11:10:15 GMT -5
Throw a couple on ETSY and see if anyone bites. Put the spear picture as a reference as what can be done with it
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Post by jamesp on Jun 22, 2018 18:31:03 GMT -5
Throw a couple on ETSY and see if anyone bites. Put the spear picture as a reference as what can be done with it That knapping clan resides on FB. Maybe all of them lol. They knap fiber optic glass, colored transparent, occasionally patterned, but rarely fused arty glass !! Guessing a good market for jamesp glass but ya never know.... |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 22, 2018 18:40:48 GMT -5
Throw a couple on ETSY and see if anyone bites. Put the spear picture as a reference as what can be done with it That knapping clan resides on FB. Maybe all of them lol. They knap fiber optic glass, colored transparent, occasionally patterned, but rarely fused arty glass !! Guessing a good market for jamesp glass but ya never know.... Wont know u less you try |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 22, 2018 18:54:08 GMT -5
Cleaned saw with Dawn, water and a pressure washer. Going with water and rust inhibitor for sawing glass. Great tool to add to the arsenal. 18 inch Covington, MK S blade   Over 10 gallons of kerosene soaked rock snot being burned in 30 inch bowl  |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 22, 2018 19:05:22 GMT -5
That knapping clan resides on FB. Maybe all of them lol. They knap fiber optic glass, colored transparent, occasionally patterned, but rarely fused arty glass !! Guessing a good market for jamesp glass but ya never know.... Wont know u less you try If going that direction I would put them on Etsy for linking and handling the transaction. Not sure that knapping clan shops Etsy too much. Might find them in the gun shop or feed store, know what I mean ? |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 22, 2018 19:25:16 GMT -5
It takes a month or two for this stuff to make it thru the tumbling cycle as it is the bottleneck. Greek plate  Misc. vases slumped flat, shaped and tumbled   wife melts  misc   |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 22, 2018 20:06:40 GMT -5
Love the Greek
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 22, 2018 20:23:54 GMT -5
If going that direction I would put them on Etsy for linking and handling the transaction. Not sure that knapping clan shops Etsy too much. Might find them in the gun shop or feed store, know what I mean ? Then join their facebook group and throw a couple posts up there to gauge interest. If they like them and want to buy them, put them on Etsy and link to them on facebook. Easy peasy - it's what most people who sell on facebook do. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 22, 2018 20:25:53 GMT -5
It takes a month or two for this stuff to make it thru the tumbling cycle as it is the bottleneck. Greek plate Misc. vases slumped flat, shaped and tumbled wife melts misc Of course, I love, love, LOVE the Greek plate. The brown cab with the light blue in the bottom of pic 4 caught my eye, too. That one is special. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2018 5:47:02 GMT -5
If going that direction I would put them on Etsy for linking and handling the transaction. Not sure that knapping clan shops Etsy too much. Might find them in the gun shop or feed store, know what I mean ? Then join their facebook group and throw a couple posts up there to gauge interest. If they like them and want to buy them, put them on Etsy and link to them on facebook. Easy peasy - it's what most people who sell on facebook do. I met a bunch of those guys when collecting fossil coral in Ga and FL rivers by boat. Am already on rock related FB groups with them. Those guys collected coral for knapping and I collected for tumbling and display specimens. There is a monthly knap-in not 15 miles from my home every month. Those scraps from the glass blower have been hardened and makes dense bricks without any cracks. El primo mechanical properties for the knappers Stan could be considered Big Daddy of the knappers. I put him on a source of chert he uses a lot. He sells finished spears. But he may sell more chert and coral spearhead blanks than anyone out there. This is one of Stan's(in middle) 'Knap-ins'. Trading and selling knapping materials is big down this way. www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157632911458038 One of my coral safari's. Sometimes it takes 3 hours by specialized boat to get to the best collecting spots. www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157645769948855 |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2018 6:04:25 GMT -5
Allison would like messing with the reactive glass. More of a mad scientist approach brewing metals and chemical additives sandwiched in the glass. I got to purchase some reactive components from the glass store and start learning basics. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2018 6:35:29 GMT -5
hummingbirdstones, the brown cab you commented on. From vogue color slab wife made. Instead of my hodge podge color brews. You guys have continually commented about this (her) little slab melt. Y'all know I have feelings. She picked brown scraps, added teal frit, laid it on opaque white. The scraps are older than the teal 'fetish' so teal is lacking. Scrap from an earlier era. I was instructed to purchase a bottle of teal frit. Just doing as TOLD. 
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Post by fernwood on Jun 23, 2018 6:58:58 GMT -5
I like the blues in one of the upper photos, long shape. Also anything metallic. The color contrast and patterns in the brown triangle one are captivating.
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Post by MsAli on Jun 23, 2018 8:13:54 GMT -5
hummingbirdstones , the brown cab you commented on. From vogue color slab wife made. Instead of my hodge podge color brews. You guys have continually commented about this (her) little slab melt. Y'all know I have feelings. She picked brown scraps, added teal frit, laid it on opaque white. The scraps are older than the teal 'fetish' so teal is lacking. Scrap from an earlier era. I was instructed to purchase a bottle of teal frit. Just doing as TOLD. Ah poor baby, you do wonders with glass to. Try a brick with all brown and teal And yes start playing with reactives! Just dont blow up anything |
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Post by fernwood on Jun 23, 2018 8:26:32 GMT -5
Teal, brown and cream are a very popular combo around here for almost anything.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2018 9:32:27 GMT -5
I increased the capacity of the vibe by making a bigger hopper. It knocks out 8 pounds of glass at a time. A labor saver, I was constantly nursing the smaller hopper. The bottleneck. A bit nerve racking tumbling all these in one batch though. A lot of work in these. Hate to have a batch-gone-bad. If they had to get re-run in the rotary due to bruises and/or frosting a lot of color loss would occur. Big effort made to clad the colors with clear glass so the rotary tumblers will not cut the color off. This glass tumbling is new territory and there is more to it than simply composing colors and patterns.  |
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Post by fernwood on Jun 23, 2018 10:30:27 GMT -5
I like the more opaque ones. Understand those with clear/translucent areas have their merits. It is easier to have a bail/wrap material not show through with the opaque ones.
Thank you for taking us along on your learning process to perfection.
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Post by fernwood on Jun 23, 2018 10:35:28 GMT -5
I am working on yet another technique for the glass cabs. I used to do stained glass work. Yup, the copper tape, lead pieces to encase each piece of glass, the soldering, etc. Today I am working on a glass cab and a rock cab. Making bails from copper wire. Wrapping each victim in the copper tape on the edges and to conceal where the bail is glued to the victim.
I use the term victim, as I never know how anything is going to turn out until complete. If all else fails, I can use acetone to remove the bail and epoxy. The tape should come off easy. Wish me luck.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 23, 2018 11:11:40 GMT -5
jamesp don't be all sad. I love lots of the ones you concoct, too. Take a lesson, though. There are a few color combos that are timeless; that go together and are vastly appealing no matter what decade you are in or where you are in the world. Brown and baby blue or teal is one of those combos. I have always been attracted to it, even when I was a kid. When I first learned how to crochet, I made my first afghan out of chocolate brown and baby blue yarn.
You got this all down. Your wife inherently knows the color combos that are attractive to wimmen cuz she is one. She also has a creative streak that gets it right. You have it, too, but you are a more vivid, in your face color palette. Both styles are desirable and between the two of you, you cover a much larger spectrum of what the market is looking for.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2018 12:00:12 GMT -5
I like the more opaque ones. Understand those with clear/translucent areas have their merits. It is easier to have a bail/wrap material not show through with the opaque ones. Thank you for taking us along on your learning process to perfection. Inspiration par excellence, thanks for all the words. They mean a great deal. A big thanks Beth. Opaque is my fav many times over. It simply has more color impact. And the way it hides the backing. Opaque is a bit trickier since it has I suppose more foreign ingredients and can be fussy about cracking if not proportioned into the melt carefully. Always focus on high quality if using opaque. |
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