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Post by jamesp on Mar 2, 2020 11:17:41 GMT -5
That's how millefiori is made knave . The long stretch game. No rest making millefiori. Crushed glass also called 'frit' is often made the same way. They will heat up a like 40mm diameter color rod and stretch it into 1/16-1/8-3/16 inch sticks like 100 feet long and then crush it. Then sort to size it by sifting. Intensely colored glass color rods. Not cheap.  At those kind of prices, it might be cheaper to make glass from scratch.  Red and yellow color rods can be double that cost if gold and silver metals were used for the coloring agent Joshua. It only takes a tiny bit to color a whole 100 gallon tank of clear glass in many cases though. There are glass workers that make their own colors out of raw materials. But they are strong into chemistry. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 2, 2020 11:36:07 GMT -5
I would be honored to have some Randy quality photos of the glass I have collected. Ah, the tumble polished shards from the expensive blown vases would be the ultimate photo project. They were bought at thrift stores but are super fine art vases valuable in their day. Each vase broken and tumbled is kept in a separate container. I'll send you a sample polished shard of each of many. Since the vases were made all over the world it would be an international photo collective. It would make a fine reference album for glass blower's styles too. And you can make prints of our backyard stuff ! I'm not sure we would get much respect out of Milano Italy lol ! Just imagining the great glass blowers from Poland, Italy, Sweden, Czech Republic etc barfing when they see mine and Denise's creations. PM address Randy. P.S. The only camera ever used on the glass was iPad Pro so they have not been photographed well. There is a lot of pattern/color structure going on in hand blown/fused glass on a macro level. Haven't done any macro shots in a while, Jim, it would be MY honor to photograph some of your creations. It's a trip getting down into the details on some of the rocks we tumble, I imagine the glass is a different world, due to the depth and layers in some of those pieces. And the colors! I'm excited. The glass does present some unique photographic challenges and benefits. Much of it can pass light which allows front and back lighting. Like setting the glass pendants on an elevated plate of clear glass lit from the back and the front. Sometimes focus is deceptive because the color bands blend at the color borders with a cloudy transition. This Ruth Goldberg was setup with a low hanging sun:  making a photo like this, details limited by using an iPad instead of a nice DSLR:  |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 2, 2020 12:03:21 GMT -5
Those are great pics. I've already considered lighting possibilities. Also, we'll step into the pieces a little closer. Such as...   |
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Post by knave on Mar 2, 2020 12:04:31 GMT -5
Wow
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Post by jamesp on Mar 2, 2020 16:45:39 GMT -5
Yes, wow. This man has a shutter release built into his finger.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 2, 2020 16:46:31 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 2, 2020 22:04:28 GMT -5
Oooh! Something new to look forward to. Honestly, I think I may have been a magpie in a former life.  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 3, 2020 8:23:19 GMT -5
Oooh! Something new to look forward to. Honestly, I think I may have been a magpie in a former life. Color has a strong pull on some folks apparently Robin. Photographers for one. Crows and magpies included. Perhaps raccoon's too. Agates and the like are colored by Nature. Most impressive. Can't wait for Garage Rocker to work some photo magic on some glass. |
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Post by knave on Mar 3, 2020 16:15:50 GMT -5
I’m definitely a magpie as well.
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