Jeannie, I LOVE your videos! I am a long time glass fuser and have never tried this but have always wanted to. Your instructions make it very accessible and inspiring! I bought the beginner kit and it will arrive next week. I figured this was the best way to get a feel for it, however I can see how this will easily become addictive, lol! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful pictures, videos and knowledge, greatly appreciated!
Jeannie, Thank You for sharing! The bead looks wonderful and your videos are helping me through my first few years of learning the art. Amazing video and such a beautiful bead!!!
Your twenty years experience and accumulated skill would be very valuable . Public classes would be awesome because of your teaching skills. DVD's would be valuable for several lifetimes after you. You are expert in this field and it is a valued skill.
Jeannie, your tutorials are so helpful. Can you explain a little more about the coiling encasement? How are you keeping from trapping air when using this method? I have trapped air bubbles when I use the coiling method. Thank you!
Hi Melissa - - I might of covered this more in my "Encasing" video - - but when coiling, the rod section that is being melted on, needs to be nice an hot and molten to flow into the crevice so that the air is pushed out. I also hold my rod on an angle, so that I am pushing it into that crevice, too. My favorite/best way to encase is the Swiping Method (also covered in my "Encasing" video) - when heating the end of your rod (just about 1/4" or so at a time), I get it REALLY hot and soupy, then I swipe/push it on in smaller sections, pushing it on an angle with the layer before so that the molten glass is pushed into the little nook/corner that is between the bead and previous clear layer and all the air is pushed out. I sometimes still get bubbles, too, but for the most part, this technique works well for me. I hope this helps!
Can't find a way to contact you but wanted to know if you have a tutorial for making a fox. there are two on y outue but they don't have any real instruction. thank you
That's what the stainless steel mandrel (rod) is for - what I am holding in this video. It is dipped in a special clay-like substance called "bead release" so that the glass doesn't fuse to the metal. You build the glass around that and you remove the bead later (and clean out the bead release that is left) after it gets annealed for many hours in a kiln.
I've made these before, but watching you make one, I learned so much more. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. You're the best!
Jeannie, I LOVE your videos! I am a long time glass fuser and have never tried this but have always wanted to. Your instructions make it very accessible and inspiring! I bought the beginner kit and it will arrive next week. I figured this was the best way to get a feel for it, however I can see how this will easily become addictive, lol! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful pictures, videos and knowledge, greatly appreciated!
Thank you! Oh, I am sure you will have fun, and there is a high possibility that you may become addicted! :)
Jeannie, Thank You for sharing! The bead looks wonderful and your videos are helping me through my first few years of learning the art. Amazing video and such a beautiful bead!!!
Thank you! You are an awesome teacher and artist! 💎💖
Thanks so much!
the bead is beautiful - thank you so much for sharing your work with us. Your demos have helped me so much and inspires me to try new things.
Thanks! Glass is my first love and sharing it with others is my second! :)
I love the *sorry, my dog barked*. I would have to constantly apologize! Lol! Love your tuts! Thank you!
you are not only a virtuoso bead and glass works maker you are also a good videographer.
:) Thank you
Your twenty years experience and accumulated skill would be very valuable . Public classes would be awesome because of your teaching skills. DVD's would be valuable for several lifetimes after you. You are expert in this field and it is a valued skill.
Thank you - - my dream is to own my own teaching studio - - one day, possibly! :)
Beautiful can’t wait to get making these
this is wonderful, thank you!
You are amazing!
Thank you!
Love it, einfach nur schön, Deine Erklärung. Dankeschön 🤗😅🤔😊
Thank you! :)
Big help, loved it, thank you!!
Thanks! :)
Jeannie, your tutorials are so helpful. Can you explain a little more about the coiling encasement? How are you keeping from trapping air when using this method? I have trapped air bubbles when I use the coiling method. Thank you!
Hi Melissa - - I might of covered this more in my "Encasing" video - - but when coiling, the rod section that is being melted on, needs to be nice an hot and molten to flow into the crevice so that the air is pushed out. I also hold my rod on an angle, so that I am pushing it into that crevice, too.
My favorite/best way to encase is the Swiping Method (also covered in my "Encasing" video) - when heating the end of your rod (just about 1/4" or so at a time), I get it REALLY hot and soupy, then I swipe/push it on in smaller sections, pushing it on an angle with the layer before so that the molten glass is pushed into the little nook/corner that is between the bead and previous clear layer and all the air is pushed out. I sometimes still get bubbles, too, but for the most part, this technique works well for me.
I hope this helps!
thank you Jeannie
Ms. Cox, is there a certain type of glass you prefer to work with?
thank you for your work
I love sharing, thank you! :)
Can't find a way to contact you but wanted to know if you have a tutorial for making a fox. there are two on y outue but they don't have any real instruction. thank you
How do you make a hole through the bead I'm interested in how you do that
That's what the stainless steel mandrel (rod) is for - what I am holding in this video. It is dipped in a special clay-like substance called "bead release" so that the glass doesn't fuse to the metal. You build the glass around that and you remove the bead later (and clean out the bead release that is left) after it gets annealed for many hours in a kiln.
I have a few questions for you if you have time to reach out. Thanks
Just thought I would let you know that the very talented and lovely Jeannie passed away in March 2019. ❤️