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Glass Class 101:Making Lampwork Glass Beads

Posted in Glass Class 101, flamework, general, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »

Soooo, how do you DO that???
This is the question I’m most frequently asked when i mention i make glass beads (after of course, we get past that initial stage of incomprehension where i explain that yes, a person can make their own glass beads if they so choose, and no, it’s not really like glassblowing). 
SO! in honour [...]

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Glass Class 101: Annealing & Glass Beads

Posted in Glass Class 101, flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , , on January 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »

 
(Picture of my beads in the kiln just after the annealing process)
ANNEAL: Definition: The process of slowly cooling a completed glass object in a kiln or annealing oven. This is an integral part of glassmaking because if a hot glass object is allowed to cool too quickly, it will be highly strained by the time it [...]

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Students, take your seats, please…

Posted in Glass Class 101, tagged , , , on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »

 
Glass Class 101 is back in session! 
After much research, the next class in the series will be posted this weekend.
(isn’t this pic fantastic? it’s from a photographer named Whitand on Flickr.  Click on the desks to go to their photostream…)

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Next session of Glass Class 101 delayed…

Posted in Glass Class 101, tagged , , , on December 9, 2007 | No Comments »

 
… for at least another week.  Looks like I’ll need more time to research as the planned subject is much more complex and controversial than I originally thought.
Update 12/15:  I think it’s probably safe to say that the Glass Class 101 sessions will be on hiatus until the new year.  I’m off to enjoy the best of the holiday [...]

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Glass Class 101: Bead Poop

Posted in Glass Class 101, flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »

 
 Photo:  Mass market, lampwork beads -  lightly dry-reamed
BEAD POOP: Definition: (1) the crumbly, dirty remnants of bead release left in a lampwork bead’s hole once it has cooled and the mandrel removed; (2) the powdery crap you’ve learned to clean out of mass market lampwork beads so it doesn’t leave a mess all over your design; [...]

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Students, take your seats, please…

Posted in Glass Class 101, flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »

The first installment of GlassClass 101 starts this saturday!

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