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by Gale aka artistefem
Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:16 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: wrapping paper
Replies: 8
Views: 14765

Go to your local newpaper printing company for end rolls of paper. This is the unprinted, pristine version of newprint. You can usually pick it up for next to nothing - here we pay $5.00 for end rolls of a 15-20" diameter. In CO, they begged us to take it away -- for free. This unprinted paper ...
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:24 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Puppy Luv
Replies: 9
Views: 12138

Brad found (good we hope) homes for them, which was an easy go. They were all cute - cute pups. I'm such a worry wart that I asked Brad to get names and phone numbers of the adoptive families and I will touch base with each of them before too long, to see how it goes. Jeeez.......I'm such a bleeding...
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:20 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Puppy Luv
Replies: 9
Views: 12138

Aw-w-w-w-w......nice story and very apt. Sighs of utter contentment come forth when holding just about any kind of baby - little or big. The sadness in our new little puppy's life is that I found her and her 5 litter mates wandering alone, shivering and crying in below zero temps, just before dark. ...
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:01 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Puppy Luv
Replies: 9
Views: 12138

Thanks Phil......I am the most post-it-on WGBB photo-challenged person I know - LOL!

By the way - that's one awesome beast of a kiln. Whatever are you going to cook up in that baby?
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:49 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Puppy Luv
Replies: 9
Views: 12138

Puppy Luv

http://www.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=67b ... 485cb3a45d

This one works.

Big Bad Brad is head over heels.......

Her name is P-Too ( Patootsy). She's the newest member of our family @ Sacre' Bleu....! Gallery.
by Gale aka artistefem
Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: cold staining a cast glass sculpture
Replies: 2
Views: 4404

Ferro has a good selection of colors in a low temp - 400 F cure enamel that will not distort the glass surface. I looked for these Organic Bottle Coatings on their website, but it's not listed. They may have changed the name to this: http://www.ferro.com/our+products/glass/products+and+markets/spect...
by Gale aka artistefem
Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:14 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Robert Genn on pricing
Replies: 44
Views: 53818

I don't believe the general public is uninformed or uneducated (about art or anything else). Hmmmmmm - really?? Then why do representatives of the general public continue to ask us if it's plastic? Spotty (or barely an) education IMHO. The first thing anyone learns when being taught elementary sale...
by Gale aka artistefem
Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:26 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Triangular Window
Replies: 20
Views: 21320

Dave.......a friend of mine did this in his house, where he had complete architectural and builder control decision making powers. His house is a huge labor of love that he hand-built stick by stick and stone by stone. He put heat vents (drilled slots) in the wooden framework holding the glass panes...
by Gale aka artistefem
Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:11 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Robert Genn on pricing
Replies: 44
Views: 53818

Mr. Pressfield hits the mark adequetely! There's an enormity to learn and the more knowledge I possess, the more certain I am a novice. It makes no difference what you produce or what you price it at. The price a buyer is willing to pay will be governed by the buyers "perceived" or "b...
by Gale aka artistefem
Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:30 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Robert Genn on pricing
Replies: 44
Views: 53818

Dennis, you've caught several tigers by the tail with your bait - LOL! ........40 minutes versus 10 minutes to create?? Personally, I relish and cherish those 40 min's or the month it takes or the entire year of thought and R&D it takes to make a piece of art that is worth making. The minute I s...
by Gale aka artistefem
Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:33 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: new business forum
Replies: 3
Views: 6072

Marilyn..........this links to Wendy Rosen's BMAC website. This is AC (American Crafts) which is part and parcel of the BMAC ( Buyers Market of American Craft), rather than ACC (American Craft Council). Other arms of Wendy Rosen's business offerings are American Style and Niche magazinesand she is t...
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:36 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: flosing vidriarte flashed glass sandblasted
Replies: 8
Views: 10986

Mike.......Spray A is mostly used on the top surfaces of glass to prevent devit.

Are you laying the sandblasted side of the glass down against the kiln shelf? Or are you firing the sansblasted area facing upward?
by Gale aka artistefem
Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:19 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: How many bottles can be fired at once
Replies: 23
Views: 20635

........and no poo-poo here. I flatten 'em and sell 'em too. Good sellers!

But the occasional second makes for a great river frisbee.
by Gale aka artistefem
Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:06 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: How many bottles can be fired at once
Replies: 23
Views: 20635

"What are all these flattened bottles used for?"


"Long neck frisbees!" she says with a wicked :wink: :wink: :wink:
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:25 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: argh HELP WITH MOLD IDEAS
Replies: 22
Views: 23765

This is the most rigorous application process I have ever heard of for a state art guild application.

Either they've had severe abuses in the past or they are trying to raise the bar. WOW!
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:38 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Unclean! Unclean!
Replies: 23
Views: 23444

Lynne........it's a strong bet that the Spyware company has it's own tracker. But if it does, I'll take it. The difference in how my computer is behaving and running after using the spyware program is like night and day. The key to this software is to frequently check for their updates to stay ahead...
by Gale aka artistefem
Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:14 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Basement Studio
Replies: 17
Views: 19462

Ellen.........if the basement is the only place with enough room to spread out and can be a dedicated space for your glass working, then GO for it! Full spectrum lights, ventilation are musts. One question: On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you rate your sensitivity to your working environment? About 15...
by Gale aka artistefem
Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:41 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Gecko fusible
Replies: 23
Views: 24262

Think about the mindset of a people who have worked under a totalitarian socialist regime for how many years? Where government and enterprise have not been separated. China is presently in the grip of a massive economic and cultural restructuring. There co-exists state run centralized economic devel...
by Gale aka artistefem
Sat Jan 31, 2004 10:47 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: which glue for pendants
Replies: 7
Views: 9277

Locktite - the glass broke (not the glue joint) when I tried to pull the join apart.

I use the non-yellowing UV product with Primer N, which is a quick set catalyst.
by Gale aka artistefem
Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:57 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Unclean! Unclean!
Replies: 23
Views: 23444

http://www.spyware.com

for those of you who are interested.

$29.95 for the software download.