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Back-issues: Volume 15 Index |
April/May, 2002 - Vol. 15, No. 6.
- An Interview with Robert Mickelsen Then I met Mike Plane, who turned out to be an experienced lathe worker. He TA'd for me at Corning, and we put together an incalmo graal vessel during that class, so I asked him to come out to Portland in September to participate in assembling the piece. We built 5 pieces on Paul's lathe. Northstar was really good to us... we had the run of the place! They supplied me with all the materials I needed. The very last piece was finished two days before 9/11.
- Honeycomb by Chris Rice - The process of honeycomb is fairly simple and like everything else with glass it can be perfected with a little practice. The first step is to take a point and flare it open on the end. Now fume the inside, be sure to use a heavy fume as it will enhance the effect....
- Photo 1 Flare an opening in your tube
- Photo 2 Fume the inside of the tube, use a heavy fume
- Photo 3 Fumed tube
- Photo 4 Close flare, and blow a thin bubble. The thinner the bubble, the better the effect.
- Photo 5 Lay your dots, alternating your dots on each row.
- Photo 6 Using a bushy neutral flame, melt the dots in.
- Photo 7 Shrink and blow out the bubble to help melt in the dots and to shape your bubble
- Photo 8 Finished honeycomb.
- Photo 9 Finished honeycomb.
- Contemporary Lampworking, third edition The following is a sample from Bandhu Dunham's book 'Contemporary Lampworking, third edition'. As the book has not yet been released, it was not available for review at press time. Mr. Bandhu Dunham sent me this sample from his book. Due to the size, I had to split it into 2 parts. This is the second part, with the first part being covered in Volume 15, Number 5.
- Lampworking Comes Of Age In The USA by Paul Trautman - What all this adds up to is a white hot future for lampworking. And let's face it: how else can you have so much fun with glass in your garage?
- Glassified Ads - April/May, 2002 - Vol. 15 No. 6
- Workshop Calendar
- An Interview with Milon Townsend: MD: Milon, you've been busy with so many projects this past year, it's hard to keep up! Why don't we begin by sharing what you've been up to since the events of 9/11? While you were suffering like the rest of us, you were also catapulted into action........
- Salem Community College student receives national recognition from Glass Art Society: DeMarco has studied scientific glass under the guidance of instructional chair Daryl Smith, and glass art with world-renowned glass artist Paul J. Stankard for several semesters at SCC...
- Contemporary Lampworking, third edition: Cracking is of course the most universal problem of glass, and especially so for beginners in lampwork. The sooner you learn to understand cracking, the less frustration you will experience. Glass insists that we respect its tendency to crack during and after the application of a flame...
- Using Boily Colors In The Flame Glass, like any liquid, can boil. It's a fact that some glass coloring chemicals have a lower boiling point than others. Glass containing these chemicals will tend to boil more easily and at lower temperatures. So it is important to understand the different techniques that can be used to minimize the negative effects of boiling...
- California Glass Exchange 2002 March 22, 23, 24th 2002. This three day conference will include a "glass fashionshow" which we are trying to encourage artists to design and model a creation made with glass.
- Glassified Ads - February/March, 2000 - Vol. 15, No. 5.
- Workshop Calendar
- An Interview with Suellen Fowler The Queen of Color by Marcie Davis. - To get the maximum color and brightness out of restriking those colors, you have to heat them very, very thoroughly, and you’ll see the opacity start to diminish. They will become more translucent or transparent. (When you’ve completely unstruck it, it can become totally transparent.) Then, take your glass out of the flame, and...
- Photo 1 Hobnail Bottle
- Black Web Effect a bit of Flame Chemistry by Helen R. Hosmer. - A whole new host of color and design is evolving from the Black Web effect along with reducing blues and greens into reds and occasional copper reflections in a raku like atmosphere. The beads take on classic shapes as they are...
- Book Review: 'Chihuly’s Pendleton’s and their influence on his work' This stunning, mainly pictorial chronicle of Dale Chihuly’s works and his personal collection of Indian blankets is truly amazing. It gives the reader a completely different observation of Mr. Chihuly, a modest and subtler view of this often-autocratic artist, who, in his own words, produced this volume mainly to increase the awareness of the beauty and variety of Indian trade blankets. And it would appear, to pay homage to their motivation in his artistic life.
- Icicles and Stocking Stuffers by Candice King - Everyone likes icicles and there are a lot of ways to make them. This is a good place for beginning glass people to get started. Version one is to start with a rod of glass and form a large ball on the end of it. Then smash it into a lollipop shape with tongs. Attach another rod opposite of your original rod. This should be the same diameter rod. Now heat the disk as evenly as possible without...
- 2002 International Flameworking Conference set at Salem Community College
- Glassified Ads - December/January, 2000/2001 - Vol. 15, No. 4.
- Workshop Calendar
- Putting Images on the Web: An Overview - So you want to put pictures of your glass art online (on the Web). But you don’t know what’s involved or what your options are. This article may help you, not with a step-by-step how-to for some specific camera or software package, but by familiarizing you with the basic issues and the range of choices you have.
- IN MEMORY OF REX CRAVAT, GLASS FLAMEWORKER - Rex Cravat's life ended on September 11th, 2001.
- An Invitation - This project began on the hotglass email list sponsored by Glass Line. The funds will be donated through the IAFF to benefit the families of the firefighters and EMS personnel who lost their lives in the World Trade Center. There will be more details on the web site as the project develops further. For more information contact Candice King.
- Glassified Ads - October/November, 2000 - Vol. 15 No. 3.
- Workshop Calendar
- Townsend’s Head Demo (Part 2) - In our last issue, we offered a sample from the Advanced Flameworking portion of the book covering a ‘head demo’. This step-by-step approach to the making of a head using flameworking techniques is just a small example of the many methods outlined in Mr. Townsend’s new book.
- Lampworking Torches... Size Really Does Matter! In certain circumstances it is desirable to have an extremely oxidizing or oxygen rich atmosphere. Turbo cobalt, for example may turn a gray color if it is reduced. Exotics will not be as bright. Yes you can cover (clad) a color with clear to insulate it from the flame. However...
- Video Review: A Mesmerizing Video Experience- The Flameworked Glass of Suellen Fowler Reviewers: Frederick Birkhill and Jean Birkhill. We recently had the opportunity to view the newest video in "The Master Flameworking Series," produced and directed by Marcie Davis, entitled, "Flamework: An Intimate Art, featuring Suellen Fowler." The sixty-minute video presents Ms. Fowler demonstrating her techniques of creating color as well as four demonstrations of her innovative use of colored borosilicate glass to sculpt blown and free form objects...
- Video Review: "When Frogs Talk" featuring Nancy Nagel Reviewed by Helen R Hosmer. The video uses close-up camera work with a filtered lens so that every step of color application, blowing, shaping and detailing is revealed. Her procedures are fully explained in a narrative format with Nancy doing the voice over...
- Glass Bytes:
- Glassified Ads - August/September, 2001 - Vol. 15 No. 2
- Larry Brebes Corporate Art - Kellogg’s® wanted this piece to be as big as possible. I started out by scaling up the line drawings, which were then sent to Kellogg’s® of the proposed Tony®. These drawings showed the front, back and side views...
- Photo 1, TONY®, height 12 1/2".
- Photo 2, Paper picture for size reference.
- Photo 3, Making Tony®.
- Photo 4, The Mining Award. 16" tall.
- Photo 5, MCS Bulldog. 8" tall.
- Photo 6, Larry Brebes and Billy-Gibbons.
- Townsend’s Head Demo (Part 1) - As the book has not yet been released, it was not available for review at press time. Mr. Townsend sent me 3 samples from his book however, and it was a tough call on which to use as all of the samples were very informative. I chose the "Head Demo" because it covers a fairly universal form. Due to the size of the section, I had to split it into 2 parts. This is the first part, with the second part being covered in the next issue. We eagerly await the release of this book!
- William Purser - Bill is now 40 years of age and has spent the last 30 years perfecting his artwork. He believes that you can never stop learning and there is no limitation to what a glass artist can accomplish.
- Photo 1, Opal Eagle. 19 1/2" L X 22" H X 6"W.
- Photo 2, Dueling Stallions. 15"L X 14" H X 6" W.
- Photo 3, Walking Dragon 18" L X 14 1/2" H X 10 1/2" W.
- Photo 4, Lion 12" L X 6 1/2" H X 4" W.
- CALL FOR ENTRIES:. ST. Louis' Historic Shaw art fair seeks artist's submissions for October juried art show.
- CALL FOR ARTS:. Monmouth Festival of the Arts in New Jersey.
- Glass Bytes. - by Cheryl Keggan.
- Salem Community College’s First international flameworking conference is a major success.
- Video Review: 'Remschneider Glass Presents: Blown Beads'
- Video Review: 'Kiln Formed Glass, Answers, Ideas and Troubleshooting'
- Workshop Calendar
- Glassified Ads - June/July, 2001 - Vol. 15 No. 1.
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