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- Tue Oct 28, 2003 10:17 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: mason stain & carbonates/dioxides question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8079
Copper carb can be awesome! Mix it with a small amount of borax (as a fluxing agent) and distilled H2O. Sandwich between clear sheets and heat to a tack fuse. You will get bubbles, but they can be a nice sparkley design element. I've also mixed straight copper oxide with frit in mold castings. It do...
- Tue Oct 28, 2003 10:03 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: first sand cast project
- Replies: 58
- Views: 64285
- Tue Oct 28, 2003 9:51 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Opening New Studio
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4837
Good luck Christyn with your new retail biz. There are several curves to anticipate as your open to the public business becomes known and as you develop clientelle. 1. Regular posted business hours are a must in the retail trade. Nothing worse than a disgruntled client who has driven several miles t...
- Tue Oct 28, 2003 8:50 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Lables on Bottles
- Replies: 17
- Views: 21460
I do a razor blade or fingernail test on the edge of the label to check what kind of adhsive has been used to affix the label. All the water soaking in the world won't take off the gum adhesives. To get this type of label off, I set my heat gun on low and carefully - moving quickly - warm the label,...
- Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:23 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Any Southern Artists?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12596
Hi ya' Judd......we're one hour north of St Louis on the Miss' river and a few more hours northerly-east from you. But still in the same mid-west geographic neck of the woods. Isn't it nice to have this internet glass community to take the edge off living and working alone as a glassie in the hinter...
- Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:24 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: jewelry for guys
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26093
I've sold various design incarnations of fused bolos since the late 80's. It's mostly the artsy crowd (creative types and their spouses) who buy these. For some reason I still haven't figured out, my cuff links are a hit with laywers. Sixty percent of my links sales have been to the men in the legal...
- Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:21 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Good art quotes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 22709
- Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:29 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: aluminum oxide
- Replies: 25
- Views: 27135
Bert......is it the weight of the large glass expanse/loss of 3-d texturing that you're trying to combat? You may already be starting here, but what about cutting the design pattern out of fiber blanket? Layering it to form the 3-d base, then spraying or sprinkling on the sand mixture on top of the ...
- Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:29 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Artist's Bio / Statement - Critiques Comments
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15434
Kelly...no hard feelings from this quarter. We've had some pretty dogged threads and explosive strong exchanges in the past on WG where people left the forum due to hard feelings. Much of this problem has been about intolerance. I apologize to you for applying the words narrow-minded in this situati...
- Thu Oct 09, 2003 6:16 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Artist's Bio / Statement - Critiques Comments
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15434
But I don't think we should hold back from direct coarse brutal criticism, direct challenges, demands, even cheap shots, to artists. Yes to all the above, db....except the cheap shots. I'm of the nurture through constructive criticisim tribe. Honest - direct critique with tangible techniques/ideas ...
- Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:25 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Artist's Bio / Statement - Critiques Comments
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15434
- Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:45 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Thoughtful work?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 130897
Interesting article: http://www.painterskeys.com/letters.asp?let=031007 I especially like this quote: “It appears likely that low levels of latent inhibition and exceptional flexibility in thought might predispose to mental illness under some conditions and to creative accomplishment under others.â€
- Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:19 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Thoughtful work?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 130897
- Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:10 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Thoughtful work?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 130897
- Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:45 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Hanging out in the studio, instead of communing at WGW
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10342
Thanks.......no float involved in this one. BE all the way......... Here's the techniques Barbara asked about: Center black/dichro piece - three layers total of BE glass - black is clear sandwiched. Fired 3 times. Abrasive etched (or should I say carved) in between firings to take out the dratted bu...
- Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:29 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Preferred magazines for kilnformed glass artists?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 22977
An online resource - paperless mag - is http://www.artglassinfo.com.
Kiln-forming articles are included in each issue.
Kiln-forming articles are included in each issue.
- Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:02 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Thoughtful work?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 130897
Ditto - post it, Brock! would luv to see it............ Mine gets a revamp at least a couple times a year. Another reason for having an artist statement is that many gallery directors expect to see your statement/resume and any other materials you may have showing your career progress. This is a par...
- Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:40 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Cast Piece - Comments and critiques please. :-)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18469
Words of wisdom
Its very frustrating. But then, as Charles Ray once said "Sculpture is hard. Sculpture is f*cking hard"). Hey John.....it looks like you have wrestled with the beast and come full circle. Just as I have. I"m pretty clear about the personal reasons I make stuff and it is mostly about ...
- Wed Oct 01, 2003 6:49 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Thoughtful work?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 130897
- Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:38 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Thoughtful work?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 130897