Playing with even more copper

Nickie Jordan · Post by **Nickie Jordan** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:44 am

Ron -
You are a fabulous fabricator and artist. Not only that, from the minute I posted my first question here, you were right on it with technical information (and web site addresses).
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all. Hope you keep on posting your photos & info. - Nickie

Pat Loboda · Post by **Pat Loboda** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:45 am

Hi Ron-

Wow!

I'd come to Ohio, too, to learn how to make one of your fabulous art boxes.

Pat L.

Zane · Post by **Zane** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:57 am

Fantastic piece!!
A pleasure to look at.

Zane

jolly · Post by **jolly** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:30 pm

Ron, I love your work! It is some of the best use of copper I've seen. Love the black border around the copper! Keep it up, Jolly

Ron Coleman · Post by **Ron Coleman** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:18 pm

jolly wrote:Ron, I love your work! It is some of the best use of copper I've seen. Love the black border around the copper! Keep it up, Jolly

Thanks Jolly. Someone mentioned copper and black glass a few weeks ago, was it Brock? Anyway I thought I'd give it a try. It works for sure.

Now I have a story to tell you. Every time I see your location address, Port Townsend, WA, I get a big grin

About 35 years ago, when I was stationed in Viet Nam, I used to read your local newspaper, The Port Townsend News I think, every week. In fact several of us read it each week. The interesting thing was we didn't know anyone from Port Townsend, but we got the paper each week and read it from front to back several times.

Just from reading the stories you got a mental picture of what was going back in the world even if you didn't know all the players. It was a real life soap opera.

For a long time I didn't even know where Port Townsend was because we didn't have a map. When I found out where Port Townsend really was it was all the more amazing to me. You'll never know how much your community was a part of our daily lives.

Ron

Dani · Post by **Dani** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:13 am

What a great story, Ron. It rang a chime with me for a couple of reasons. When I was a kid, I lived for a very short time near Aberdeen and Gray's Harbor, WA.... and because I've had a short subscription to assorted rural papers in the recent few years in areas we considered as a home. Reading local news for a few months is a great way to get to know a place! My next subscription is going to be for the New Ulm, MN news. Anyone can feel free to add between-the-lines information!

lindapos · Post by **lindapos** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:42 am

I am a newbie to glass, but your work is wonderful! Can you explain how you made this with the copper? I also from Florida and would like to know if you ever come to south Florida area to teach?

LindaPos

Ron Coleman · Post by **Ron Coleman** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:54 am

lindapos wrote:I am a newbie to glass, but your work is wonderful! Can you explain how you made this with the copper? I also from Florida and would like to know if you ever come to south Florida area to teach?

LindaPos

The process of fusing with copper has been explained several times on the board, but the basic principle is to fuse a layer of thin copper foil between lalyer of glass.

In this piece, the copper foil was .001 inches thick and cut to leave a border of about 3/8 inch all the way around. The actual process of fuaing is simple but the end results change with each piece. Different firing rates and different types of glass will give different colors to the copper. I favor the rich reds and red purples with a little bare copper showing. The more the copper is exposed to heat and air the more the colors will change.

The box building process is explained on the first page of this thread.
Ron

Phil Hoppes · Post by **Phil Hoppes** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:17 am

Ron,

Your work is absolutly outstanding!!!!!!!! I'm speechless.

Ron Coleman · Post by **Ron Coleman** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:26 am

Phil Hoppes wrote:Ron,

Your work is absolutly outstanding!!!!!!!! I'm speechless.

I like your new big box better. Wanna trade?

Ron

Phil Hoppes · Post by **Phil Hoppes** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:32 am

Hmmm.....Well, I can't aford the time and energy and $$ to build another one so let's put it this way, you are welcome to fire all you want....here in Overgaard. I'll save some space for you in the upper right quadrant ok?

Ron Coleman · Post by **Ron Coleman** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:54 am

That should be enough room. I can see it now, a fused box made from a full sheet of BE.

Thinking big

Ron

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:48 pm

Looks great Ron
The brass insert looks similar to your last posted box pictures

how did you attach the brass insert again?

Liam

Ron Coleman · Post by **Ron Coleman** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:51 pm

Liam wrote:Looks great Ron
The brass insert looks similar to your last posted box pictures

how did you attach the brass insert again?

Liam

I just glue them in with E6000 or silicon.

Ron

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