jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jul 31, 2018 10:26:59 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. Thanks Robin. Oh don't worry. I have business with this young fellow. He LOVES the glass and I love his work. He specializes in wide points, they are the test. White glass. It destroyed 3 big bricks. Asked the experts and was told not to use it in high temp brick brews. It is sensitive and require a lower temp. This was a huge relief. See, others share too !! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 31, 2018 10:32:19 GMT -5
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. Thanks Robin. Oh don't worry. I have business with this young fellow. He LOVES the glass and I love his work. He specializes in wide points, they are the test. White glass. It destroyed 3 big bricks. Asked the experts and was told not to use it in high temp brick brews. It is sensitive and require a lower temp. This was a huge relief. See, others share too !! Looking forward to seeing more of this young artist's work with your glass.
Sharing knowledge is a good thing. I wouldn't know anything about anything without other people sharing their knowledge. Sometimes you just have to be careful who you share with.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 31, 2018 16:02:26 GMT -5
Thanks Robin. Oh don't worry. I have business with this young fellow. He LOVES the glass and I love his work. He specializes in wide points, they are the test. White glass. It destroyed 3 big bricks. Asked the experts and was told not to use it in high temp brick brews. It is sensitive and require a lower temp. This was a huge relief. See, others share too !! Looking forward to seeing more of this young artist's work with your glass. Sharing knowledge is a good thing. I wouldn't know anything about anything without other people sharing their knowledge. Sometimes you just have to be careful who you share with. He will make more, hope to work w/him for a long time. Inspiring to make glass for high talent. Where was there glass maker been ? |
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Post by fernwood on Jul 31, 2018 19:11:24 GMT -5
The Harley brick is great. Those were also my school colors in HS.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2018 12:59:57 GMT -5
The Harley brick is great. Those were also my school colors in HS. Getting some Harley requests. Some sports team colors. Lots of camo. But mostly color combos that individuals like. I am working on camo samples. Got many many shades of camo colors I found a few reactive colors finally. Best one for camo is gray base which is really light purple. Purple or grey react with green - this is great. Here is purple and green in a reactive situation, imagine gray and green(s) and amber(s) and brown(s). Then the black would come from the reactive borders and tints of the gray. This is only green and purple, the black is the reaction(elements involves are copper, selenium and sulfur)   |
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Post by fernwood on Aug 1, 2018 15:24:16 GMT -5
Wow. That purple and green. Reminds me of Halloween posters/decorations that glow under black light.
I have been working on one of your "vintage" glass cabs. This one had a huge broken bubble on it. Being the perfectionist I am, have redone it 3 times so far. Considering the solutions all included epoxy, this has been another labor of love. About 6 hours into it so far. Try something, doesn't look good to me, remove epoxy and tart over.
Thinking I finally have the solution for the bubble hole, which I plan on completing tomorrow. This is a great cab with excellent colors and patterns. To me this cab is worth the time to perfect.
To me, some of the first glass cabs you gave to others are now considered vintage James glass cabs. These should bring a higher price, right? LOLOL!
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Post by MsAli on Aug 1, 2018 15:27:59 GMT -5
The green and purple is awesome!
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2018 17:15:01 GMT -5
Wow. That purple and green. Reminds me of Halloween posters/decorations that glow under black light. I have been working on one of your "vintage" glass cabs. This one had a huge broken bubble on it. Being the perfectionist I am, have redone it 3 times so far. Considering the solutions all included epoxy, this has been another labor of love. About 6 hours into it so far. Try something, doesn't look good to me, remove epoxy and tart over. Thinking I finally have the solution for the bubble hole, which I plan on completing tomorrow. This is a great cab with excellent colors and patterns. To me this cab is worth the time to perfect. To me, some of the first glass cabs you gave to others are now considered vintage James glass cabs. These should bring a higher price, right? LOLOL! Bout time I send you some more, that is a lot of focus on a piece of glass. well, when I pass on there should be a fortune in tumbled pendants. I look at the pendants as an education. I paid to go to college and found it a burden. Learning by doing the glass was a riot and a whole lot cheaper. The problem with glass is it is not instant gratification. especially the bricks since it is a 3 day wait till they cool. |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2018 17:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2018 17:26:54 GMT -5
Hammered a little chip off the orange/black pot melt.   |
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Post by fernwood on Aug 1, 2018 17:27:52 GMT -5
Great pattern.
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Post by MsAli on Aug 1, 2018 17:42:35 GMT -5
That's a great color combo
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 20:25:05 GMT -5
That orange and black combo is starting to look like some weird carnelian I'm recalling.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2018 20:42:56 GMT -5
Adam Lageveen, as good as it gets. Challenge to find a defect. 2 inches.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 1, 2018 23:44:49 GMT -5
That is beautiful!
Loving the pattern in the orange/black pot melt. Kind of looks like some really cool mahogany obsidian.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 2, 2018 3:41:55 GMT -5
That is beautiful! Loving the pattern in the orange/black pot melt. Kind of looks like some really cool mahogany obsidian.
I cast 4 bricks last and used some white glass in the mix on each. Every one was brittle and riddled with cracks. Finding limitations with too many colors. Being forced to cut back on some of the multi-color melts. Fine line between too hot for some colors and having to use a high temp for making bricks. No matter what colors goes into a melted plate it comes out totally strong and highest grade knapping material. Because they can be done at lower temps to get complete fusion. Lots of feedback from knappers and tests of my own. But the knapping really tells the real story about quality. It's a good thing this glass only costed 25 cents per pound. I save the end cut of each brick and write notes on it as to it's mechanical quality. Even if only 3 to 5% white glass was mixed in the brick it rendered the entire brick brittle. sensitive Give a respect for obsidian being such a durable glass.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 2, 2018 7:36:57 GMT -5
It's unfortunate that the white glass balls up the whole works for the brick because white is the ultimate contrast to all the bright colors. Curious if clear does the same thing.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 2, 2018 10:19:13 GMT -5
It's unfortunate that the white glass balls up the whole works for the brick because white is the ultimate contrast to all the bright colors. Curious if clear does the same thing. They had no clear go figure. But tons of light clear colors that may do light like grey/green/blue/tan and they are all compatible. Use clear light tan and grey on pendants and you would have thought it was clear. Glass is starting to interfere with my life lol. Actually came at a great time when entering semi retirement giving me something to feed my activity level. I made a Native man's turtle back scraper(same way as removing tumbles)from an agate cobble. It gave the knappers a laugh.   |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 3, 2018 19:26:10 GMT -5
Coarse camo color test. Tomorrow's will have a density increase.  |
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Post by MsAli on Aug 3, 2018 19:31:42 GMT -5
It's unfortunate that the white glass balls up the whole works for the brick because white is the ultimate contrast to all the bright colors. Curious if clear does the same thing. They had no clear go figure. But tons of light clear colors that may do light like grey/green/blue/tan and they are all compatible. Use clear light tan and grey on pendants and you would have thought it was clear. Glass is starting to interfere with my life lol. Actually came at a great time when entering semi retirement giving me something to feed my activity level. I made a Native man's turtle back scraper(same way as removing tumbles)from an agate cobble. It gave the knappers a laugh. Peach, I'd say the glass has already interfered 😂 Great hobby for you Love how committed and dedicated you are to this More than that I think we can all say how happy you are doing this and that's all that matters |
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