Many of the original spectrum glass sheets are not a very forgiving glass. Speaking from experience..have been using this glass since the late 80s. The colors are beautiful but I was never crazy about the ease of cutting this glass. I love all of your designs. You should really consider putting together a pattern book. Your color combinations and artistry are just perfection.
Thanks Josie! Spectrum's weird, sometimes I find it breaks so well, and sometimes it's like "omg have I forgotten how to cut glass?!" 😅 Maybe one day I will make a pattern book - I've slowly been making certain patterns available for sale, but it's hard for me to want to share some of my bigger patterns - probably because I'm still actively making those pieces.
Great picture to show cutting! Great advice on the tip breaking!!! It's awesome how you show 'mistakes'. Favorite glass that is irreplaceable, kind of hurts the flow and beauty lost hurts the heart, but you show that nothing in creating can be lost. Sometimes mistakes come out better! "There are no mistakes in art, only discoveries". You proved that, it's a beautiful piece!
Thank you! I love how you worded that. I'm starting to show more mistakes in these videos, just because everything doesn't always go perfectly when working with glass.
Love your work, would you be able to show us how you sell your patterns? Interested in the process but I can’t seem to find any other glass artists on RUclips that show how to sell their patterns.
What kind of pliers are you using to pull away the glass? I'm still very new, and angle down to break it away (grab it with grozing pliers, but not nibbling it). Just wondering what the difference is, or whether it's just preference. Your work is so beautiful!
Hi! I'm using two sets of grozing pliers. Sorry if I'm not fully understanding the question, but if you use the grozing pliers with the flat side up, you can pull the score apart to break the glass. Curved side up allows you to nibble away at the glass
Hi! So I'm not very consistent with the "method" I use to rinse off the patina. Sometimes I just rinse it in water, sometimes I use Kwik clean, and occasionally (not often though) I just wipe off the excess with paper towel. I believe I used Kwik clean with this panel.
So since the two jump rings were placed on seams, hobby came would have been fine (you don't need the extra strength/rigidity of zinc came); however, I personally like the look of 1/8" zinc for my corner panels - it looks polished to me. Also because zinc is rigid, it gives nice perfectly straight lines - if your edges aren't perfectly straight, it's really easy for your hobby came to look a little wavy. =)
@@sammilaidlaw8847 haha that's funny! I've tried so many different techniques for black patina, but I always come back to steel wool (even though I hate steel wool). Thanks, I'm glad you found the copper patina tutorial helpful!
Many of the original spectrum glass sheets are not a very forgiving glass. Speaking from experience..have been using this glass since the late 80s. The colors are beautiful but I was never crazy about the ease of cutting this glass. I love all of your designs. You should really consider putting together a pattern book. Your color combinations and artistry are just perfection.
Thanks Josie! Spectrum's weird, sometimes I find it breaks so well, and sometimes it's like "omg have I forgotten how to cut glass?!" 😅 Maybe one day I will make a pattern book - I've slowly been making certain patterns available for sale, but it's hard for me to want to share some of my bigger patterns - probably because I'm still actively making those pieces.
Great picture to show cutting! Great advice on the tip breaking!!! It's awesome how you show 'mistakes'. Favorite glass that is irreplaceable, kind of hurts the flow and beauty lost hurts the heart, but you show that nothing in creating can be lost. Sometimes mistakes come out better! "There are no mistakes in art, only discoveries".
You proved that, it's a beautiful piece!
Thank you! I love how you worded that. I'm starting to show more mistakes in these videos, just because everything doesn't always go perfectly when working with glass.
Very good 😊😊
I enjoy watching you cut so controlled and spot on! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Some glass is really nice to work with and breaks really well!
Beautiful! I wish you would have shown us how you put the hobby came? around the curves, as I didn’t see any copper foil?
I was nervous watching you cut that piece too😮
haha!
Love your work, would you be able to show us how you sell your patterns? Interested in the process but I can’t seem to find any other glass artists on RUclips that show how to sell their patterns.
Thanks! If you want, you can message me on any of my social medias, and we can chat about it, and I can answer your questions. =)
@@SamanthaAshleyGlass that is so nice of you thank you! I’ll reach out
What kind of pliers are you using to pull away the glass? I'm still very new, and angle down to break it away (grab it with grozing pliers, but not nibbling it). Just wondering what the difference is, or whether it's just preference. Your work is so beautiful!
Hi! I'm using two sets of grozing pliers. Sorry if I'm not fully understanding the question, but if you use the grozing pliers with the flat side up, you can pull the score apart to break the glass. Curved side up allows you to nibble away at the glass
What solder do you use it flows so beautifully?
I always use 60/40, and I believe the brand I used in this video is Amerway. Sometimes I use Canfield, but I honestly don't notice a difference.
After you use Patina do you rinse of the glass or just leave the Patina chemical on?
Hi! So I'm not very consistent with the "method" I use to rinse off the patina. Sometimes I just rinse it in water, sometimes I use Kwik clean, and occasionally (not often though) I just wipe off the excess with paper towel. I believe I used Kwik clean with this panel.
Show your grinding please.
I do have some videos that show grinding! 🤗
How did you get your patina to look so nice on your zinc came? Mine looks so awful. 😞
I use super blue on my zinc!
why did you decide to use zinc on the outside? wouldn't hobby came work?
So since the two jump rings were placed on seams, hobby came would have been fine (you don't need the extra strength/rigidity of zinc came); however, I personally like the look of 1/8" zinc for my corner panels - it looks polished to me. Also because zinc is rigid, it gives nice perfectly straight lines - if your edges aren't perfectly straight, it's really easy for your hobby came to look a little wavy. =)
How comes you didn't use wire wool for the patina in this design? Gorgeous piece!
I used steel wool before the patina at 9:10
@@SamanthaAshleyGlass oh gosh looked away! Thought I’d missed another technique. Found your copper patina one particularly useful, thank you 🙏
@@sammilaidlaw8847 haha that's funny! I've tried so many different techniques for black patina, but I always come back to steel wool (even though I hate steel wool).
Thanks, I'm glad you found the copper patina tutorial helpful!
Samantha what's the name of that mitre box you use to easily cut zinc
@@jccanada9931 I just used wire cutters here for the 1/8" zinc, but I've since gotten a mini bench top saw from harbor freight
@@SamanthaAshleyGlass it was the mini mitre cut off saw you used to cut your zinc frame 45 angle is that right?