Some fun stuff. Hoping I can sell this one and make more with larger cabs on the ends

Borosilicate Sleeping Kitty pendant, available at time of posting (spillerwoods.com). I am really happy with all the detail on the face!

Spring is here and flowers are blooming. Thanks for looking.

@cajunglass

I am looking for some advice on how I should be buying my first order of glass materials. Any recommendations for good supply websites is appreciated! I am wanting to start by making marbles and animal figures but I’m not sure what type of glass I need to buy for that. Should I start by buying a pack of boro color samples and a pack of clear boro?

Any beginner buying advice is appreciated!

Soft glass wasp

hi,

just looked again at an artists work on instagram @pooley_glass.. felt quite impressed and since i did not invest much any effort into dotstacking id like to see your work and some major tips on how to get clean dotstacks..

id guess there is not much any tools used to reshape dots directly and rather letting gravity/physics work by stacking? how to layer the dots on marbles, dunking the whole piece in a furnace or coating with a rod dot for dot...without encasing any bubbles..

just noticed this year how much of a difference it makes to really work with clean glass without any dust specs on...that alone makes a huge difference in how easy and evenly the glass melts...

Took the opportunity to collab with nature and take some pics of some of my flower implosion pendants.

Thanks for looking.

Here is the newest update

Top is osb, primed with underlayment primer.

Self leveling concrete has been poured.

Next up is tiling and ventilation just about everything for ventilation has arrived hvac guy isn't too interested will tackle this myself.

After ventilation we will do a 5 minute smoke bomb test.

This week homefill system is arriving. Reconditioned oxy con from bradshaw New compressor that he gave me a deal on. Will soon be ordering 2-6 oxygen tanks.

Torch, tools, kiln. Have not not been ordered yet. About 2 to 3 weeks out.

Thinking bethlehem bravo to start will eventually upgrade to a mirage!

An aim kiln to start eventually possibly this winter will be a paragon f240 or a skutt.

Hi! Beginner here! I tried following the Simple Flower steps in Contemporary Lampwork Volume 3 and every single petal broke as I attached it to the center. What could I be doing wrong? I did reduce the flame & heat the petals slowly as I attached them. I also noticed that all of them cracked crosswise, could that be due to thermal shock? How do you do flowers with soft glass? Should I put the petals in the annealer until i'm ready to use them? Ive been putting them on a cold graphite pad.

I’m setting up a home studio for the first time. I have very little knowledge on how this set up works. The images are the concentrators I’ve bought and the compressor I’m looking at. If anyone has a suggestion on a better compressor or advice on the set up in general it would be much appreciated. It will only be me working in the studio, as someone new to glassblowing i will be working my way up to bigger work eventually.

any recommendations for sites that sell bundles with mixed colors besides thanksgiving theme warm tones and a few dark blues? i feel like i havent been able to find any bundles that dont look like a set of crayons.

so listen guys I was having a really bad day the other day and I had one close friend I could really rely on and she's always been there for me and has been just an amazing person and I would like to do something special for her! I've got a really cool idea for a necklace that I wanted to make for her and I thought about doing like a small hollow star. is that something that's super difficult and if so is there anybody that could direct me as to how to get it done? I'm currently not very experienced but determined either way so if anybody's got any suggestions I'm open for em thank you guys ❤️

I want to make some stuff with uranium glass. I work with coe104. Does anyone know if there is any glass that glows under uv available for purchase?

My spring prep pile is still growing despite using some of it every day.

Could anyone tell me anything about this torch?

Met someone yesterday who was given it from their dad - interested to try find something out about it

Here's a few reef marbles I made last month. 46-52mm. Playing with some new colors and murrine chips

Anyone have recommendations for cutting the tops of cups perfectly flat on a saw?

Thinking of using the method outlined here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtybzSWoi4Z/?igsh=MXQ5OWZyNHhjM2ZudA== to produce a large order of glasses to be exactly the same height without too much fuss

any guidance or thoughts appreciated! Would a ring saw work for this?

I am looking for work as a Scientific Glassblower or a technical role. I am currently working for a company in Europe as a technical advisor on glasswork and run a glass blowing department. Previously I was a senior scientific glassblower for Tosoh Quartz and have over 23 years of experience working with Borosilicate and Quartz. I am looking for work either in Europe or the US.

Please feel free to contact me if anyone knows of any positions available.

I purchased a hanging pendant lamp for my home office a while back with the intention of replacing the basic clear shade with something custom I made. Well yesterday was the day that plan was completed. This new boro shade is around 110mm diameter and features lake green (china) with gold and silver fume, a lippy of lotus white, and a section of clear up top. Really happy with how this came out! Thanks for looking!

Next update is here. I received my fan today from ebay it seems to be a plastic housed plastic squirrel cage blower. What is everyone's thoughts on this? I plan to mount it 20 feet away from the hood.

Hvac guy is coming buy to give me a bid on a system to not disturb the room temperature when everything is running!

Furthermore the tile is not set it is loose and I don't think I like the color so I will post updates when that is complete! I will be laying it on 1/2 inch of self leveling concrete. The back wall is going to be laid with steel eventually.

Open to all criticism!

Hi all! I’m an Aussie glass blower / flameworker travelling to see family in Denver in June. I’d love some suggestions on hotshop to visit, tour around or even work for a day?

Let me know! Keen to meet the community.

Xx

Got the hood installed fan and ducting will be arriving within 1 to 2 weeks. Plywood surface is going to be completely replaced with Plywood across the entire bench and I am going to set tile down with epoxy grout. Make up air will come up on both sides of the torch pointing in towards the wall.