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- Hand blown Art glass at Wimberley Glassworks, TX
- Glass Making, Glass Blowing, Glass Cutting: "Seneca Glass" 1974 part 1-2 National Park Service
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Fundamental Theories
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Bubbles for Bowls (wider than long)
Bubbles for Bowls (wider than long)
Attributes:
- thin neck
- thick bottom
- round
Bubbles for bowls require you position the bubble so that it leaves a thick bottom to allow for the bowl to be blown up to sufficient size
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Bubbles for Vases (longer than wide)
Bubbles for Vases (longer than wide)
Attributes:
- slightly thinner neck though thicker bottom
- longer than wide (egg shaped)
Bubbles for vases or for pieces that are longer rather than wider tend to need slightly longer shapes.
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Bubbles for Mould Blowing
Bubbles for Mould Blowing
Attributes:
- thick neck
- thin bottom
- cut in
When blowing into moulds that form the final shape a special bubble is required. These have a cut in mark close to the iron where is will be
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Bubbles for Puntied Mould Blowing
Bubbles for Puntied Mould Blowing
Attributes:
- thick & wider neck
- thin bottom
Bubbles for mould blown glass items that require a punty have some of the attribute of the mould blown bubbles but there is no cut in mark
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Introduction to Gathering
Gathering glass is one of the first hurdles a glass maker MUST get over. It can take anything from months to years to learn how to gather proficiently.
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Standard Gathering
To gather glass the glass maker lowers the iron until a reflection of the tip of the iron can be seen on the surface of the glass, then without turning the iron it is gently dipped into the glass until the required depth is achieved.
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Gathering to a point
As before up until just before you come out of the glass, but instead of moving forward as you leave the surface of the glass you pull the iron back towards you gently.
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Post Gathers
Sometimes it is necessary to gather up more than is possible on the iron you are using. This is when we use a ?Post Gather?.
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Things to note and avoid
Gathering too much and going back into the furnace to soon is a common mistake that will render all your efforts ineffective. Gather the post in good time and never too late.
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More on Post Gathers
Sometimes it is necessary to gather extremely thin Post Gathers. This is achieved by increasing the ratio of turns to the speed of exiting the glass surface.
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Gathering more with less effort!
Gathering more with less effort is possible by pushing your iron deeper into the glass without it leaking over onto the untouched iron.
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The Equilibrium of your Iron
There is only so much you can effectively gather on each of your irons without the glass trying to drip off.
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The Marvered Punty
The most common way to make a punty is by using only a marver. It is also the quickest and most versatile punty
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Introduction
Gathering and making punties is the first real chance to actually use your actions to make the glass into a certain shape.
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Wide Punties for Bowls
Wide and with a lots of glass off the end. These punties are particular ay useful when the pice you are make is fairly wide instead of long.
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The Venetian Punty
The venetian punties are generally slightly longer and have more glass coming off the end of the iron.
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The Cross Punty
The cross punty is very similar to the way in which you make the marvered punty though using a blade of some sort you cut a cross mark deep in to the glass as close to the end of the punty as possible.
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The Post Punty
The post punty is used for solid glass work. It has a naturally formed surface. Long and wide with a blunt point on the end.
Featured Videos
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Glass Blowing: Skye Perry Norton
Skye Perry Norton won 1st place in the Best Glass category at the 2012 Denver High Times Medical Cannabis Cup with his Marble Madness piece. He has a studio in LaPorte, Colorado and he was gracious enough to welcome the R3DBAND cameras to see him in action, and to take a look at some of his recent pieces. Fore more information about Skye, or to see more of his work, check out: www.glassantixx.com Or to buy one of his pieces, visit www.glasspipes.org/skyeperrynorton ————————————- Our website – www.R3dband.com Buy a shirt www.r3dband.com Send us mail – www.r3dband.com Follow @r3dband on Twitter – www.twitter.com Friend us on Facebook – www.facebook.com Like us on Facebook – www.facebook.com Dan’s channel – www.youtube.com Mark’s channel – www.youtube.com Thanks for watching Please leave comments. Don’t forget to thumbs up, and favorite.
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glass blowing anatomy of glass
Mihai Topescu, by the movie directed by Bogdan-Cristian Dragan, offers access to the laboratory of a noble art of fire: glass. As observers, we follow a process, as live as possible, even incandenscent, which is the difference from “cold” Anatomy Lesson… painted by Rembrandt. Mihai Topescu is a complex artist, dedicated from his very beginnings as a glass artist, yet always adding, this material and its “vocabulary”, other materials and techniques, thus installing harmonious and fertile dialogues of the modalities of expression.
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Glass Blowing – Behind the Scenes with John Pomp
John Pomp Studios: www.johnpomp.com Ron Risman www.cinematicstories.com Gregor Halenda www.gregorhalenda.com This film was created for a John Pomp Studios in Philadelphia. The focus of the film was to highlight John’s process for creating blown glass lighting. Glass blowing is a beautiful art form and we wanted to compliment his work with a film that was just as organic. Instead of a music soundtrack we chose to create a rhythm with the sounds of tools, torches, and other objects used in the creation of blown glass. The film was produced by Gregor Halenda, Gregor Halenda Photography, and Ron Risman, Cinematic Stories and Cameratown.com. Gregor Halenda is a commercial photographer and videographer. Ron Risman is a photographer, Cinematographer, and Editor.
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Venetian Glass Blowing Demonstration
During Grand European Tours 13-day Unforgettable Italy tour we watched a great demonstration on how they make their famous hand blown glass on the island of Murano.
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TY Expo 2012 Glass Blowing
We get a front row view of the first ever Flame Off Glass Blowing Competition at the Treating Yourself Expo in Toronto,Canada.
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glass blowing class
Flower taking a glass blowing class
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Life in America: Glass Blowing
WHAT?! Mhm, glass blowing at it’s finest. Went and made “tumbler” glasses today, which are just regular drinking glasses pretty much. Experience was freaken awesome and the glass was really cool to work with. I first covered my glass blob in white glass chips and then in green to create a nice translucent looking piece of kitchenware. Chris used black and yellow, and we’re not sure how either turned out but we will on Tuesday, when we’ll pick the cups up. I’ll post the results in the video I make then!
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Liquid Glass Blowing Teaser
This is a Teaser of a project JBP is working on. Let us know what you think! Shot on Canon T3i with 18-55mm & a few shots with the 70-300mm Music by dronæment – Track: A Collection Of Songs About Norway
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Glass Blowing. How to fix a broken glass pipe.
How to fix a broken glass pipe with a standard propane torch. Any questions? Thanks for watching! Please subscribe.
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So You Wanna Blow Glass? – Part 1
My first YouTube how-to for soon to be glass blowers. My Art: www.lunaangelica.com If you like the stylee hat, my friend Tara makes them and you can find them here www.etsy.com
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Scientific Glassblowing super size
Part of a jumbo sized light fitting which was destined for one London’s ultra luxury hotels. One of 27 pieces made during the summer of 2011. Most of them were over 500mm in diameter. Why not visit us at www.glass-solutions.co.uk to see some of other exciting creations.
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