Making prep is at least half the work in making a flameworked glass piece. Creating tubing from solid glass is a fundamental skill. This video shows you my way of doing a blow out.
Thank you for the wealth of information. Not sure if you also made all the animated graphics but if so great work on those. You’re such a driven learner and teacher.
That tungsten pick move made me feel new, I thought I was getting on top of doing blowouts effectively . Definitely trying this out soon. Thanks for sharing!
Little tip for gathering rods-start by folding them in half and punty in the middle of the two rods on either end then twist them up into a thick gather
Great info and I'm looking forward to all of the knowledge you'll be sharing on this channel. Thank you! One slight note, if you could normalize the audio levels so the voiceover isn't a drastically different volume than the background music when switching over, it'd be much appreciated.
Very cool tech! Thank you for sharing it. I'm wondering about the slugger bar bit. Wouldn't it make more sense to use it the round way? Instead of talking time to twist it from the coin, just handle up to the end and dobthe tungsten through the middle. You would have to work a larger piece at a time, but would save the gather or twist time.
Sorry to bother you again 😔 1 more question, where can I find that exact length and size tungsten pick? I have been looking around I don't see it on mountain glass. Also your video's are really top tear, I was at a glass demo this week and people where talking about your video's. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Your the best!
This is the closest one I can find to what I use. www.abrimagery.com/store/product_info.php/332quot-tungsten-pick-p-4535?osCsid=34006cfa40041a3640069c806e22b59a
Man what a great way to do a slugger! Does your tungsten pick get that yellow haze to it? Ive abandoned the tungsten because everytime i heat it it leaves like a weird fume on my glass. Thanks for the video!
Cool! I'm wondering, when would you use this technique? Is it a substitution for say, coil potting colored rod on a tube, or layering powder on a tube? Thank you!
Kathleen, this is the best way to make a bubble of color out of a rod. It is a substitution for coil potting. It does not leave the lines on the inside of the bubble the way coil potting does. For the really clean, air-free transparent colors we have available now this is the *only* way to make a bubble out of a rod.
Tungsten picks are made of tungsten, not titanium. If your pick is melting you are getting it too hot. The key is the get the glass hot first. Also, do not use a reducing flame on the pick. Keep it lean and keep it clean.
Was the poke through done in one single heat, or with multiple? It is hard to tell from the clips as it looks like the tungsten only goes in a half inch or so.
One heat end to end. I tried to show it in the video but it just did not show well. As I stated in the video the secret is to get the pick hot before you start.
9:13 That slugger looks to be about 32mm in diameter and like 15-16mm thick. Is that about right? If I were to try and replicate this process I would like the blanks to be about a rods worth. Thanks for your time and all you’ve done for us!
It's a 3/32" pick. I cannot remember where I got it. It's a really nice tool. As far as the fuming goes, two things. First, your tungsten will not fume as much if you hit it with an oxidizing flame and don't over heat it. Second, I do not heat the pick in the flame while I am lancing the blank. I don't need to because I pre-heated it. So there is no problem with fuming.
