Update!!

Ok I finally got last Sundays pieces from the shop well the last Sunday that went with the Saturday of the previous posting. A few good pieces not bad tried to make some bowls and they are ok nothing special.

I also blew glass this past weekend and learned a few new things this past Saturday that made making bowls easier for me on Sunday to make them. So the whole weekend that is all I made one bowl after another. I also made 2 plates which is a first for me and one is round (shocker) the other one is off a little due to the frit that I placed in the plate did not get hot enough to smooth out and move.

I will get some time here soon to get some new pictures of the my handmade blown glass work.

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I have not been able to get to the glass shop since I was last there and I am going back on Friday. So the pieces that were made on Sunday will finally get picked up and I am just waiting to see how they turned out. I got a few ideas to try but nothing shocking. I plan on trying to make a plate and maybe use some bar stock since I have never done that in a piece.

More of Saturday's Glass

Ok here are some more of Saturday's Glass pieces.

Here is the second MUG that I attempted to make. It is white with black optic mold then spun just a little....well a lot. But this was my second attempt at a hand it came out ok just alittle off stright but you can still use it not that much off.

I learned something about black....There is no real black when it comes to glass it is either a really dark blue or a really dark purple.

Well here is the next peice of glass and the final one of the day. It is a bowl with the oppisite striation deal. It again did not work out well dont know if it was the colors or the maker. Most likely the maker. Then again it is still really nice. I used a yellow one of the guys had at the shop not really sure of the actuall name of the yellow but it is yellow and a firn green. I really like this peice the two colors are really nice. The piece is about 8 to 9 inches around and about 7 or 8 inches high. Well that is all I have for Saturday except fo the MUG that I dont have yet but more to come as soon as I can get over to the shop and pick them up. If not this weekend it will have to be the weekend after that when I back for my second run in the shop this month. I am so glad I get in more this month.

Saturday Shop Time!!

Well at the start of the day it was going awsome for me. The first peice was one I have not made before. A "Mug" I have made glasses but never placed a handle on anything before so this was new to me. BUT due to the lear not being all the way cool from the night before with the big vase in it I was forced to place it in the baby lear. I dont have a picture of this mug yet due to on Saturday night the controls for the cool down were not set and the peice stayed warm all night long. On the other hand all the other stuff from Saturday I picked up Sunday. And here we go.

First there is a bowl that I tried to make out of copper ruby red that turned out nice alittle smaller than I would have like but still a nice little peice. Here is a shot from the side and then one from the top. This one is only about 4 inches high and about 5 to 6 inches around.



Second here is another bowl with something I have never tried again using the optic mold and making the striation of the two colors in oppisite directions. It did not work out that well it is something I am going to have to work on to get them to stay put on the first color. This bowl has the copper ruby red and iris gold in it for the two different colors. The peice is about 6 or 7 inches around and about the same in height. My spin out is getting alittle better but still needs work.

Friday night!!!

Well it started off good. I was stoked all day because I knew that I was going to get into the shop to make some glass. When I got to the shop we had a demo of how to make a vase using bar stock and encomo (spelling) cups. I forgot the camera to take some pictures of how it was going but it turned out very nice and quite large about 24 to 26 inches tall and about 10 inches around at the biggest spot. Then it was time to play I was just going to make a glass with some color in it to get back into the grove of making something. This is how it turned out.
The first on is from the side it is not a big glass but the picture does not do it justice. The outside has a reducing iris gold that does not show up on the picture. I was disappointed in the glass in the point that the optic in the glass did not come out. If you look closely on the far picture you can make out the small striation that the gold what supposed to have that did not make it when it got reduced. No a big deal but not what I was looking for in the glass. IT HOLDS WATER!! That is all that counts when I have not been in the shop for over a month and a half.