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One of my most recent...
4"w x 2"h x 3"d
Ellen
4"w x 2"h x 3"d
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Ellen, Wonderful. I was at an upscale glass retail store and saw a Daum small(about 4") cast bowl that I drooled over and I think your piece is every bit as beautiful and well cast as that piece. Show us more when you can. Ann Demko
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Nice work. How much cold working was necessary to get it to that state?
Is is difficult to keep the different colors from bleeding in to the wrong spaces?
I plan to soon get back in to the casting thing.
Nice work. How much cold working was necessary to get it to that state?
Is is difficult to keep the different colors from bleeding in to the wrong spaces?
I plan to soon get back in to the casting thing.
Bert
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We cast this piece upside down in a one piece mold. It cast really well so it didn't take a lot of finish work topside. I think I went over it pretty thoroughly with the fine craytex bullets after using a small fine diamond bit to remove any rough spots. Then used the composite upright wet wheel to buff as much of it as I could get it to touch. The bottom however, took more work. I had about 1/2" of 'funnel' to grind off and then reshape and round the bottom so that only a spot as big as a quarter actually touches the table. I used a small flat lap with a 70 diamond pad and then the upright fine diamond wheel before going over it with my off-hand diamond bit and then the craytex bullets and finally the wet composite upright.
It can be difficult to keep the colors in place. Not so much on one of these, but the bowls because there are more dynamics at play. The main problem with these is volume of color in the right spot and it has to be piled up vertically in the shape of the thing it is filling. Not enough volume and the color is only on the surface with whatever is behind it filling it up.
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It can be difficult to keep the colors in place. Not so much on one of these, but the bowls because there are more dynamics at play. The main problem with these is volume of color in the right spot and it has to be piled up vertically in the shape of the thing it is filling. Not enough volume and the color is only on the surface with whatever is behind it filling it up.
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WOW!! Truly wonderful work!! WOW!!
I can see someone actually parting with $$money$$ to buy this (if you ever dare to sell it). Some of the pieces of PDV I've seen locally (in SF) are more like "gets an 'A' for effort, but an 'F-' for quality".
This piece gets 'A's all around.
Love the way you've managed to keep the green of the lizard not "leaking" into the stone/egg, and the mixing of the "green-->blue" transition for the flowers are FANTASTIC!!
Please do post details of this piece if you feel like it - I for sure could use a few pointers (lots actually), and I'm sure others might find it informative as well.
Congrats on the piece - hope you opened a good botle of wine tyo celebrate this piece!
Krishnan
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If I could I would, but I can't so I won't.
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If I could I would, but I can't so I won't.
Still I love to cast glass ....
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Barb, You might want to check out Ed's House Of Gems out on Sandy andPDXBarbara (Bader) wrote:Thanks... I'll be adding jewelers supply joints to my hunt&gather rounds...ellen abbott wrote: Prowl around your local jewelers supply, you might find all manner of useful things.
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Handley's rock shop in Vancouver Wa.
I think that they both carry craytex. stuff.
Jim
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