By far one of the best glasswork tutorials available! The artist is very knowledgeable and explains her techniques clearly. I learned more from this six minute tutorial than from hours of others. Thankyou very much.
Thank you very much. I try to show and explain what I’m doing so others will understand. I’m glad you think I’ve done a good job at that. I hope you’ll watch my other videos and see different skills and projects. Do you work with glass?
Avery, I'm very glad you enjoyed watching my video and you appreciated the care I took in explaining what I'm doing and the terms we use. Thanks for letting me know. I have other videos you might enjoy. I hope you'll take a look if you are interested.
Thank you. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented. I do online virtual coaching if you ever need it. You can find details at www.expressiveglass.com/Virtual-Coaching.html
@@VickiSchneider Nope, not a flameworker at all. I just stumbled upon your video by accident and I'm glad I did! I'm not even much into arts really but the making and end product of your work look so nice :)
Thank you, Babette. Any other tutorials you’d like to see? Have you looked at my other videos. I have several marbles and off hand soft glass sculptural ones. I’ve seen your name on FB, right?
Yes ... I'm often on FB, a bit scattered with my lampwork what with personal issues and so Now I can concentrate on my lampwork. You've helped me a lot today. Didn't think I could tackle marbles this big... Yea. I'll give it a whirl. I would love to see a simple mermaid on a tab. I collect mermaids and have tried, but not succeeded yet.
Never tried a mermaid on a tab. I hardly do beads anymore unless I’m teaching. I’m glad my videos have helped you. Don’t get frustrated with your marbles. It’s a lot to think about and remember. LMK if you run into some challenges you don’t know how to overcome and I’ll do my best to help you.
I really enjoyed the video and learned a lot as I am new. I appreciated how you defined the items you were using and even tell of different materials that can be used....a strong indication that there is much more to learn from you! Thanks
+Felicitas Wilhelm, thank you. If you give it a try, I’d love to know how you do. Sorry for my delayed response. I also invite you to watch my other video tutorials. I hope you will find them helpful.
Vicki, Thank you so very much for taking your time and explaining the process so well. I have been playing with compression marbles for a little while and your videos are so helpful. Thanks! Ulf
+tribologist, I’m happy to hear that my videos have been helpful to you. They take quite a bit of time and effort to produce and I’m always very pleased to hear they are appreciated.
@@VickiSchneider yes. I fuse glass in Ventura, California. I am thinking about getting a torch set-up, and I love marbles! 😁 Do you do online classes other that your wonderful videos? I’m going to watch every one.
I have been fusing glass for awhile now but am new to the flamework your videos are my favorite by far you are easy to understand and get straight to it! I'm think about trying a marble because I'm having no luck with beads right now but this looks fun and maybe just what I need to change things up and try something different for a bit. Marbles with the implosion seemed so difficult but the way you do your videos you give me the confidence that I can totally do it! Lol wish me luck haha and I'll be watching more of your videos thanks again!
Thank you. I really try to make my videos informative. I’m glad to hear they give you confidence. Please let me know how your marbles go. You can reach me directly at vs@expressiveglass.com. Good luck and happy torching.
Thank you for this video. I am learning lampwork and was told I could not use soft glass for a combination boro/soft glass marble. I am going to try this today
Hi. I just saw your comment. if I read it correctly, you’re thinking about combining Boro and soft in the same marble. DON’T!!! Thry have different expansion rates and it WILL crack badly. All the glass I used is soft. You could also do a similar marble entirely with Boro. But don’t use them together! Good luck. Glass is magic.
@@VickiSchneider Hi Vicki, I thought in this video you used soft glass frit with boro to make a marbel. I did try this this afternoon and it seemed to go fine.
Nikki, it may look like everything went fine, but there is significant stress inside the marble. That stress may cause the marble to crack at any time, and it probably will. Some people successfully use a small amount of frit (I’ve heard d 10% or less) of glass with close coefficients of expansion in the same project. For example using some 96 frit in a 104 piece. But using a Boro rod, which is around 33 COE, with soft glass which is typically 90-104 depending on the type you’re using, is dangerous. Please don’t think that’s a good idea. They are incompatible and you just got lucky.
Kay, thank you. I’m hoping to create them more frequently. Have you watched my other videos? Which is your favorite? Do you work in glass? Is there anything in particular you’d like to see?
Thank you, Kay. Once I could anticipate what the glass would (and wouldn’t) do, I found working with glass almost meditative. I hope you can try it sometime. Meanwhile, thanks for watching.
Hello, I commented on your videos a long time ago, I want to just update you. Though I didn't take any classes for glass blowing you inspired me to improve and whenever i felt like i'd never improve and was about to give up I'd watch your videos and they inspire me to keep going. You are the reason I have improved. I am not even nearly where I want to be yet but I am getting there, but I wouldn't if I never found your videos so thank you so much vicki from the bottom of my heart for keeping me going and inspired. Your art captures such beauty and creativity and I aspire to do the same. Thank you so so much I want to try find a way to show you my improvement so I will try and comment it to your latest video when I do. I hope this makes your day =)
I am so happy to hear from you. Your thoughtful message made me feel great. It’s rare that people take the time to reach out as you did. I’m delighted that my videos have inspired you. Keep on trying. If I can be of assistance or you want to show me what you’ve been working on, please email me at vs@expressiveglass.com. You made my day and then some.
Reaching out is the least I could possibly do. You inspire a lot of people and that is almost impossible to achieve in a lifetime. I will get in touch over gmail sometime this week if I can find the time ^w^. I can't possibly thank you enough. I'm just really happy that you replied to me. I am very very late to this video but i have watched it when it came out, I set a goal for 2018 this year that I would improve and at the time this video was made I hadn't achieved it yet but I feel as if I am their now. The art I do is not with glass unfortunately but I love digital art and I spent a lot of money getting decent equipment so I guess I'm in for the long hall. Nonetheless all my art is inspired by your pieces even if they may not look as so, its little things like poses or facial expression that is inspired by your art and even though it has been a year I hadn't once drawn without thinking of this channel. I hope that doesn't sound weird but you have really helped me pursue my dream. Sorry for the paragraph. Thank you for replying. Show less (apologies if you get this message twice I accidentally used my other account)
Thank you again for your kindness. I have often been inspired by people who don’t work in the same medium I do. I look forward to seeing some of your work when you get an opportunity. I hope to post more videos in the coming year and hopefully they will live up to your expectations and will inspire you as well.
+Let's 'videofy' it :D thank you. I do the best I can considering I only use 1 camera, tape it myself and edit it myself. Glad you liked it. Check out my other videos for some more glass magic.
Hey Vicki, First off, thank you very much for the great video! I've found myself wondering how these implosion pieces are made and this was a fantastic way to learn. I'd just have one recommendation to improve the videos - try and use widescreen by turning your phone. It's more pleasing on the eye, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to see more of your hand/arm technique! Please keep making more videos!
Colin, thank you very much for your compliments and suggestion. I’m actually using a video camera and not a phone to record. In my previous videos, several people asked to see closer shots of what I was doing. If I backed off so you could see more of what my arms were doing, people watching on their phones wouldn’t be able to see the detail. It’s a fine line. In the future I hope to have someone behind the camera so they can zoom in and out to give a more complete view. My hope is to make videos that are helpful, informative, and enjoyable to watch. Thanks again. I invite you to take a look at my other videos for more tips and techniques.
i love your work, and glass marble , remember when i was kid had a lot of them ,it was from a chinese game, i was to murano and i regret for not buying a millefiori paperweight, it look so gorgeous, maybe someday you will show how is making, thank you
Zelez, thank you for watching my video and for contacting me. I think most of the millefiore paperweights are made using a glass blowing furnace, not a torch like I use. I can try something smaller, but it won't be the way they do it in Murrano.
I already have more hobbies than time, and RUclips keeps trying to find new hobbies for me. One might think I've lost my marbles for considering yet another hobby. Maybe I've found a perfect hobby to add to my collection. :-) I may have to watch some more marble videos.
Kevin, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented. Did you start flameworking? It's lots of fun once you get the basics under your belt.
+SnakeBitesTattoo, the torch I use in this video is a surface mix propane and oxygen burner called an Alpha manufactured by Bethlehem. Thanks for watching.
You’re welcome.😀 Yes, lots of people use hothead torches with MAPP gas to make beads. Make sure all the glass has the same COE. You probably know this, but you shouldn’t mix different COEs in the same project. It will cause the piece to crack. I rarely work on a hothead. You probably can’t make large beads. Have you worked at a torch before?
Thank you so much, Vicki! I have been playing around with implosion marbles, but my punty keeps breaking off. I think I now have an idea of what I've been doing wrong... For stainless steel punty (I can't buy boro locally), would chopstick work?
Gina, I'm glad I was able to help. Sometimes just a small idea makes all the difference. I would think a chopstick would work. The only thing you need to be careful of is to make sure the end you attach to the marble is very clean. (Clean it after each use.) I tried one with a fat mandrel that wasn't clean, and it scummed up the whole end of my marble. Also , don't embed the steel. Just heat it and touch them together. If you embed it, you will have to fill the hole with more glass and you'll lose your shape. Let me know how it works for you. I just posted this video. Do you remember how you found it? BTW, I have 2 other marble videos that may have additional that you may find helpful. I hope you'll watch them too.
Thanks, Vicki -- think I will stick with boro punty, then! I have watched your other marble videos, which got me started on this, and I am subscribed to your channel, so when I popped RUclips open this morning, your new video came up. I think my biggest problem is trying to attach a bail to make it a "wearable marble" ... mostly because I don't have marble mold with a handle! Do you put marble mold into kiln, or do you tip marble off it? The transfer to kiln seems to be causing me the most problems!
Gina, I'm a bit confused. Let me think this through. If you plan to put a bail on, then shape the first half, punty up with boro to the bottom, shape the top half, add your bail, warm up your tweezers (preferably pointy ones without serrations) and hold the bail with the tweezers. (Make sure the bail isn't very hot or you'll deform your bail.) Chill your connection with a knife while holding the pendant in the tweezers. Then tap off your boro punty, let the boro fall on your table. (Alternative: heat the soft glass around the point the boro is attached and the boro will pull out easily.) Turn down your flame and heat the spot the punty came from to look for residual boro and/or to flame polish the bottom. If there is residual boro, heat it until the boro looks like it's shrinking. Touch the residual boro with the tip of your boro rod and quickly remove the spot of glass. Bring your pendant to the kiln with the bail still being held by the tweezers. Slide the tweezers out and anneal. Another idea is to use small claws to grab your piece and put it in the kiln after your bail is made and the boro is removed. Just make sure you warm up the claws before you grab the marble. No, I don't put the graphite marble mold in the kiln except to slide my marble off. BTW, I make marble style implosion pendants without using a marble mold at all. If you turn the glass properly, you can round the glass out well enough for a pendant. Please let me know if I made sense and if you have any other questions. I'd like to see what you come up with. My email is studio@expressiveglass.com. Send me a some pictures. :-)
Hi Vicki, nice video. question... do you sell the Frit commercially to other specialized glass makers? or if you have a big project do you have a FRIT supplier that you buy from directly? thanks so much for sharing --- Jackson
thanks Vicki, I am just starting in the business and Learning about this industry. My friend has asked me to help him sell his product to FRIT manufacturers. He is representing a raw materials company that crushes CRT glass(Cathode Ray Tubes) which produces a virtrified compound -- FRIT … they also treat it with feldspar. Frit (maybe glass) manufacturers can then use this in lieu of 100% raw materials. But this industry is very complex. I have a lot to learn. Frit manufacturers also use the FRIT material to produce Engobe (glaze). I am not sure who the customers are they I am trying to sell to. :( Again Vicki, thanks so much for the comments --- your videos are awesome -- great job!
Vicki, I'm starting soft glass and have tried some implosion marbles with little success... I got to the end and don't know how to get it off and transfer it to the kiln? I've ended up dropping them and cracking them! :( What do you use once you've removed the punty and put them in the marble hole marver?) What is the next step? I've been looking for tweezers that are large enough and can cup the marble but I haven't found anything. Any suggestions??
Cathleen, the marble “mold” I use has a handle on it. I chill the punty and remove it so the marble is sitting in one of the holes in the mold. I then make sure all of the Boro has been removed from the marble. I flame polish the spot where the punty was, carry the mold to the kiln while it’s still in the mold, wait until the glow goes out of the marble and gently roll it into the kiln. If you don’t have a marble mold with a handle, there are grabbers that people use. Most of them work best on large marbles which you’re probably not making since you’re working in soft glass. Some people use “loop forceps,” but if your marble is too hot when you use them, they may deform the marble shape or leave marks on the outside. If you have any other questions, please let me know. You can contact me through my website, expressiveglass(dot) com. Good luck.
Thank you for your questions. You make a gather by melting a rod of glass into a blob. You can buy frit from a glass distributor. I make most of my frit by heating up some glass, flattening it with a tool, warming it, then putting the warm glass in water. That causes the glass to fracture into little pieces. Some people smash glass with s hammer. Some use an old coffee grinder.
It’s sturdier than you may think. If you drop it on some concrete, it would probably break or get a chip in it. With normal handling, nothing bad should happen.
By far one of the best glasswork tutorials available! The artist is very knowledgeable and explains her techniques clearly. I learned more from this six minute tutorial than from hours of others. Thankyou very much.
Thank you very much, Marea. That's very kind of you. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented.
you explain it very softly . A new comer can learn easily. I like your work very much.
Thank you very much. I try to show and explain what I’m doing so others will understand. I’m glad you think I’ve done a good job at that. I hope you’ll watch my other videos and see different skills and projects. Do you work with glass?
Beautiful! I love how you explain what you're doing and the technical terms
Avery, I'm very glad you enjoyed watching my video and you appreciated the care I took in explaining what I'm doing and the terms we use. Thanks for letting me know. I have other videos you might enjoy. I hope you'll take a look if you are interested.
Yes...you put it better, she really does explain!
Thank you! I'm a lampwork bead maker and have yet to try making marbles. You described all the steps very precisely. You would make a great teacher.
Thank you. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented. I do online virtual coaching if you ever need it. You can find details at www.expressiveglass.com/Virtual-Coaching.html
@@VickiSchneider thanks Vicki! Thats great to know-- someday I might take you up on that!
This is so satisfying to watch and see how you create these beautiful marbles.
Thank you. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented.
So beautiful! The commentary was very professional too. Great job!
Thank you. If you’re a flameworker and haven’t tried marbles, this is a good one to try.
@@VickiSchneider Nope, not a flameworker at all. I just stumbled upon your video by accident and I'm glad I did! I'm not even much into arts really but the making and end product of your work look so nice :)
I’m glad you found me. I have a number of other videos you may find of interest as well. Maybe there’s an artist hiding in you after all. Lol
You Explain it so thoroughly and so beautiful thank you so very much
Clean and simple directions and photography. Nice. thank you .
Thank you, Andrea. Glad you found my video helpful. Now let's see your results. :-)
Great DOUBLE video ... implosion in soft glass ........ AND ......... a marble - nice. Thank you so much.
Thank you, Babette. Any other tutorials you’d like to see? Have you looked at my other videos. I have several marbles and off hand soft glass sculptural ones. I’ve seen your name on FB, right?
Yes ... I'm often on FB, a bit scattered with my lampwork what with personal issues and so Now I can concentrate on my lampwork. You've helped me a lot today. Didn't think I could tackle marbles this big... Yea. I'll give it a whirl. I would love to see a simple mermaid on a tab. I collect mermaids and have tried, but not succeeded yet.
I'm going to watch ALL your other videos today and tomorrow ....... Yay me! You're so nice to post these FREE to us.
Never tried a mermaid on a tab. I hardly do beads anymore unless I’m teaching. I’m glad my videos have helped you. Don’t get frustrated with your marbles. It’s a lot to think about and remember. LMK if you run into some challenges you don’t know how to overcome and I’ll do my best to help you.
You are the best
I really enjoyed the video and learned a lot as I am new. I appreciated how you defined the items you were using and even tell of different materials that can be used....a strong indication that there is much more to learn from you! Thanks
Welcome to the world of torchworking. I'm glad you found my video informative. Are you working with soft glass or boro?
@@VickiSchneider I don't have any equipment yet.....what do you recommend?
Wow! Cool tutorial! Thank you :)
Thank you, Katanya. I just saw your comment and appreciate it.
So enjoyed watching your videos ❤️
Thank you for taking the time to let me know. I hope you can put them to work.
Thank you Vicki...perfect tutorial!
I'm glad you found it valuable. If you make some marbles following my instructions, I'd love to see them.
+Felicitas Wilhelm, thank you. If you give it a try, I’d love to know how you do. Sorry for my delayed response. I also invite you to watch my other video tutorials. I hope you will find them helpful.
Vicki, Thank you so very much for taking your time and explaining the process so well. I have been playing with compression marbles for a little while and your videos are so helpful. Thanks! Ulf
+tribologist, I’m happy to hear that my videos have been helpful to you. They take quite a bit of time and effort to produce and I’m always very pleased to hear they are appreciated.
Wow! You are incredible!!
Thank you. Do you work with glass?
@@VickiSchneider yes. I fuse glass in Ventura, California. I am thinking about getting a torch set-up, and I love marbles! 😁 Do you do online classes other that your wonderful videos? I’m going to watch every one.
Very nice, thanks for sharing your amazing talent!
Thank you. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented.
I have been fusing glass for awhile now but am new to the flamework your videos are my favorite by far you are easy to understand and get straight to it! I'm think about trying a marble because I'm having no luck with beads right now but this looks fun and maybe just what I need to change things up and try something different for a bit. Marbles with the implosion seemed so difficult but the way you do your videos you give me the confidence that I can totally do it! Lol wish me luck haha and I'll be watching more of your videos thanks again!
Thank you. I really try to make my videos informative. I’m glad to hear they give you confidence. Please let me know how your marbles go. You can reach me directly at vs@expressiveglass.com. Good luck and happy torching.
Thank you for this video. I am learning lampwork and was told I could not use soft glass for a combination boro/soft glass marble. I am going to try this today
Hi. I just saw your comment. if I read it correctly, you’re thinking about combining Boro and soft in the same marble. DON’T!!! Thry have different expansion rates and it WILL crack badly. All the glass I used is soft. You could also do a similar marble entirely with Boro. But don’t use them together! Good luck. Glass is magic.
@@VickiSchneider Hi Vicki, I thought in this video you used soft glass frit with boro to make a marbel. I did try this this afternoon and it seemed to go fine.
Nikki, it may look like everything went fine, but there is significant stress inside the marble. That stress may cause the marble to crack at any time, and it probably will. Some people successfully use a small amount of frit (I’ve heard d 10% or less) of glass with close coefficients of expansion in the same project. For example using some 96 frit in a 104 piece. But using a Boro rod, which is around 33 COE, with soft glass which is typically 90-104 depending on the type you’re using, is dangerous. Please don’t think that’s a good idea. They are incompatible and you just got lucky.
@@VickiSchneider got it. thank you!
i want more videos!!!! i love watching them.
Kay, thank you. I’m hoping to create them more frequently. Have you watched my other videos? Which is your favorite? Do you work in glass? Is there anything in particular you’d like to see?
Vicki Schneider I watched all of your videos and my favorite is the first one. I dont work in glass but it fascinates me and i like watching for fun.
Vicki Schneider watching your videos is very soothing.
Thank you, Kay. Once I could anticipate what the glass would (and wouldn’t) do, I found working with glass almost meditative. I hope you can try it sometime. Meanwhile, thanks for watching.
Hello, I commented on your videos a long time ago, I want to just update you. Though I didn't take any classes for glass blowing you inspired me to improve and whenever i felt like i'd never improve and was about to give up I'd watch your videos and they inspire me to keep going. You are the reason I have improved. I am not even nearly where I want to be yet but I am getting there, but I wouldn't if I never found your videos so thank you so much vicki from the bottom of my heart for keeping me going and inspired. Your art captures such beauty and creativity and I aspire to do the same. Thank you so so much I want to try find a way to show you my improvement so I will try and comment it to your latest video when I do.
I hope this makes your day =)
I am so happy to hear from you. Your thoughtful message made me feel great. It’s rare that people take the time to reach out as you did. I’m delighted that my videos have inspired you. Keep on trying. If I can be of assistance or you want to show me what you’ve been working on, please email me at vs@expressiveglass.com. You made my day and then some.
Reaching out is the least I could possibly do. You inspire a lot of people and that is almost impossible to achieve in a lifetime. I will get in touch over gmail sometime this week if I can find the time ^w^. I can't possibly thank you enough. I'm just really happy that you replied to me. I am very very late to this video but i have watched it when it came out, I set a goal for 2018 this year that I would improve and at the time this video was made I hadn't achieved it yet but I feel as if I am their now. The art I do is not with glass unfortunately but I love digital art and I spent a lot of money getting decent equipment so I guess I'm in for the long hall. Nonetheless all my art is inspired by your pieces even if they may not look as so, its little things like poses or facial expression that is inspired by your art and even though it has been a year I hadn't once drawn without thinking of this channel. I hope that doesn't sound weird but you have really helped me pursue my dream. Sorry for the paragraph. Thank you for replying.
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Thank you again for your kindness. I have often been inspired by people who don’t work in the same medium I do. I look forward to seeing some of your work when you get an opportunity. I hope to post more videos in the coming year and hopefully they will live up to your expectations and will inspire you as well.
Great teacher!!
Thank you, Christine. For some reason I haven't been receiving notifications when people comment. Sorry for the delay in acknowledging your comment.
Outstanding work. I am impressed.
Thank you. I love working at a torch.
Good tutorial 👍
Thank you, Vivian. For some reason I haven't been receiving notifications when people comment. Sorry for the delay in acknowledging your comment.
@@VickiSchneider oh, it's ok :) I love your video
Wow! Thank you :)
Thanks, Anna. I appreciate your feedback.
J'adore!! Merci
Thank you!
That's perfect! Your video and your work!!
+Let's 'videofy' it :D thank you. I do the best I can considering I only use 1 camera, tape it myself and edit it myself. Glad you liked it. Check out my other videos for some more glass magic.
Hey Vicki,
First off, thank you very much for the great video! I've found myself wondering how these implosion pieces are made and this was a fantastic way to learn. I'd just have one recommendation to improve the videos - try and use widescreen by turning your phone. It's more pleasing on the eye, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to see more of your hand/arm technique! Please keep making more videos!
Colin, thank you very much for your compliments and suggestion. I’m actually using a video camera and not a phone to record. In my previous videos, several people asked to see closer shots of what I was doing. If I backed off so you could see more of what my arms were doing, people watching on their phones wouldn’t be able to see the detail. It’s a fine line. In the future I hope to have someone behind the camera so they can zoom in and out to give a more complete view. My hope is to make videos that are helpful, informative, and enjoyable to watch. Thanks again. I invite you to take a look at my other videos for more tips and techniques.
i love your work, and glass marble , remember when i was kid had a lot of them ,it was from a chinese game, i was to murano and i regret for not buying a millefiori paperweight, it look so gorgeous, maybe someday you will show how is making, thank you
Zelez, thank you for watching my video and for contacting me. I think most of the millefiore paperweights are made using a glass blowing furnace, not a torch like I use. I can try something smaller, but it won't be the way they do it in Murrano.
Vicki Schneider ok no problem, thanks for your answer
very cool
I already have more hobbies than time, and RUclips keeps trying to find new hobbies for me. One might think I've lost my marbles for considering yet another hobby. Maybe I've found a perfect hobby to add to my collection. :-) I may have to watch some more marble videos.
Kevin, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented. Did you start flameworking? It's lots of fun once you get the basics under your belt.
Beautiful
Love this it’s a fab marble
Thank you! It was lots of fun to make.
Thank you. It was lots of fun to make. If you work with glass, I hope you’ll give it a try. Would love to see the results.
Thank you great vidio what kind of torch do you use thank you
+SnakeBitesTattoo, the torch I use in this video is a surface mix propane and oxygen burner called an Alpha manufactured by Bethlehem. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for these videos! I have a bunch of soft glass rods and noodles/stringers would I be able to make beads with a mapp gas torch?
You’re welcome.😀 Yes, lots of people use hothead torches with MAPP gas to make beads. Make sure all the glass has the same COE. You probably know this, but you shouldn’t mix different COEs in the same project. It will cause the piece to crack. I rarely work on a hothead. You probably can’t make large beads. Have you worked at a torch before?
i love it,hope you got good money for selling that
Samantha, thank you very much. Not very much. Under $50. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I didn't know you had commented.
What size of clear rod is that and where did you buy it from?
Nate, I think that’s a 11-12 mm rod of Effetre super clear (006). I bought it from either Frantz Art Glass or Mountain Glass.
Thank you very much, it{s very beautifull
+jorge 1966, thank you. Do you flamework?
Yes, your video has helped me a lot, thanks for sharing
Glad to hear it. You may find my other videos interesting and helpful. Take a look.
+jorge 1966, thank you!
Thank you so much, Vicki! I have been playing around with implosion marbles, but my punty keeps breaking off. I think I now have an idea of what I've been doing wrong...
For stainless steel punty (I can't buy boro locally), would chopstick work?
Gina, I'm glad I was able to help. Sometimes just a small idea makes all the difference. I would think a chopstick would work. The only thing you need to be careful of is to make sure the end you attach to the marble is very clean. (Clean it after each use.) I tried one with a fat mandrel that wasn't clean, and it scummed up the whole end of my marble. Also , don't embed the steel. Just heat it and touch them together. If you embed it, you will have to fill the hole with more glass and you'll lose your shape. Let me know how it works for you. I just posted this video. Do you remember how you found it? BTW, I have 2 other marble videos that may have additional that you may find helpful. I hope you'll watch them too.
Thanks, Vicki -- think I will stick with boro punty, then!
I have watched your other marble videos, which got me started on this, and I am subscribed to your channel, so when I popped RUclips open this morning, your new video came up. I think my biggest problem is trying to attach a bail to make it a "wearable marble" ... mostly because I don't have marble mold with a handle! Do you put marble mold into kiln, or do you tip marble off it? The transfer to kiln seems to be causing me the most problems!
Gina, I'm a bit confused. Let me think this through. If you plan to put a bail on, then shape the first half, punty up with boro to the bottom, shape the top half, add your bail, warm up your tweezers (preferably pointy ones without serrations) and hold the bail with the tweezers. (Make sure the bail isn't very hot or you'll deform your bail.) Chill your connection with a knife while holding the pendant in the tweezers. Then tap off your boro punty, let the boro fall on your table. (Alternative: heat the soft glass around the point the boro is attached and the boro will pull out easily.) Turn down your flame and heat the spot the punty came from to look for residual boro and/or to flame polish the bottom. If there is residual boro, heat it until the boro looks like it's shrinking. Touch the residual boro with the tip of your boro rod and quickly remove the spot of glass. Bring your pendant to the kiln with the bail still being held by the tweezers. Slide the tweezers out and anneal. Another idea is to use small claws to grab your piece and put it in the kiln after your bail is made and the boro is removed. Just make sure you warm up the claws before you grab the marble. No, I don't put the graphite marble mold in the kiln except to slide my marble off.
BTW, I make marble style implosion pendants without using a marble mold at all. If you turn the glass properly, you can round the glass out well enough for a pendant.
Please let me know if I made sense and if you have any other questions. I'd like to see what you come up with. My email is studio@expressiveglass.com. Send me a some pictures. :-)
Hi Vicki, nice video. question... do you sell the Frit commercially to other specialized glass makers? or if you have a big project do you have a FRIT supplier that you buy from directly? thanks so much for sharing --- Jackson
Thanks. I have bought large jars of frit from Howaco Glass. I don't know what COEs they carry. I'd also try Frantz Art Glass. What are you workin on?
thanks Vicki, I am just starting in the business and Learning about this industry. My friend has asked me to help him sell his product to FRIT manufacturers. He is representing a raw materials company that crushes CRT glass(Cathode Ray Tubes) which produces a virtrified compound -- FRIT … they also treat it with feldspar. Frit (maybe glass) manufacturers can then use this in lieu of 100% raw materials. But this industry is very complex. I have a lot to learn. Frit manufacturers also use the FRIT material to produce Engobe (glaze).
I am not sure who the customers are they I am trying to sell to. :(
Again Vicki, thanks so much for the comments --- your videos are awesome -- great job!
Vicki, I'm starting soft glass and have tried some implosion marbles with little success... I got to the end and don't know how to get it off and transfer it to the kiln? I've ended up dropping them and cracking them! :( What do you use once you've removed the punty and put them in the marble hole marver?) What is the next step? I've been looking for tweezers that are large enough and can cup the marble but I haven't found anything. Any suggestions??
Cathleen, the marble “mold” I use has a handle on it. I chill the punty and remove it so the marble is sitting in one of the holes in the mold. I then make sure all of the Boro has been removed from the marble. I flame polish the spot where the punty was, carry the mold to the kiln while it’s still in the mold, wait until the glow goes out of the marble and gently roll it into the kiln. If you don’t have a marble mold with a handle, there are grabbers that people use. Most of them work best on large marbles which you’re probably not making since you’re working in soft glass. Some people use “loop forceps,” but if your marble is too hot when you use them, they may deform the marble shape or leave marks on the outside. If you have any other questions, please let me know. You can contact me through my website, expressiveglass(dot) com. Good luck.
How do you get a gather? And where do you get the frit? EDIT: nvm
Thank you for your questions. You make a gather by melting a rod of glass into a blob. You can buy frit from a glass distributor. I make most of my frit by heating up some glass, flattening it with a tool, warming it, then putting the warm glass in water. That causes the glass to fracture into little pieces. Some people smash glass with s hammer. Some use an old coffee grinder.
Is it very durable?
It’s sturdier than you may think. If you drop it on some concrete, it would probably break or get a chip in it. With normal handling, nothing bad should happen.
If you don't have glass you don't have class that's what I've always said
I am just seeing this awesome video. Is the frit compatible with the boro, is it the type of soft glass used to make beads and the like?