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I am a self taught glass blower too. RUclips and a couple other webinars that I purchased a few years back is all I’ve known. So finally I feel like giving back to the community with more glass content so others can learn the way I did and also to connect with the glass community in a more meaningful way.

I do make beads every so often. I’ll definitely share some here at some point. I made a snowflake ornament once as a custom order. I should try that again, it was a fun little project.

@@ActivistTigers Quartz fume rods are definitely a great way to go. Get a lot more out of a bead of silver.

I will have to get to that at some point.

Thank you, I’m really proud of how this one turned out.

Thanks! I’m gonna keep them coming.

I definitely want to go live at some point, but wifi in the shop won’t let it happen

@@buddyshroom happy to share, I couldn’t have learnt what I know without RUclips so I hope I can do my best to give back the same kinda knowledge I found.

Hola! Hope you’re doing well down there.

@@buddyshroom That’s the plan! Thanks for checking it out.

Thanks for the feedback I really appreciate it. You’re the second person to mention it and I was already worried that was the case. This one is a bit of an improvement on my last upload but I’m still figuring it out.

@@robertosborn2458 it’s under Abe’s vault when you select what category of glass. Or plug #110 Karmaline into their search bar. I know it often sells put quickly. I just had a look myself and it’s sold out. I jumped on one of their last drops to make sure I didn’t run out. I use it a fair bit in my work.

@ oh! Ok I didn’t look there. Everything is aways sold out. I will start keeping an eye on that. Thanks

@ it can definitely be a bit of a challenge getting some of the most popular colours. Follow the colour companies on social media and hopefully you can scoop some when they drop.

@ I only saw that color in sluggers . Is that how you get it?

Yes, they don't sell rod. The furnace they use for pulling rod would strike the gold out in such a way that the colour would lose most or all of its transparency from what I understand.

@@idela32 Thanks for the feedback. I will make some full length ones like that. I don’t feel like the clips I have of the first couple uploads are good enough for an uncut upload but I’ll definitely try to do a few. I might even revisit the first few techniques I cover once I hammer out some of the details of filming these tutorials as well as I’d like.

Yep

@@chroniccrafter420 I know right! I should probably give up…

Thank you, I’m really proud of this piece.

Thanks for giving me that feedback and confirming my suspicions. I was trying to clean up the audio but after rewatching after the upload I noticed this myself. I will do better on that. I think the longer ones might be a thing with some future uploads for sure.

Thanks for the sub! I'm happy to see RUclips is suggesting my content. If I can offer any advice and encouragement I would encourage you to provide some kind of value and be consistent. try to teach or answer questions. If you can be helpful people will follow.

Mine too! I’ve still got my first colour changing Sherlock. But I had no idea way back then that silver was why it changed colours as it got darker.

@@zacstronautglass yep! color changing chillum and bubbler were my first haha. have a blessed day man

Thank you

I kinda build them from the bottom up. I might do a video about them soon. Lots of ideas in the works.

I plan on keeping them coming. I’m self taught and hope to use the channel to connect with other glass blowers as well since I don’t have access to any community of glass blowers locally.

@@MantisRay861 that’s been on my mind too. Thanks for watching glad I could make you think of something in a different way.

Awesome! Thank you! Good luck it’s a fun technique to learn.

I’m sure a lynx would be a good starter torch but I’ve never personally used one and I know if GTT torches are ran with too small of a flame the face of the torch can overheat. This can ruin the torch. I’ve only ever used Bethlehem torches so I don’t have the best advice about running a gtt.

@@zacstronautglass okay that makes sense, right on man thank you a bunch!

@@michaelkmiec5842 yeah it is, I’ve really had fun with electrum. Thanks

I know how it feels, I spent so much time watching different videos of how to blow glass. I hope I can help some people the way I was helped. You’re welcome!

@@DoraBisson Awesome, I still remember the excitement of getting my first torch! It’s an amazing craft. Looking forward to sharing more with you and everyone else.

Yes and no, it can be done but it will look very different from this pattern. Also since it’s on solid rod when you condense the piece into a disk the clear glass will start forming a thick lens. Work on that ventilation, there’s more than just bubble trash that can hurt you coming from the torch and glass.

It’s only long because it has a blowtube which is used as a handle. The pattern at the end will be separated from that tube so it becomes a little disk with colours and patterns.

Thanks for watching! I hope I can provide some useful information here. 👍

I probably should, I’ve got a few different projects in the works and in mind right now tho.

@@eggedor Thank you, really appreciate the follow. Looking forward to keeping this up! 🙌

@@jeannegreen1639 I do too, it’s a reflection from the filter I have on the camera. I’m not sure what to do about it or if I can but it’s really interesting being able to see glass glowing outside of the flame.

@@zacstronautglass yes I noticed that too, was thinking it could be neat to have an actual mirror or more to see the piece from different angle at the same time!

@ I actually have a small mirror on the wall that I use to see things that I’m blowing into from a different angle. It helps blow things out evenly without having a blow host attached to the handle.

@@bobbyjones4222 Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you! Looking forward to keeping it up. Lots more to come. Hopefully keep up to a weekly upload at the least.

I decided to finish the upload and get this up for you. I knew at least you were waiting so I went ahead got it out today instead of tomorrow like I planned. Thanks for the motivation!

That’s right! Hours equals powers is one of the sayings I’ve heard repeated while learning to blow glass. Just got done filming in the shop for the next full upload.

@ yep thats what grime said when he sent me my torch or unknown origens…it has” Z” scratched in on every component. Ill have to ask torch talk

@ hell yeah! What torch? I love grimes work.

@@zacstronautglass I USE A REDMAX, HE DIDNT USE IT SO ITS A MYSTEY WHO was on that torch...i just bought it he just sold it lol

Awesome, thank you! Appreciate the follow. I’ll be doing my best to make the tutorials as clear and complete as possible.

Where heat goes, and if you’re tearing off the back

@@auston911 this was an older Timelapse I filmed. I’ll be working on a more complete video of how I do this and posting sometime this week. Probably it should be up by Wednesday if not earlier.

@@auston911 when separating the piece from the tube I heat a narrow line at the edge of the pattern and blow a little to thin the glass. I’ll often do this a couple times to really pull some excess glass away from the edge so I have less glass to swipe away.

@@zacstronautglass sweet it gets me started on some non fume tech. i been lockd into fume mode leveling up

@ fume is a great way to get started. Lots of fundamentals you can learn without spending too much on colour. Thanks for leaving me some feedback I’ll definitely be trying to answer your questions in my next full upload.

@@auston911 I try to heat all the dots evenly. So a larger flame. Then repeated puffing out and recondensing until it all becomes a disk. Sometimes they don’t blow out evenly and I’ll try to work the dots that didn’t melt in until they look more even to the rest then back to even heat across the whole piecez

@ nice. Do you usually always keep the bottom of the blank the bottom I’m finding it tricky to flip it inside out once I get the desk sometimes it looks nicer on the inside. I realize where my implosion might be hidden inside out.

@auston911 I do often add a handle to the center of the dot pattern and flame cut the tube away then add a handle to the opposite side so I can condense the backside of the pattern. That way you can pick away the small point where all the dots condense too for that termination you see on the back.

@@chroniccrafter420 thanks!

Thank you! Cheers! I aim for clean work, excited to refine the tutorials and make them a little more watchable.

@@zacstronautglassnice this one good but a little confusing with the multi edit

Thanks for the feedback. I knew this one might be a little confusing. Unfortunately my camera stopped recording during the process and I decided just to upload what I had this time. In the future things will be more complete.