freshly annealed glass
July 28th, 2009 — 4:56pm
last night’s blow session resulted in some large twisted cane platters. i also blew another large lamp shade. this one is in dark green with an “aventurine” green outer coating giving it sparkles.
Archive for July 2009
etsy treasury
July 25th, 2009 — 10:26am
a carrot inspired etsy treasury included my blown carrot bud vase
saturday night’s blow
July 19th, 2009 — 4:43pm
Had a great night of glass with Carrie yesterday. Another lamp shade and some various bowl shapes were spun out. The skinny & wide black and white one on the top shelf measured in at over 21″, by far my largest (that survived). It barely fit in the annealer!
etsy treasury
July 19th, 2009 — 1:48pm
I took a stab at creating an Etsy treasury. It seems that the treasury system is one of the few free promotional and traffic driving tools for Etsy. Sort of a viral marketing thing, in that you get “favorited” by users featured in and viewing it, and you then have a better chance at getting in a treasury in the future. I chose my featured items by browsing my “favorite” sellers, looking for blue & green items. I found the rest by using the “search by colors” Etsy interface and easily found an eclectic mix of items in my color scheme.
etsy treasury featuring wolf art glass
July 17th, 2009 — 6:54pm
just killin’ it with the striped bud vase this week!
another cold kiln
July 16th, 2009 — 12:49am
This is a reblog of a post at my 1000 Markets shop.
Here’s this morning’s cold kiln fun. I’ve been trying out new shapes for my spun bowls, incorporating colored cane that my wife (the killer assistant) and I had pulled in previous blow sessions. By snipping down the sides of the bubble with the straight shears, I’m able to spin out shapes that vary from arrowheads to galaxies. So much fun it is!
Seen in the photo here on the bottom layer of the kiln are some large fluted flower bowls. More than one person has asked me when I show them my flower bud vases, “Can you drill a hole in that and put a lightbulb in it?” Yes you can, so last night I blew some prototypes that I will be testing out as lamp pendants. Lighting is another passion of mine that I will be putting much focus on with my glassblowing in the future.
