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by Brock
Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:36 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Hmmm ... can this technique be ported to glass?
Replies: 25
Views: 24511

Re: Hmmm ... can this technique be ported to glass?

My mileage DOES vary. This is just another example of slapping another technique onto glass. And, it shows no respect to an ancient tradition to cheaply copy it.
by Brock
Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:34 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Hmmm ... can this technique be ported to glass?
Replies: 25
Views: 24511

Re: Hmmm ... can this technique be ported to glass?

Valerie Adams wrote:I think the biggest challenge would be selling the "understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken."
Yeah! And why do it?
by Brock
Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: cold working by hand
Replies: 9
Views: 19043

Re: cold working by hand

Don't skip the 60 step, you need to flatten the piece before you can polish. I can't really give you a time, but probably longer than you would think. 200 to 800 is a big jump. I would achieve a good 200, then slump, it's a nice finish.
by Brock
Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:13 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Custom kiln design photos
Replies: 12
Views: 12435

Re: Custom kiln design photos

Looks pretty sweet Al, how is it working out?
by Brock
Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:16 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Covington or Denver Lathe?
Replies: 4
Views: 6542

Re: Covington or Denver Lathe?

Congratulations, you will be happy with it. All my students preferred it also.
by Brock
Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:49 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Covington or Denver Lathe?
Replies: 4
Views: 6542

Re: Covington or Denver Lathe?

I've had both, and far prefer the Denver SAG1. More solid, just feels better.
by Brock
Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:48 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: lettering fused into or onto glass
Replies: 47
Views: 52080

Re: lettering fused into or onto glass

Maybe. LOOK!
by Brock
Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:22 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: What am I doing Wrong?
Replies: 15
Views: 20029

Re: What am I doing Wrong?

elenor wrote:OK - I will do that next time but these both broke on the ramp up!!!
Then you have to slow down . . .
by Brock
Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: What am I doing Wrong?
Replies: 15
Views: 20029

Re: What am I doing Wrong?

Waaaay more annealing required . . .
by Brock
Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:04 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: powder fade
Replies: 1
Views: 2418

Re: powder fade

A powder fade is a gradation from light to heavy. It can be accomplished in a few ways, one is to slowly raise your sieve as you apply the powder, another is to apply multiple overlapping coats. Bullseye teaches this and I think it is covered in a Tech Sheet.
by Brock
Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:40 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Solving devit with cold working?
Replies: 5
Views: 6308

Re: Solving devit with cold working?

You can do it, but it's a lot of work. It may be easier to sandblast and fire polish in the mold.
by Brock
Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:04 am
Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
Topic: Chihuly App
Replies: 17
Views: 68244

Re: Chihuly App

Sometimes he's off continent when the work is made.
I guess that's better than being incontinent . . .
by Brock
Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Stainless Steel Mold - Oven?
Replies: 2
Views: 3152

Re: Stainless Steel Mold - Oven?

Congratulations. Yes. No.
by Brock
Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:45 pm
Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
Topic: Chihuly App
Replies: 17
Views: 68244

Re: Chihuly App

Clowns. He already has the hair . . .
by Brock
Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:44 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Protecting irridized surfaces
Replies: 7
Views: 7510

Re: Protecting irridized surfaces

No, overspray won't work. Try a gather of clear, after you've sprayed the stannous.
by Brock
Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:16 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Protecting irridized surfaces
Replies: 7
Views: 7510

Re: Protecting irridized surfaces

I'm not getting this. Protect it from what?
by Brock
Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:18 pm
Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
Topic: The Studio Glass Movement
Replies: 12
Views: 17107

Re: The Studio Glass Movement

Was it that The Studio Glass Movement hero's and heroines all made "fine art" and the Higgin's were more in the "craft" category?

Yes, I think so.
by Brock
Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:47 am
Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
Topic: The Studio Glass Movement
Replies: 12
Views: 17107

Re: The Studio Glass Movement

The Studio Glass Movement in America was a movement of glass blowers, individual small studios, not factories, that sprang up after a workshop, actually two workshops at the Toledo Museum of Art organized by Littleton, Labino and others in 1962. It had nothing to do with any other glass discipline. ...
by Brock
Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:57 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Screen Melts
Replies: 35
Views: 39982

Re: Screen Melts

Irid doesn't stretch. It breaks. It is an extremely thin coating, and significant movement of the substrate will cause the irid coating to break. This is a well known fact, and I have known it for over 25 years. It does not cause anymore incompatibility than was already there. I have been trapping i...
by Brock
Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:16 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Screen Melts
Replies: 35
Views: 39982

Re: Screen Melts

The irid coating on iridescent glass, like most glass paints we use, and all foils, and various other materials we fuse into and onto glass, is not, and never was, compatible. It doesn't break the glass for the same reason the other materials I listed don't break the glass. Volume. A thin layer of a...