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Post by jamesp on Oct 9, 2018 17:12:46 GMT -5
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Post by MsAli on Oct 9, 2018 17:17:30 GMT -5
They are so bright!
Cant wait to see what your knappers do with those
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 9, 2018 17:53:48 GMT -5
Started with these 2 - 13 pound bricks I melted out of about 15 colors of glass a couple days ago. Sawn on a high speed 10 inch tile saw at several different angles for different effects. To be tumbled. 6" X 11" bricks. 
Those two look like small ponds, concealing wonderful, colorful things below.
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Post by saxplayer on Oct 9, 2018 17:55:47 GMT -5
Jim, you seem to be really delving into new possibilities with your glass bricks. Your color combinations are gorgeous and fun to watch!
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Post by surreality on Oct 9, 2018 18:13:27 GMT -5
Started with these 2 - 13 pound bricks I melted out of about 15 colors of glass a couple days ago.  Love love love love love this color group as a total green things junkie. If you're parting with any of these, please let me know where! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 9, 2018 23:13:12 GMT -5
I love these! Especially the ones that look kind of blurry.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 8:53:27 GMT -5
This melt pattern is a pleasure to fast saw on a tile saw. Each cut has it's own personality.
The next rush is when they come out of the tumbler finished because of the way the tumbler feathers the colors and patterns.
The pattern is a signature for a set mold size/bowl size/glass viscosity/pour height/hole size in bowl and several other factors.
It is easy to do and repeat. Color combos and sequences can be changed easily.
It might be a good pattern to stock up on since it is unique.
Will say that luck or good fortune landed the pattern, not planned or designed.
Exact dimensions and method has been shared openly with the glass fusion community if they want to attempt it.
It is probably better suited for jewelry applications due to it's small scale patterns.
Each brick produces a lot of patterned material since the entire brick is patterned from one end to the other with some variability.
Thanks for the kind words. We could all use a bit of color in our life.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 8:59:02 GMT -5
Started with these 2 - 13 pound bricks I melted out of about 15 colors of glass a couple days ago. Love love love love love this color group as a total green things junkie. If you're parting with any of these, please let me know where! I do sell the slabs surreality. I have plenty of that color. You can PM me. No idea where the green came from. That was a 3 color mix of dark purple, orange and yellow.  |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 9:08:10 GMT -5
I love these! Especially the ones that look kind of blurry. Can't figure where the jagged patterns came from Robin. Some type of compression perhaps. |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 9:15:01 GMT -5
Jim, you seem to be really delving into new possibilities with your glass bricks. Your color combinations are gorgeous and fun to watch! On a glass melting free for all saxplayer. Got loads of colored glass plates for little cost. Might as well convert them to 'lapidary' material. The best part is watching other artisans work it into an art object. Not sure why but that is the biggest rush. Yes I do make some $$ selling it but it is their creations that supplies the value of it. |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 9:35:32 GMT -5
Started with these 2 - 13 pound bricks I melted out of about 15 colors of glass a couple days ago. Sawn on a high speed 10 inch tile saw at several different angles for different effects. To be tumbled. 6" X 11" bricks.
Those two look like small ponds, concealing wonderful, colorful things below.
if making just say a 3/8" thick plate an other whole world of patterns exists Jean. It does take more kiln surface area to do melt plates instead of melt bricks. Instead of pouring 13 pounds of glass into an 11" X 6" brick, 2 inches thick, the glass could be poured out onto a 21 diameter inch kiln shelf. A 20 inch stainless ring could be laid down for say a 20 inch diameter plate about 3/8" thick - may have to recalculate volume to have the correct amount of glass in pot to melt. Lots of freaky depth as you mentioned when looking down on the brick. I like the umbilical cord in the center, it tell a great deal about the inside of the brick. I finally figured out what is happening in this pot melt. Single color layers are stacked in the pot flat, with an orifice at bottom. Each color layer is forced thru an orifice by gravity. Basically each layer converts to a balloon. The brick is simply a bunch of balloons one inside the other. That's right. A bunch of rectangular balloons, one inside the other with some blobbed and folded layers in the very center. And to cross the layers it is best to cut the brick up radially inward toward the center like a pie. Cutting with the layers creates a wood grain effect. Lots of 3-dim brain torture in this brick melting. |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 9:47:55 GMT -5
They are so bright! Cant wait to see what your knappers do with those A lot of the knappers are returning to their natural roots and slowed down buying the wild glass. The younger guys are hot on the glass. The older hands are back with the native cherts and flints that Native man used. But there are some Willie's that are addicted to the glass, about 5 of them that continue to work the glass and trade points w/me for glass or buy it out right. And some others that probably want to get on a trade/purchase routine of which I will open w/them. He he, got some glass artists that caught wind of my honey hole and are starting to sell their glass to knappers too. With much more experience w/glass than I. As of yet i am giving them a strong run competitively which floats my boat. My strength is an endless supply of cheap glass. It takes a bunch of expensive glass to do the bricks. And very few of them have mastered brick making as it is tricky to make stable crack free glass bricks. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 10, 2018 9:52:46 GMT -5
I was just looking at all the pictures again and there is a perfect eye in this one! How cool is that?
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Post by victor1941 on Oct 10, 2018 10:09:43 GMT -5
James, the process and development techniques over the last few month's has been inspirational. I am sure that the colors and designs in your glass will definitely find many uses by a number artisans and be lucrative for you.
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Post by MsAli on Oct 10, 2018 10:11:51 GMT -5
I was just looking at all the pictures again and there is a perfect eye in this one! How cool is that?
That is awesome! |
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Post by MsAli on Oct 10, 2018 10:15:22 GMT -5
They are so bright! Cant wait to see what your knappers do with those A lot of the knappers are returning to their natural roots and slowed down buying the wild glass. The younger guys are hot on the glass. The older hands are back with the native cherts and flints that Native man used. But there are some Willie's that are addicted to the glass, about 5 of them that continue to work the glass and trade points w/me for glass or buy it out right. And some others that probably want to get on a trade/purchase routine of which I will open w/them. He he, got some glass artists that caught wind of my honey hole and are starting to sell their glass to knappers too. With much more experience w/glass than I. As of yet i am giving them a strong run competitively which floats my boat. My strength is an endless supply of cheap glass. It takes a bunch of expensive glass to do the bricks. And very few of them have mastered brick making as it is tricky to make stable crack free glass bricks. I really cannot see the glass makers doing it for very long I know Willie loves the glass but can see it dying out |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 13:15:19 GMT -5
I was just looking at all the pictures again and there is a perfect eye in this one! How cool is that? Those 'wood grain' patterns are a result of cross sawing the jagged sinusoidal wiggles in the glass Robin. Those sorta blew my mine and my camera does not reveal well. The saw marks also nullify the depth even though wet. Polish will set these patterns on fire and allow better depth view. Was waiting for someone to comment on the evil eye. Setting up another with more focus on opals to avoid the dark areas that the translucent colors create. Shame I can not incorporate white opal. Going to purchase some Wissmach 90 white opal and get it to cast with the import. |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 13:21:43 GMT -5
A lot of the knappers are returning to their natural roots and slowed down buying the wild glass. The younger guys are hot on the glass. The older hands are back with the native cherts and flints that Native man used. But there are some Willie's that are addicted to the glass, about 5 of them that continue to work the glass and trade points w/me for glass or buy it out right. And some others that probably want to get on a trade/purchase routine of which I will open w/them. He he, got some glass artists that caught wind of my honey hole and are starting to sell their glass to knappers too. With much more experience w/glass than I. As of yet i am giving them a strong run competitively which floats my boat. My strength is an endless supply of cheap glass. It takes a bunch of expensive glass to do the bricks. And very few of them have mastered brick making as it is tricky to make stable crack free glass bricks. I really cannot see the glass makers doing it for very long I know Willie loves the glass but can see it dying out I should be able to find markets for this stuff Alison. I sure do want to trade with the sphere makers. |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2018 13:23:36 GMT -5
James, the process and development techniques over the last few month's has been inspirational. I am sure that the colors and designs in your glass will definitely find many uses by a number artisans and be lucrative for you. Thanks Victor. I have had a blast. I love process and this is true process methodology. It all seems to be falling in place better than I ever imagined. I have worked real hard at this. |
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Post by MsAli on Oct 10, 2018 14:05:58 GMT -5
I really cannot see the glass makers doing it for very long I know Willie loves the glass but can see it dying out I should be able to find markets for this stuff Alison. I sure do want to trade with the sphere makers. I am looking forward to seeing a sphere |
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