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by Kitty
Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:42 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: How would you handle this Gallery/Artist situation?
Replies: 6
Views: 7928

would it enhance the value of the pieces for them to be in this exhibition? if so, the gallery would probably go along with your request to borrow them back for the show. lots of good artwork has a resume of where it has been shown, or who owned it.
by Kitty
Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:50 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: CBS dichro transparency
Replies: 4
Views: 6024

yellow/violet is one, and also emerald green, fired coated side down. i used to use the violet for the same reason you like it, but i dont do it anymore ... i just use thin clear, no dichro. still creates depth, and much less expensive. emerald green is very transparent, but it is green green green,...
by Kitty
Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:03 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fused glass jewelry questions
Replies: 9
Views: 9704

an infinity controller is not like a digital controller. the digital controller holds a "recipe" for the firing schedule. i've been thinking of getting my Cress retrofitted with a digital controller so i dont have to have timers going off to remind me to check the batch and turn off the ki...
by Kitty
Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:52 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: question about silver polishing/yumbling
Replies: 10
Views: 10378

i'm one of those people using a tumble vibe (TV5), for cleaning off compound after polishing, not for achieving the initial shine. i use a foredom with felt buff and white compound to polish nichrome wire i've fused into dangle earrings. i put the earrings in the TV5 to clean gunk off. my tumbler is...
by Kitty
Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:03 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fused glass jewelry questions
Replies: 9
Views: 9704

i dont know anything about bead-making, or the kilns for it. i've seen some for sale that are bead annealers ... look elsewhere for that info. i'm primarily in the jewelry production business. i produce a lot, and sell to stores, galleries, and museum shops. my primary work horse is a Cress kiln wit...
by Kitty
Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:14 pm
Forum: Kiln Casting
Topic: Glass tile re productions need a caster
Replies: 2
Views: 4890

ernest, check this out:

http://www.chicagoartglass.com/products.htm

these people are already in the architectural tile business, and they mention that they have made FLW prairie style tiles. maybe they can do a run for you.

kitty
by Kitty
Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:07 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Wholesalers
Replies: 9
Views: 12709

i ship everything Priority Mail. the postal service gives me (free) all my boxes, my tape, and the shipping labels. so, that alone is worth some considerable money. their boxes come in many sizes, and i have most of them stocked in my studio. i buy a ream of tissue paper about twice a year. everythi...
by Kitty
Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:40 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Cutter's Mate
Replies: 8
Views: 9132

jim, i took a lot of stress off my back by getting a footrest. amazing how much difference it makes. Office Max and Office Depot, those kinds of places, sell a variety of these things, from really inexpensive to big bucks for stained wood, etc. doesnt help with the carpal tunnel bit, but sure takes ...
by Kitty
Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:26 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Architectural hardware class?
Replies: 10
Views: 8648

you might make a friend at a gallery or museum -- those people who install shows know all kinds of tricks. there are a lot of vendors of this stuff, many discussed here in the past (see archives), but also google Museum Mounts , which is a business name, plus Outwater Plastics , and Light Impression...
by Kitty
Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:21 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Kauai,Hawaii
Replies: 1
Views: 2932

aloha from Kona, Big Island.
the other two i know of are on Maui and O'ahu.

Poipu means "pounding rocks," or "thundering rocks." we've been having strong surf running, so you'll find out about the meaning of the word while you're there.
by Kitty
Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:14 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Nichrome Wire Turned Black
Replies: 8
Views: 10134

i'll have to see how the pricing is on a big spool of 22 gauge fine silver wire. i'm aware that it supposedly comes out of the kiln looking good ... i have never fired any to do a test. one thing that has kept me from doing this is the amount of wire that i snip off ... it seems wasteful, unless i w...
by Kitty
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:44 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Nichrome Wire Turned Black
Replies: 8
Views: 10134

eh! Rodney ,,,,,,,,, you talkin' ta me?

nichrome wire can be fused into earrings, formed into tiny loop, with excess clipped off.
by Kitty
Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:02 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Nichrome Wire Turned Black
Replies: 8
Views: 10134

u gotta buff it. mine doesnt turn black, but it comes out dull gunmetal gray. i buff it with felt buff on a Foredom flexishaft, with some Diamond Brite buffing compound from Rio Grande. the Diamond Brite leaves some gunk residue, just a very small amount, which can be cleaned off with a little soap ...
by Kitty
Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:39 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: What's selling? Survey Says!
Replies: 52
Views: 52774

one last comment from me on competition from imported jewelry, or for the matter, competition from hugely underpriced goods that may even be locally made: one of my slow-performing stores positioned a small display of dichroic earrings on the counter near my display rack. the competitor's earrings w...
by Kitty
Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:39 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: What's selling? Survey Says!
Replies: 52
Views: 52774

i dont have trouble selling -- i've got an established business with about 40 stores carrying my line in hawaii, and a half dozen museums on the mainland. but i think it's hard for newcomers to break into the market here. it is indeed true that "made in hawaii" is a definite selling point,...
by Kitty
Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:22 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: What's selling? Survey Says!
Replies: 52
Views: 52774

i'm reading this thread rather late ... been away from home for awhile. i noticed someone mentioned the competition coming from glass made in china and mexico. about a year or so ago, a fair amount of this imported dichroic jewelry started showing up, retailing at pretty low prices, which was annoyi...
by Kitty
Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:25 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: New addition to the menagerie
Replies: 25
Views: 35247

even without knowing anything about the "how it was done" part, looking at this one is great. i like the surface treatments, both on the cream and the greenish/marble part in the midsection. i love free-form, painterly stuff ... the less defined, the better. nice contrast slapping that pre...
by Kitty
Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:20 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Information on Jewels production?
Replies: 1
Views: 3143

do you mean glass jewels that will be faceted, like diamonds, for instance? or do you mean fused glass pieces that are smooth, and will be incorporated into jewelry? if you mean standard fused glass jewelry production, that's what i do. i'd be happy to share methods with you, Hugo, if you ask me spe...
by Kitty
Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:09 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: insurance blahs...
Replies: 5
Views: 6793

Used to be in 10,000 ft. above the produce market, 6th & Central. that was the first wave, 1979. we paid a penny a foot then. how times (and prices) have changed, eh?
by Kitty
Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:42 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Menorah sharing time
Replies: 8
Views: 10660

i really like that raked one.