Two of the most frustrating issues most lampworkers face getting started with lampworking are Didymium glasses for eye protection and perfect ventilation. It took me years to solve these issues! Here's my solution for eye protection that works great for me. My didymium shield for glass lampworking. The arm is bendable & swivels. [...]
Sometimes, while glass lampworking, common sense doesn't click in until after I do something stupid. So I thought sharing with you some safety points I've learned the hard way may be helpful for you while torching glass. 1. Only wear 100% COTTON when torching glass. I can't tell you how many times a molten bead has [...]
Making glass beads can be a constant creative drain. Are you bursting with ideas, or completely blank when you sit down to torch? Need help igniting your creativity making glass beads? Here's how I spark my inspiration? Sitting down to torch is always the worst time for me unless I am prepared! So, I've resorted to [...]
Glass Hydrangea flower bead Want to know how I made these glass hydrangeas flowers in the above pendant? I used the exact hydrangea I taught in Tutorial 104...Hydrangeas (Check it out here). It's the same bead in my Tutorial 104... Where the Hydrangea glass flower came from? It's the 4th hydrangea flower I teach in my [...]
Are you bursting with ideas, or completely blank when you sit down to torch? Do you need help creating your glass beads? Want to know how I spark my inspiration? Sitting down to torch is always the worst time unless I am prepared! So, I've resorted to doing a few things that I'll share with you [...]
Here’s a FUN way to practice making your glass flowers from your Tutorial 103 & make something fabulous... "Fairy Gardens" Fairy gardens are so precious but finding unusual flowers befitting a mystical miniature garden is next to impossible. So I decided to make my own exotic flowers worthy of my fairy gardens and you can [...]
I just watched a TED talk about how giving yourself too many choices (overload) kills your creativity and even causes you to make bad decisions! And if you offer too many options to your customers, statistics show they will freeze up and choose nothing. Bottom line... Cramming too much into a small space actually causes [...]
Today, it’s all about Double Helix glass and how I strike it! This video shows the way I strike Double Helix glass…specifically Terra Nova 2… About the Double Helix glass demo! Duplicating an exact color or look is hard to achieve because you have to perfectly repeat how you do it. If you [...]
My video demos 4 different lampwork tutorials that I use to make bubbles in glass. Each one creates a different effect in your bead. Each of these bubble lampwork tutorials has been picked up from my exploring glass from different areas of glass making. When I lived in Georgia, I would go [...]
Striped ribbon stringers and what the others call ribbon glass cane, is the topic for today. There's lots of uses for them but I find these flat ribbon glass cane/stringers are wonderful to use on flower petals and leaves. Learn how to make them on this video.... “Caneworking is a glass blowing technique [...]
