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- Mon Oct 27, 2003 11:45 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Building a Lap Machine
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13127
Hey all; Thanks for the link to the site for home built. I am also interested in building a lap wheel for our studio. What we did in school was use 80 grit to rough grind, then clean everything and use 120. After that we used a separate piece of float glass with each size of abrasive with a litlle d...
- Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:29 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: "Crafter"?!?#@$*&(*#&%!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 42692
- Tue Jun 10, 2003 1:59 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: "Crafter"?!?#@$*&(*#&%!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 42692
good craft pays the rent good art can collect dust till it turns to dust rodney I have to agree with Rodney. I am both a craftsperson (not a crafter pleeease) I make my living pursuing excellence in a line of control draped vases and candle holders. These pay for my mortgage and pay for my studio. ...
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:46 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Am I totally unreasonable?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11627
I have a friend who works in metal. Laser cut images. Raelly cool. He started by making ducks usin river rocks as the body. after a couple of years three exhibitors at the shows we frequent were doing the same thing. his philosophy is to keep pushing himself. His work now is so much better, experssi...
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:33 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Pricing / Product / Marketing Q? What Do You Do/Think?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 733375
Can someone please tell me how you capture someones previous message so you can reply to it ? I think it was Strega who was concerned about criticism. The trick is to enjoy waht you do, every one of us is embarrassed by our beginnings, and it is a small person who tears people apart. Critique, on th...
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:21 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Pricing / Product / Marketing Q? What Do You Do/Think?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 733375
Okay, jumping in with both feet. I have been a kilnworker for 12 years now, doing the craft show circuit. I compete not against other kiln workers but against the blown glass artists and the price varience and percieved value between the two. Several years ago I attended the Pilchuck auction. I saw ...
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:34 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Vote on board format
- Replies: 68
- Views: 65791
Hi there; I'm new to the group, so I have no experience with the old board. I don't have lots of time to search and search, I have a studio to run, and right now, that is harder than ever with the economic climate. I am also not a computer techie. That said, I like this site. I can negotiate it easi...
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:25 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Large bubble on my 20" diameter piece
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15137
Hi Marty; The board is a fibre material, not asbestos, and because I slump my work after my several fusings are completed, It doesn't matter to me if the board is perfectly flat. It ends up curved anyway, so if your piece ends up needing to be flat, it probably isn't a good idea to use it. I too hav...
- Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:07 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Large bubble on my 20" diameter piece
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15137
- Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:16 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Large bubble on my 20" diameter piece
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15137
Hi there We regualrly fuse up to three layers of bullseye without bubbling. We always dam with fibre board, with clear glass we occaisionally use thin fire paper, although we are still on our stock of the old stuff which shrinks when fired and which corroded the finish of irids if fired face down We...