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Glass is the most important substance to mankind. That’s a pretty bold statement but oh so true. Over at The Atlantic this is one of the things they are pointing out to the rest of us. … Read More ... “The Age of Glass or is it The Glass Age?”
What a fabulous list of artists. Some have been written about on this little blog. Some of the names may be familiar to some of you. I know I’ve learned about some new artists…the list was compiled by the web … Read More ... “30 Most Amazing Glass Artists Alive”
So there I am on Pinterest, yet again, and I see this cool pictures only tutorial on how to make off mandrel rings. Found it over at Lampwork etc. Interesting little project. I can think of all kinds of uses … Read More ... “Making Rings off Mandrel – Lampwork etc.”
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Wandering around Pinterest I found a link to a tutorial over at Lampwork, etc. It’s a how to make a borosilicate glass heart made by Fyrsmith. This tutorial is an old but a goody. If you’re thinking … Read More ... “Borosilicate Heart Tutorial from Lampwork, Etc.”
About 4 years ago I was at BECon at Bullseye Glass and one of the speakers was talking about 3D printing glass. The glass that was used was white and as exciting as it was to hear about I don’t … Read More ... “3D Printing with Glass”
This past weekend I got it together and went to the Glass Art Society conference that was being held in San Jose, CA. What an experience! I found myself surrounded by some of the best glass artists around. I saw … Read More ... “Back from GAS – San Jose Glass Art Society 2015”
I’m about to hit the road for a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas for the annual Glass Craft and Bead Expo. I’ll see friendly glass folks as well as new products to come back here and tell you about. … Read More ... “Off to Glass Craft and Bead Expo in Las Vegas!”
Anyone who works in glass knows that photographing it can be rather difficult. Over at Corning Studio they have an article on how to set yourself up to photograph your glass. The set up looks fairly easy to deal with … Read More ... “Photographing Glass from cmog.org”
I just saw a great video talking about glass with two of my favorite television guys, The Mythbusters. It’s really a commercial for Corning Inc., the glass manufacturer but it’s great information about glass and the technologies of the … Read More ... “We’re Living in The Glass Age”
I always love hearing from Bronwen and this newsletter is no different. In this issue she shows us some of her new glass goodies. She’s taken her enamel painting techniques over to boro. I love these glasses, especially since I’ve … Read More ... “News from Bronwen Heilman”
Pacific Art Glass has a very exciting line up of classes coming up including an Advanced Lampworking class with Loren Stump. This is the first time that Loren has come into Southern California to teach so sign up soon. It’s … Read More ... “Cool New Classes at Pacific Art Glass Including Loren Stump”
It’s that time of year again! Tucson is inundated with bead people, gem lovers, sellers and buyers, for the Tucson Gem and Bead and Fossil Show. There are at least 50 different shows going on over a two week period … Read More ... “Best Bead Show February 5-9, 2014 in Tucson, AZ”
Almost all glass lovers are also lovers of dichroic glass. Love the sparkle…love the bling! And Coatings by Sandberg, also known as CBS, is one of the best in teh business. They’re having a warehouse sale. This is good. … Read More ... “Warehouse Sale at Coatings by Sandberg – Buy Dichroic Glass!!”
First you need to know what a Klein Bottle is, if you don’t. Over at Wikipedia you can learn more about what a Klein Bottle is. Once you know that you can understand the difficulties in trying to engrave one. … Read More ... “Engraving a Klein Bottle – Make…Eggbot vs Klein Bottle”
I want to thank Daily Art Muse for presenting Karen Buhler’s glass figures. They’re the perfect combination of sophistication and whimsy. She uses borosilicate glass to shape the hollow figures depicting swimmers and divers with a feeling that comes from … Read More ... “Karen Buhler’s Glass Figures”
