#flameworking

[peacharcades]

hollow knight

[what-even-is-sleep]

Found this weird bug on my cat…

[rederiswrites]

Only got in a couple tries, so I'm sure I can improve, but here's @zooarchaeologyatdinner 's photo of la Tene (or maybe Halstatt) era rams head beads:

And here are mine from yesterday:

Not too bad; not too bad.

[glassblessu]

Glass Apples🍎🍏

[sensitiveaangel]

polypore candelabra by me.

a tree trunk with candle-supporting mushrooms growing out of it.

made of borosilicate glass at the torch. 2024.

[girlofindustry]

Figa charm with a snake and a golden apple charm.

Available today.

[dotsz]

some wonky glass pendants I made :)

[indolentjellyfish]

my dude;

i bought one of your sea slugs maybe a year and a half ago and it literally inspired me to take up lampworking

after a year of getting less shit, i think i am good enough to try and imitate one of your sea slugs (not for sale! just for me ☺️)

do you have any tips? and do i have your permission to basically copy your idea

thank you

That's wonderful to hear! You have my permission but only if I get to see it c:

As for tips you probably already know the most important thing is to keep it equally hot as you work on it, as hot as you can just before the glass changes shape gives you the most time to put on details.

To make a sea slug I melt a rod to get a mass of glass, make a rough body shape, attach a pointed clear glass rod on the opposite end as the punty, add on the design of the body and shape some more, then add the "tail" and "ears" and finally heat up long metal tweezers to hold onto it and then melt the punty off and stick it directly into a hot kiln. You could also let it cool down and aneal it later.

The easiest glass to work with are transparent colours, opaque glass melts really fast and loses details quickly while semi-opaque or milky glass shocks and cracks really easy while having a smaller window of time to work with. Using a colour like blue, green, or black will let you see the orange heat in the glass so you can better judge how cold it is getting, clear makes it more difficult to see the heat.

And the real most important thing is to make sure you are wearing an apron, glasses, and have proper ventilation, you don't want to breathe in heavy metals or get nasty burns on your torso, trust me.

Please let me see your creations when they are done! Glass is a really tricky medium but as with anything, repetition and thinking of your moves ahead of time makes it doable. If you have any more questions I'd be glad to share what I've learned so far.

[nightmar-y]

Anna Boothe: Compassion, 2007; 19"h x 8"w x 11.5"d; kiln-cast glass, copper, steel

[waywardkrypton-blog]

I want recommendations for craft communities, art communities, any kind of creating communities. I have an urge to learn every kind of making there is lol and what better way to do that than to see real people projects and works in progress

[beetleboyart]

“Sketch #1”

Materials:

Borosilicate Rod

Copper Wire

I wanted to create a wearable piece that would use the properties of glass to distort my face. In my eyes this piece is more of a sketch than a finished artwork. I want to revisit this piece using soft glass. I love working with Boro glass, but it does not enjoy having anything included within it, copper included. It did work, but it was incredibly fragile.

[peacharcades]

seraph cat

[what-even-is-sleep]

The lil’ guy I was making in the minutes when my students seemed to be handling their own projects well. (He ended up breaking right before I got him in the kiln).

@littleguysdaily

[rederiswrites]

Jacob reminded me at 7 pm that the blacksmiths' guild Christmas party and ornament trade is tomorrow so now my ass is out here making hollow beads and not falling asleep.

[glassblessu]

MLP Lily Valley OC Glass Figure🦄🌸

[sensitiveaangel]

lámpara lirio by river valadez

photos by me :)