I can't believe a few orange dots and purple "C"'s turned into what looks like a real multi-dimensional flower encased in glass. This is not a craft I will ever take up, but I find it absolutely fascinating to watch!
Val, you are so sweet and your demos are easy to watch, lots of detail. I rarely watch demos, but I'm going to watch more of yours, It's nice to be with you here!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful technique. I always enjoy watching people do this, it's like magic the way the glass moves to lengthen the petals and such. Your detailed explanations are great!
There are tons of tools to use (the petals are just melted in and lengthened with gravity, which you can see in the video). If you look up my video about starting a glass studio (there are 2 parts to that one), you can see many of the tools I use.
I just happened on to this video and was absolutely fascinated. I know I will never "do" glass but I thoroughly enjoyed watching the process. Thank you!
Thank you. I have been doing implosion marbles based on other videos and the monologue explains where the glass goes, how important it is to heat the sides (not front), and so on.
Jeannie, I never tire of watching your fabulous videos. You are clear, precise with your explanations and I am truly grateful for the generous gift of knowledge that you impart to others. Looking forward to learning so much more from you! Again, thanks!
Beautiful. I have been watching glass making videos for 2 days now. Today, lampwork videos. Your are the best. I am going to get a kit and some if the clear glass you recommed.
Thank you so, so very much for publishing this thorough tutorial. I've seen many videos and none of them explain the entire process as well as you do. I've made 14 failed pendants now but my last two aren't as awful - thanks to your video.
Thanks for the video, this is wonderful! I especially like how you kept in the parts where you accidentally drop it. Happens to me all the time, and every time I panic. ;)
Haha! I used to panic also, or just trash it in my water bin. But yes, just take a breath, take a warmed tool or reheat a rod and pick that sucker back up again. :)
I wish I could have seen videos like this when I was learning to do lampwork. Had to teach myself from a book. This technique was not in the book. Awesome!
There are several other ways to do the loop or Bail personally I don't like the pointed tweezers heating the whole thing up and squeezing technique.. you're still left opening a hole through it.. I like to take a glass rod heating up what you need.. taking a pair of tweezers and making a small circle almost like a bead without using a mandrel.. Welding it to the pendent or the pulling a loop off of the pendant itself... But for a how to video very nice.. I did wonder if you like stiff glass why not you'd borosilicate you had 30 minutes in the video and supposedly it was in fast forward shouldn't take any more than 30 minutes to make this kind of pendant even with hard glass..
I love the details of your work, you make it easier to learn thank you so much and no make the videos 45 min long. The more details the best. Thanks again
Thank you for the quick reply for this comment and my last one. The work you do is just delicately beautiful. I will look into the glass classes. I am in my mid fifties and it is time I did something that I would enjoy.
Great video. I learned things I didn’t know that are not explained in other videos. like how to make the bail properly. Among other things. More thorough than other videos.
I've always loved glass work and wanted to learn glass blowing. But I'm watching this now and I realize that I have no talent for this!! I don't even understand any of your directions/instructions--God bless those that do. I am loving your work!!
Hi Grace! Yes, this is a tutorial for a more advanced glass-making technique. And if you did know the basics of working with glass, then you would understand this. It is GREAT fun and you will never know if you will like it (or have talent for it) unless you try. :)
Very talented absolutely beautiful this is not for a beginner I've never made a glass bead I'm going to have to find a very beginner tutorial because I'm so excited to meet at glass Beach thank you for sharing your work with us most of all I want to thank you for not cutting out the mistakes because it is very discouraging for the beginners to think that even the advance cannot mistakes again outstanding very beautiful I cannot say enough of how I truly want to learn how to make glass beads
I love this pendant. I love the colors. I'd like to see them used to make a Lotus implosion pendant or a Calla Lily implosion pendant. With these colors.
My goodness - that is so cool. You even told us the colors you used. Nice to see a soft glass being used for such a big implosion. Thanks a lot! I've made tiny ones, now I'm challenged to make a bigger one like you did. Love your last name, BTW.
Thank you soo much for this video, I watched it early on in my lampworking career, but at some point I had managed to forget some of the fundamentals of a compression flower, Stumbling across this video again, was just what I needed to get my flowers back in line and eliminate the pesky bubbles i was creating in the middle of my compressoins! THANK YOU! :D Note: all of the techs in this video also apply to borosilicate.
Thank you for this amazing video. Very precise and easy to follow. I have a few question. Im a beginner. What did you use to make the pedals? What are the tools you recommend for most of your projects?
Thank you I Truely enjoyed this .I must admit I kept rewinding .You are helping me understand how glass moves and how to manipulate it.I only know paint .As an artist I want to learn more .I've purchased jewelry with suspended shells ,flowers in glass.then silver .How do they not burn the silk flower .Thank you .😁👏👏👏
Thank you so much for this. I've always been fascinated by lamp work ever since I carried a friend's pieces in my shop. Wanted to learn how to do it but I understand it's pretty expensive to set up all the necessary tools etc. Do you have a video that will walk me through what is needed to get started and do I need to have a special place in order to bring in the tanks or can I do it in my apartment with fire bricks, etc.
Hi Gale, It really depends on what you want to do and what type of glass you are using. But it can be relatively cheap to thousands of dollars to set up a studio. Best bet for just trying it out is to find a glass studio near you where you can take a class or 2. But, some companies do have starter kits, which use a hot-head torch (you hook them up to cans of Mapp gas which you can purchase at your local hardware store). Even if you do purchase a oxy/propane torch, you don't have to get tanks either, many torches run on oxygen concentrators. But thank you for the suggestion - that would be a good, informative video to make. I still do not have my studio completed yet, but when I do, I will try to make a video about set-up and equipment, etc.
Thank you for that info . I don't think there are any glass studios here in Myrtle Beach, SC, but will consider the alternative you suggested. Does a macro butane torch not get hot enough to melt the glass?
Haha! I did have an old, old lampworking book originally. But basically I learned by doing - trial and error. I have been doing it for over 20 years now, so I am pretty comfortable with soft (soda lime) glass. I have taken about 3 lampworking classes in all that time (I think the last one was in 2006). There are glass studios out there that teach this craft, and that is another great way to try it out and see if you like it. These days, there are a LOT of RU-vid videos, various books and glass magazines out there, which are great learning tools also.
Thanks! I have a store front on Beaders Bounty, which this exact type of pendant I made in this video is available (except this one has leaves in the background. :) www.beadersbounty.com/product/purple-implosion-flower-pendant/
Does anyone know what type of torch she used? I hate the smell of the map gas that came w my kit. I don’t think I can do this if that’s the only choice. Thank you
I am using an M20 right now, for my Bravo, but have also done these with a 5lpm concentrator and a Minor torch - - just might take a little longer with less oxy pressure.
Hi Jeannie, Thanks for a great tutorial,you're wonderful! My implosion didn't grow enough , what am I doing wrong?heating the flower face to much? or compressing too much ? I'm using an opal stringer .and the flower do shrink but almost not growing in the pendant
There could be several reasons why it doesn't move up enough in your pendant. You could be heating the whole thing too much instead of just heating the outer edges, you might not of compressed enough times after seeing the sides droop to ease the glass color up into the clear - - or, if the flower isn't widening at the top, it needs more compression at the very end to make it "bloom". Keep trying, you will get it - - maybe try it with a regular color, too, and see what difference you get (some colors like to thin out or break up).
Thanks for the help! I watched your video again... Do you heat the side disk near the flower picture or near the pointy/ rod ? Will try some more and search for buying lausha clear...
The whole outer edge of the disk is heated, but not the center (you want that part to stay relatively cool). The outside edge should start drooping down but the center will stay up (so the center of the bottom of your disk should look indented). Towards the end, I am still heating the sides, but then focus the heat more towards the bottom side, opposite the punty.
The clear glass slowly droops down around the edges and that movement, along with resting/pressing it flat at the bottom again forces the color to creep upwards into the clear. I know it seems almost impossible that it works (my same thought about 20 years ago when I first tried it), but it does work. :)
That would depend on what kind of work you'd want to do - - the torches alone can cost a few hundred each to thousands of dollars each. A set-up like mine is between 5 and 10 grand.
Ive always wondered hoe to do this! Dont think im quite ready for this but i may order some thick rods with my next purchase anyway! Thnx for this amazing tutorial
The best and easiest way to start is to just use dots as your first "petals", and you don't have to start as large as I did either, you can make a smaller pendant. But have fun and play! That's what it's all about! :)
I am not sure what you mean by final stage - - unless you are talking about putting it into a hot kiln to anneal. All glass pieces should go into a kiln and anneal to make them as strong as possible and to prevent cracking. If your beads are breaking as you are making them - you are not keeping the whole bead warm enough throughout your design process. You need to stop every so often and give overall heat to your whole bead or glass piece to keep it warm. Cracking happens when the glass gets too cold and then you heat it up again (either in the torch or in the kiln).
Jeannie, may I ask how long you've been doing glasswork? I seem to recall your name from years ago on Lampwork Etc. Am I wrong? My name on there was Ziggy. Thanks. Cheers!
Jeannie Cox - Well the ones you showed before the video started looked awesome. $30 to $50 sounds like a great price. Question if I may. Can you do like Purple Swirls? And or use Cadmium that looks like neon colors? I think that's how you spell it Cadmium.
I love you videos they are really a help to me sometimes I think I'm the only one that messes up so bad sometimes my OCD gets the best of me keep doing what you do is there anyway that I can friend you on my Facebook page loyal follower Dorothy
Loved the video, hated your talking... Cut the words umm, uh, and, the, like, or any other filler words that give you the chance to think. Also quit clicking your tongue, smacking your lips, or sucking in breathe. All of these distracted from what seemed a well informed video. We have a tendency to try and fill every second. Most find it very uncomfortable to let silence sit. If you can take this constructive criticism I think it will bring your videos to a new level. Thanks for sharing your technique.
Thank you - - I have noticed that myself and hate hearing myself talk in general, but I have SO many things I want to point out to help people learn and my mind is racing with all those things when I am voicing these videos. I am trying to improve. I guess I could of just had music blasting during the whole thing and not said anything at all.
I personally find your use of the words "Hate" and "Quit" in this poorly veiled "constructive criticism" very distracting and uncomfortable. Instead of reaching for your volume control you verbally attack this artists FREE tutorial in such a manner that can only be likened to the terse way a grumpy teacher talks down to a child. It appears you are in the minority with your harshly worded opinion, reading the rest of the positive comments here and on the dozens of useful videos Jean has created FOR FREE. I suggest you jog on.... or post some of your own videos so we can critique them. Then we could take this to a whole "new level". Thanks for sorting out your cruddy attitude.
Sorry Rachel, I'm not interested in your feelings... Only fact, and the fact is speaking has become a skill many people now a days are severely lacking in. Sometimes what you have to say is lost when distracted from by hasty speaking. Even presidents and professional speakers have issues with this, to say nothing of RU-vidrs. On a better note, Jeannie I think you have a lot of experience to offer and in no way meant my criticism to be taken hatefully. Hopefully you can continue to make strides in your art both orally and physical :) good luck in your endeavors, I'm rooting for you.
And sometimes your a pompous, self righteous, lack of any kind of skill troll who goes around nit picking other people's stuff without having anything of any real value to add to the conversation. Crap nazi's like you should really leave people like Jeannie alone, because she has friends. Something you should consider getting.
The only hasty speaking I see here is your rambling. Nobody cares what you think. Your comment is a mere droplet in a sea of praise. Get a life DavlynM. And learn how to spell.
Thank you for the quick reply for this comment and my last one. The work you do is just delicately beautiful. I will look into the glass classes. I am in my mid fifties and it is time I did something that I would enjoy.
