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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 12:09:13 GMT -5
jamesp- I hear ya. Your chest must swell when you see these works of art.  I am able to trade with some of the finest artisans in this field. It's a great leverage having the glass. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 30, 2018 12:09:51 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 12:13:03 GMT -5
grrr, got tiny fractures in the pot melt. Useless for knapping, OK for jewelry. will have to figure it out. Too many colors mixed  ? Seems like the more I mix the glass the more fractures. May have to remelt after brick is cast. Not sure. Pot melt is easy to do and gets the wildest patterns. Just pile crap glass in bowl and turn heat on. Doing another pot melt with only 2 colors(red and black) actually orange and black for a Harley Davidson request but glass is hot so color is off temporarily. see cracks(they are tiny)  2 color orange/black pot melt at lower right. fernwood , upper left is that deep teal TRANSPARENT and white-striker-to-pink tiger pattern you suggested. So should alternate pink-deep teal clear-pink-deep teal clear in tiger/zebra fashion. But teal transparent this time. A wicked fine clear teal. the other two are my zombie mixes. Ha, this much glass would cost over $100, bet I paid $2 if that.  I can't see the tiny fractures, but I absolutely adore that pattern. Looks like butterfly wings. Those knives are super cool, too. Lucky jamesp! A strange manifestation of the glass Robin. Great but unusual. I have old friends in the knapping community because I was a serious coral collector for so many years. And an artifact collector. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 12:16:15 GMT -5
On the pot melt. I see butterfly wings as the focal point of a stained glass creation. Would make a beautiful window. There are many successful stained glass artist around here. They also make stained glass pendants. I would cut them into wing shapes, fill in the gaps with other glass/wire and make a pendant. Let's see where the pot melts go, the pot fits fine on my brick molds allowing 4 at a time. Am anxious to make more Beth. As I mentioned to Allison, the glass blower's scraps may be a better medium. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 12:17:40 GMT -5
I am trying to talk them into making their own glass. It would be right up their alley since most heat treat rock. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 30, 2018 12:20:42 GMT -5
I am trying to talk them into making their own glass. It would be right up their alley since most heat treat rock. I would ask why you would you do that, but I already know the answer. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 30, 2018 16:05:57 GMT -5
grrr, got tiny fractures in the pot melt. Useless for knapping, OK for jewelry. will have to figure it out. Too many colors mixed ? Seems like the more I mix the glass the more fractures. May have to remelt after brick is cast. Not sure. Pot melt is easy to do and gets the wildest patterns. Just pile crap glass in bowl and turn heat on. Doing another pot melt with only 2 colors(red and black) actually orange and black for a Harley Davidson request but glass is hot so color is off temporarily. see cracks(they are tiny) 2 color orange/black pot melt at lower right. fernwood , upper left is that deep teal TRANSPARENT and white-striker-to-pink tiger pattern you suggested. So should alternate pink-deep teal clear-pink-deep teal clear in tiger/zebra fashion. But teal transparent this time. A wicked fine clear teal. the other two are my zombie mixes. Ha, this much glass would cost over $100, bet I paid $2 if that. I can't see the tiny fractures, but I absolutely adore that pattern. Looks like butterfly wings.
Those knives are super cool, too. Lucky jamesp !
Robin, you are right on the money with that. I keep telling him it's better to be lucky than good 
Beautiful patterns.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 30, 2018 16:31:41 GMT -5
7 green 1 yellow is very solid.  Even the rock snot glass snot is colorful. Looks like Godzilla ate up a paint store, then puked it up, lol. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 16:47:40 GMT -5
I am trying to talk them into making their own glass. It would be right up their alley since most heat treat rock. I would ask why you would you do that, but I already know the answer. Tell me the answer, I don;t know me well enough |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 16:53:50 GMT -5
7 green 1 yellow is very solid. Even the rock snot glass snot is colorful. Looks like Godzilla ate up a paint store, then puked it up, lol. Learned something about sawing glass, the more you saw the higher the ph of the saw fluid(water) gets. I knew the water in the same was totally alkaline, finally the paint started wrinkling and coming off. This and most glass is soda lime glass and the more you saw the higher the ph gets. They told me to drain the water in the saw each time. Now I know why. I use the pressure washer to clean the rock saw, and use aerosol lubricant to give it a good coating regularly. Cleanest rock saw ever. I made glass mud balls and set them out to dry today. saw had about 1 inch of g;lass mud in the belly. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 30, 2018 16:59:19 GMT -5
Even the rock snot glass snot is colorful. Looks like Godzilla ate up a paint store, then puked it up, lol. Learned something about sawing glass, the more you saw the higher the ph of the saw fluid(water) gets. I knew the water in the same was totally alkaline, finally the paint started wrinkling and coming off. This and most glass is soda lime glass and the more you saw the higher the ph gets. They told me to drain the water in the saw each time. Now I know why. I use the pressure washer to clean the rock saw, and use aerosol lubricant to give it a good coating regularly. Cleanest rock saw ever. I made glass mud balls and set them out to dry today. saw had about 1 inch of g;lass mud in the belly. Acid/lime hard on your hands as well. I know you are like me, I hate to wear gloves, even when I know it would be better for me.
Can you melt glass mud balls? Would they come out round?
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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 17:28:08 GMT -5
Learned something about sawing glass, the more you saw the higher the ph of the saw fluid(water) gets. I knew the water in the same was totally alkaline, finally the paint started wrinkling and coming off. This and most glass is soda lime glass and the more you saw the higher the ph gets. They told me to drain the water in the saw each time. Now I know why. I use the pressure washer to clean the rock saw, and use aerosol lubricant to give it a good coating regularly. Cleanest rock saw ever. I made glass mud balls and set them out to dry today. saw had about 1 inch of g;lass mud in the belly. Acid/lime hard on your hands as well. I know you are like me, I hate to wear gloves, even when I know it would be better for me.
Can you melt glass mud balls? Would they come out round?
Yep, they would melt but likely crack when cooling due to foreign particles from the saw not having been totally clean. they look/feel just like yellow clay. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 30, 2018 17:34:14 GMT -5
Willie from Arkadelphia likes to put the hurt on the glass. Got a twist on this color combo coming out the kiln tomorrow, same two colors plus a clear layer of deep teal. opat teal-pink-clear teal, those 3 repeating in a sequence   |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 31, 2018 3:04:00 GMT -5
This fellow has some serious skills. Young and nimble fingered. Might be as good at knapping as it gets. Glare shows long flake travel on a wide piece of glass. This glass was a flat melt slab which makes about the best glass for finest mechanical properties. Lots of even heat raining down on a 5/16-3/8 slab really bakes and bonds. Note slight ridge at color boundaries that did not hinge(terminate) his flakes.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 31, 2018 3:13:05 GMT -5
Getting ready to receive some of this lot in trade for glass. Artisan wants to do the deal again. These points will be targeted for selling in some hopefully high end shop here in Atlanta after being wired at notches. Permission to use artisan's name. His photo  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 31, 2018 7:41:07 GMT -5
I would ask why you would you do that, but I already know the answer. Tell me the answer, I don;t know me well enough , it's true that I don't know you in "real life", but over these many years at RTH, I have come to accept you as just a very nice guy- a TRUE Southern Gentleman. AND, you have always been one to share your secrets and skills. So, another man might take advantage of the knappers, whereas; you would rather see them succeed on their own. I really respect you. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 31, 2018 9:23:32 GMT -5
This fellow has some serious skills. Young and nimble fingered. Might be as good at knapping as it gets. Glare shows long flake travel on a wide piece of glass. This glass was a flat melt slab which makes about the best glass for finest mechanical properties. Lots of even heat raining down on a 5/16-3/8 slab really bakes and bonds. Note slight ridge at color boundaries that did not hinge(terminate) his flakes. This is phenominal! Love being able to see the knapping technique in the photo, but wish there was another picture with not so much glare so I could really seeing the color pattern. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 31, 2018 9:25:07 GMT -5
Tell me the answer, I don;t know me well enough , it's true that I don't know you in "real life", but over these many years at RTH, I have come to accept you as just a very nice guy- a TRUE Southern Gentleman. AND, you have always been one to share your secrets and skills. So, another man might take advantage of the knappers, whereas; you would rather see them succeed on their own. I really respect you. This  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 31, 2018 10:19:47 GMT -5
Harley boys on my case, wanting orange/black. sold sold sold  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 31, 2018 10:22:56 GMT -5
Tell me the answer, I don;t know me well enough , it's true that I don't know you in "real life", but over these many years at RTH, I have come to accept you as just a very nice guy- a TRUE Southern Gentleman. AND, you have always been one to share your secrets and skills. So, another man might take advantage of the knappers, whereas; you would rather see them succeed on their own. I really respect you. Always liked process. Got slammed with it for 13 years out of engineering school. Sharing, well that comes back often many fold. You could say it is greed...because there is payback in sharing. And I am lit up like a torch, thank you for those words Tela. |
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