Long time No BLOG

Ok here is the quick and sweet version of what all has been going on........


#1 work is hell in a hand basket on a rocket ship

#2 work so much no glass time

#3 last time in the glass shop was good but only one day due to going back to work at night and not being able to leave to get to the shop the next day.

#4 Then went to Florida to help out the bro.

#5 Got glass time there and made so many glass flower I think I could make them in my sleep.

#6 Brother got married ...poor guy :-)

#7 Came back to Cali and went straight back to work

#8 Still at work right now at 4:30 on a Friday when no one else is around.

#9 Next time in the shop will not be till the middle of November

Well here soon I am going to the bar to have a few drinks due to the wife being in San Fran wooohooo...............

Time.... What is time....

Ok here we go.... It has been a little while sense I posted so....


First of all I went to Florida to see the Brother and Parental Units. Then got back to work and it looked like a hurricane came through the office and everything had hit the fan out on the construction grade. Well for two day all I did was file and put out fires out on the grade to get the job somewhat going again due to all the problems that were there was running the other engineer to becoming a crazy loon that ran around pulling out his hair. After helping out and getting everything straigh I left for Montana. It was cool went to Yellowstone and saw some Elk and a Bison (American Buffalo) and the hot springs along with Old Faithfull. Then went to White Sulfur Springs to see the wife's parents relatives. Well lets put it this way, I thought my parents town was small (square mile) White Sulfur Springs is even smaller. :-) It seemed like it had more bars than gas stations and deli's combined. I have some Glass picture from before going to Florida but go to be home to upload them to the blog. Going to Florida again at the end of September for the Brothers Wedding. I will be there for a little over a week and get to blow glass again on the 10 and 11 of September. So that is cool. Well I am not sure who all looks at this thing and reads it from time to time so if you read this leave me a comment or something so I know.

Till then "Gravity is your Friend..."

Optic Mold Pieces....

Here are my new creation here with the new optic mold. I have made these two bowls. This one is mandarin orange, canary yellow, and steel blue.

This bowl is garnet red, mandarin orange, canary yellow, and some kind of light blue. I like these group of colors it turned out well. Just needed more red on the bottom but still turned out great!

Ok this is an iris Orange so they say but it does not turn orange in anyway at all. It seems like it is a great piece due to everyone likes it and wants it for some reason.

More Pictures...

Ok here is a Vase that I made at some point in time not really sure when it was made. It has Silver Blue in the inside and a light purple frit on the outside of the piece.




Ok I bought a new optic mold to use at the shop. Of course I was so excited to get the mold I forgot to even take a picture of the mold. But it is a 12" high 8b I think it is called it looks like the one posted on Gnat's page. If very fun to use....I have been making a lot of pieces with it. As you can see from the following pictures.
Above is a Steam Stick I guess you would call it. It was made from a paper weight to form a a bubble inside the paperweight. I made this so that I could place scented oil inside the piece and put in the house as an air freshener unit.

OK some pictures.....

Ok here is a little catch up here with the pictures....... This is a piece that was made by either me or my brother don't really remember. But it is a really thin piece. It was great that he had a chance to come out to California and see the shop that I get to rent out and hopefully he really liked it.

Ok here is a few more pieces from the same day that I made some glass here at the shop with my brother. Was one of the best times that I have had making glass due to showing my brother I am not a total loser at making glass and I do have a little skill.

Pictures

Ok I got some more pictures just not the time to post them right now. I will get them up as soon as I get some more time.

"Gravity is your friend...."

Sloth

more pictures

Well this I would have to say the biggest thing I have made yet and the heaviest. It is about 8 inches across and about the same in height. I has become a pot of a plant due to the nice size of it. It has a piece of silver blue bar stock and white powder on the out side. This was one of my attempts on the crackle look that ...... well did not come out but still looks good.

More Pictures

Here are some bowls that was done a couple weeks ago and I am just now getting it posted up on the page. The first one is a fushcia bowl it was the first one of the day so nothing fancy. The second one is a piece of red bar with white frit and heating it to the point of floppy and putting it in the optic mold. The last one is a something I am not even sure what the bar stock was but I am sure that olive green was the frit and of course it has a white lip wrap.

Catch up on Post..

Ok here we go this is an apple that I made for the wife's teacher. When she was subbing in the class she knocked off a pottery apple off the desk and broke it so this was the replacement of the one she broke.

Here is a fluted bowl that was made out of a piece of white bar stock and turquoise frit. Using the optic mold to make the lines.

Slacker....

Ok I know that I have been slacking on writing in post. I just need to make some time to get some pictures up on the blog. I got all kinds of stuff to post just no time. Maybe this week or this weekend, I can get the pieces from the last 2 sessions at the shop in here. Till then remember "Gravity is your friend.."