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[quote="Jim Wolverton]? But what do you do with all that spaghetti when you're done? I now have my own vitrigraph setup working and here is a piece I did this week. It's 10 3/4" across and 2 1/2" high slumped into BE's "Classic" mold. Spectrum glass. Jim[/quote] Hey Jim - Gr...

It might be fun/illuminative if we are to donate the pieces to the WGW auction to develop a suggested template for a story board and have each participant create a story board on foam core with photos and an explanation... post them around the wall of the room to add interest to the pieces. Story bo...

The alter-style is a fun idea. It will be very interesting to see what people come up with. I'd also like to see a venue for Bob's idea sometime; How about instead of work in someone else's style (which is a great challenge)... how about deciding on a passage of prose/poetry/lyrics ... and each pers...

I found a great S/S colander but it has a base on it that would need to come off. Any ideas? When I've used a 'new' (to me) wok with handles as a mold, the first time I use it, the handles don't fall off at heat-to-kiln-coat temp (500 dF), but they do at slump temp (1250 - 1300 dF)... I just use it...

Val Eibner wrote:I finally made the mighty choice for my new kiln and it is a clamshell. I feel like an expecting Mom. l

Congrats, mom-to-be... It may not be as long as a normal gestation, but I'm sure you will be more than anxiously awaiting your new arrival!

1. overlap the strips slightly 2. bevel the edges of the strips so they fit one under the other 3. add a bunch of clear frit over the seams And dam (not damn, not yet, anyway) the whole lot and go hotter and longer for a bit. Or bash the left over strips into pieces or frit and then pile over other...

Brad- how about "Show and Tell" at WG3? I volunteer to moderate. 3 minutes max. per participant? We'll need a microphone, a laser pointer, a timer, and lots of beer. This will NOT be a critique session. (How about offering that as a sign-up? And I'm definitely not volunteering for that! T...

At Patty Gray's class at Studio B, she had some 'Lava cloth' samples that Centre de Verre sent her to demo. She had them cut up in little squares so everyone could fire a little piece on them to take home so they could remember the effect of the texture... When the pieces are little, they curl. And ...

I agree. I think this thread (for those stalwart enough to have followed it through time) will bring results. I'll post something one of these days :shock: for critique. There are probably lots of us hobbyists that off and on spend more time on the board than we do in the studio (shame! :cry: ). I h...

You're right! Wait . . . that can't be right! This kind of event, especially jurying, is topical and situational. Dofferent juries, different results. Brock And that's where intent comes in and is necessary to know. Is this bowl (the theoretical bowl in question) slated for a jury for a high end ga...

Best kiln wash removal method I've ever seen, but don't care to repeat. My shelf was propped up against the garage wall while I got my scraper and was replacing the blade. Kilroy, the neigbors dog who is allowed to roam (nice guy, no trouble, but he's gonna get killed one-a-these-days), needed to l...

The only artists who are going to survive this flood will need to be exceptionally good. Hi Kelly - I don't agree with that. That's like saying that just because you can buy all kinds of cheap metal work at import stores, the metal workers won't survive... I know lots of successful art metal types....

As long as both sides are roughed up, lots of adhesives should do the trick.

The blacks and whites and grays should look good on the background you describe! Post a picture for us when you have it done.

Mounting/framing/displaying is a great untapped playground.



Linda

If anyone reading this has just looked at the phote Jackie posted and not gone to the website, stop whetever you are doing now and go look at http://www.clearwaterglass.com/ :shock: Wow. Nearly Speechless... (and you know how unusual that is for me). Talk about actually acheiving the mix of techniqu...

This doesn't require any of Jackie's day spa hydraulic equipment, one hopes. Brock I dunno. A spa situation might assist the whole process.... Oh I know I should be all serious and pithy if I am writing in this thread but the "pubic" critique process sent me into gales of laughter! Probab...

... I got carried away suspecting that there are many others lurking, like I usually do, that have a similar need. They may not have the courage to post a piece for criticism but can surely learn from other critiques. I'm old enough to be unthreatened by anything anyone can say to me or about me. S...

And that's the whole point. To be able to critique the beginner stuff at a way to go! level and the intermediate stuff at at a good job, why don't you try blah blah level and the advanced stuff at either a you can do better or oh wow, and what if you tried this ...level... Or an advanced discussion ...

Good design has it's feet firmly planted in some solid concepts that should be employed in any visual work...but then there is that next step, and I think that what applies to decorative or functional work doesn't necessarily cross the board to art work...but there is this funny place where one loo...

Yeah. What Cynthia said. (Wow.) As an aside, But why is glass more difficult to critique for you than painting? People paint landscapes and abstracts and watercolors and acrylics... soft, harsh, realistic, modern... My brother-in-law collects god-awful 'iky' violent brash large paintings that I find...

Those are about as cool as it gets! Very molten, very suggestive of both far off suns and hot places and our own planet core. The colors and the swirls are very evocotive. And of course, nice glass, nicely edged and nicely 'framed'. A total presentation.

Linda