Newbie photo debut - cabs & pendants

Susan Moore · Post by **Susan Moore** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:54 pm

I invite your comments, critiques, questions.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/101 ... 6558QVZuSI

Susan

dee · Post by **dee** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:36 pm

Susan Moore wrote:I invite your comments, critiques, questions.

http://community.webshots.com/scripts/e ... ity=QVZuSI

Susan

susan, that link doesn't work - since i don't use these web photo places i don't know the solution either ;P
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Kitty · Post by **Kitty** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:48 pm

you have to adjust it for public viewing.
it says i'm not the owner of the album.

SherNE · Post by **SherNE** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 7:07 pm

try this:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/101 ... 6558QVZuSI

Check this address against the one you posted. It might help to find the right address if you go in through the door your viewers use, like the album name, then go to the picture you want, copy that url.

Fun with frit cabs, nice. I especially like the pink and amber sets.

Sher

dee · Post by **dee** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 7:22 pm

Susan Moore wrote:I invite your comments, critiques, questions.

http://community.webshots.com/scripts/e ... ity=QVZuSI

Susan

hi susan, interesting look with the opaque colors, circles are quite uniform. only problem is the photos are mostly out of focus ;P glass is good at confusing cameras with autofocus

Susan Moore · Post by **Susan Moore** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 10:18 pm

I did an edit to initial post to include the proper address, thx Sher.

Dee, yes I do have problems with my auto-focus. I don't think I can override the auto-focus feature on my camera. It's probably better to incude only one item per photo.

Susan

Lynn Bishop · Post by **Lynn Bishop** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 6:18 pm

I'm impressed with how perfectly round you got your cabs. How did you do that? Lynn

Susan Moore · Post by **Susan Moore** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:38 am

Lynn,

When I use frit I pile it up in a roundish shape and fire it to full fuse or beyond; shape it by cutting or grinding; fire again; repeat if necessary; final grinding and fire polish. When using layers of glass I cut squares, nip the corners off (sometimes), fire to full fuse and it turns out oval or rounded - grind the final shape (I do like grinding) and fire polish.

Susan

mpg · Post by **mpg** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:24 am

Hi Susan,

Beautiful cabs -- I like the color choices! Can I ask how do you achieve the swirly patterns (such as in the left piece in the pink, mauve & black combo)? Are these made by piling frit and firing for a long time? I'm just starting out, too

Thanks!
Michelle

Susan Moore · Post by **Susan Moore** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:00 pm

Michelle - I obtained the swirl-a-licious pattern by firing at higher temp - set my little Evenheat hotbox to high and let it go to around 1700 and hold until it looks done. I chop 'em up & fire again, repeat until I decide it's done - sometimes add more frit as well.

Susan

suzmary · Post by **suzmary** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:32 am

Susan, your cabs are wonderful. I am just starting out, too, and have been making some cabs by experimentation with gold, silver & copper leaf. It gives a nice effect, very unpredictable, which I love. I wanted to post pictures here (I hope these talented folks don't mind another newbie looking for their critique, but everyone here is so nice). I understand I have to use a service like Webshots, since my photos aren't linked to a page. Is it difficult to set up? By the way, I like the amber ones. Did you use clear dichro upside down? Every time I try a cab with dichro, it comes out looking like some bad 70's piece my grandmother used to make me wear from the flea market. I can't seem to get the technique right. I'll keep firing up the quikfire marshmellow until Santa sees fit to deliver me a bigger kiln. Great work, Susan. Keep it up, you're inspiring me to keep going.

By the way, are those sterling bails, and how did you adhere them? I think I need some of that E6000.

Susan Moore · Post by **Susan Moore** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 2:52 pm

Thx Suzmary,

I would like to see some of your cabs with the copper leaf etc, I have never tried it. Webshots is really easy to set up.

The amber is clear fibroid dichro sandwiched between BE amber. I like to try and subdue the flashiness of the dichro sometimes. The bails are just base metal but I have also used sterling on other pendants. The base metal bails are made by Aanraku, you can find a retailer on their website http://www.bayareastainedglass.com/aanrakuHardware.htm

Keep experimenting! One of things that I find so appealing about working with glass is that the possibilities are endless.

Susan

suzmary · Post by **suzmary** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:59 pm

Hello, again. I have been trying all day to set up Webshots. I really thought I was a reasonably intelligent adult, but I just can't seem to get this thing figured out. Anyway, I'll have my hubby the computer guru set it up when he gets home, and I'll post the pics later. Thanks for the other info., too. I have actually been bidding on some silver cabs on ebay that are not the best, listed as "irregular", but they have great sterling bales attached. I also found some great ones, as well as other silver findings, on jewelweaver.com (sp.?). Their prices are great, and they give a pretty good discount with no minimum orders. Wonderful for me, who is always "finding" funds for my glass work. Anyway, I hope to have pics later today.

molly · Post by **molly** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:54 am

suzmary: I personally use deadzoom, and if you only use them a little, it's free. Otherwise, it is just $5.00 each month. I use them for all my photo usage, and they are really great, IMHO. Here is their addy:

http://www.deadzoom.com

Good Luck! Can't wait to see those pics....

suzmary · Post by **suzmary** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:16 pm

Ok, I think I've finally got it. I opened a page with MSN Users Group. I hope it works. I don't understand, I can amortize a mortgage, decipher my 7th grader's math homework, but I can't figure these photo web pages out $@@#$$%##%%^!!!

These pics are three really good black ones, in which the leafs reacted differently on all three, three black ones where the leaf almost disappears, and two awesome brown ones (IMHO) where the copper had a super effect. Copper leaf seems to do that, as you can see in smaller versions in the black ones, also. Please let me know what you think. I used be black & clear, and attached or adhered the leaf with, of all thinks, a little jar of Transparent Glass Paint in Yellow by Delta. This is the Air Dry PermEnamel paint they make. I had it around, it was closer at hand than the glue, and held the foil in place while I mashed it on with a regular cheapie paint brush.

Anyway, here is the link, I hope.

http://www.msnusers.com/suzmaryglass

suzmary · Post by **suzmary** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:21 pm

IT WORKED!!!!!!! I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT!!! I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO CREATE AN ALBUM, BUT IF YOU OPEN EACH PICTURE, AT LEAST THEY ARE THERE!

AND TO THINK, I ACTUALLY SPENT THREE HOURS LAST NIGHT WORKING MY WAY THROUGH THE DREAMWEAVER MX TUTORIALS TO LEARN HOW TO CREATE WEB SITES. AND I CAN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CREATE A SITE, PROBABLY MUCH EASIER THAN I CAN WITH THESE FREE PHOTO UPLOAD PROGRAMS! I FEEL LIKE A BOOB!

ALL WAS NOT FOR NAUGHT, HOWEVER. IF I LEARN MUCH MORE, MY HUSBAND CAN PUT ME TO WORK WITH HIM ON THE SITES HE DESIGNS FREELANCE, AND I CAN GET PAID!!! YEAH!!!

HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU ALL!

Judd · Post by **Judd** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:11 pm

It worked for me. Cool stuff. It looked as if Black1 had the best effects of glass and copper, and the brown were as cool as you stated. Is the surface a gloss or matte finish, and will you wire-wrap them?

Judd

suzmary · Post by **suzmary** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:56 pm

Hey, thanks Judd. I may wire wrap, or just glue a bale. The great black one may become a bolo for my friend who's very much southwest. They are gloss right now, but they need to be fire polished. As soon as I get a few more test runs in, I'll grind, then polish them final. I did some with different colors, and the effects were very different. I'll post some pics of those when I grind them.

Thanks again.

Susan Moore · Post by **Susan Moore** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:27 pm

Suzmary,

Thx for sharing your photos. I couldn't see much in the 2 middle photos but the 1st and last photos show the copper leaf really well - I like the effect.

Susan

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Newbie photo debut - cabs & pendants

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