Glass Act

At the urging of my partner and my better sensibilities, I begin blogging about the journey that is glass art. First, I’m shocked no one has this user name. Second, I am sure that being in the public eye will increase my glass art output considerably. In fact, I am possessed to go make a few beads right now.

I’ve been enjoying using inclusions. My best beads that I have done in the past few days have been a dark pastel ivory base bead rolled in v. thin silver leaf. After cooking the silver for a minute, I wind some very thin copper wire round it. After melting and shaping a bit, I encase the bead in Lauscha clear.

This evening, the clear was pretty thick on one side, and I wanted to pull some off. I ended up doing to too slowly so that it made a “tail”. I decided that looked pretty cool, so now I have a paisley-shaped bead. The photos I’ve taken do not do it justice.

I’ve mostly been using Vetrifond glass lately, because I’m in love with the odd lot colors. I’ll note some of the ones I particularly like in a future post. And I’ll photograph my recent beads.

Oh, and I’m a hothead, not a dual torch!