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Devardi borosilicate testing – pt 2

Hello again!  Back for more?  Interested in the glass?  Morbid curiosity?  Avoiding working on those spreadsheets at work?  Hey, no worries.  Pull up a cup of coffee and hang out. As you might know I bought some of the Devardi … Continue reading

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Made a steamer

Pardon the vulgarity, but I’m understandably cranky.  I’m not in my shop much lately (working on it…) but I was out last night to do some prep work for a project I’m starting.   I finished what I needed to … Continue reading

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Getting back into the swing of things

In the past few months I’ve had several torch sessions where I was working on “have to” type projects.  I “have to” finish these two chess sets so I have them for my upcoming show.   I “have to” make … Continue reading

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Ok, how do I tamp this down?

It appears some @#$%hebag is trying to relay off of my email address and periodically I get one of these messages.   So no, I’m not trying to send myself solicitations for Viagra. The first person that can give me … Continue reading

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GlowGlass and light penetration

This is from a post I put up on The Melting Pot -T Someone asked if you could coat glow glass to have it glow from under colors. I had no idea, so while I was out in my shop … Continue reading

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One day wonky giveaway!

Today I decided to run a little giveaway to accomplish a few goals. First, I send a “seconds” marble off to a good, loving home. Secondly, and more importantly from a business standpoint, I helped drive folks to my shop … Continue reading

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Glow Glass, all the cool kids are doing it…

A ways back a company called Glow Glass LLC came up with these pretty spiffy powders you could mix into your hot glass to make it glow in the dark. Nice stuff, my wife picked up a sample pack for … Continue reading

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Found my marbles!

Well, one of them anyway.   Last night I finally got myself out to the torch to make a few things.  The gem of the bunch was this pretty little marble.  The pictures don’t really do it justice though.   There’s a … Continue reading

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