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ALMOST Indestructable Mandrels">ALMOST Indestructable Mandrels

November 7, 2009 in Lampworking & Glass by Julia | 4 comments

I work most­ly­with borosil­i­cate glass (bet­ter known as Pyrex), which tends to make me a mandrel-​killer. These man­drels are stain­less steel TIG weld­ing rods so are meant to han­dle heat…just not the kind of heat I need to make that glass MOVE where and how it’s sup­posed to move. I burn through 3/​32″ man­drels routinely […]

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& working BIG">Crystals & working BIG

November 5, 2009 in Lampworking & Glass by Julia | No comments

Last night’s crystal-​shaped beads were more suc­cess­ful than they’ve been in the past. Def­i­nitely I don’t need to be mak­ing encased crys­tals until I get the unen­cased ones down, though! These also look bet­ter in lighter col­ors, and in transparent/​translucent col­ors. Also, I love my two Zoozii’s XXL presses (the Kalera XXL and the Straight-​Sided Lentil […]

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One World One Heart Giveaway Winner

February 12, 2009 in Lampworking & Glass, Miscellaneous by Julia | No comments

First, thank you to every­one who vis­ited my blog to enter! I’m quite shocked to have received 415 com­ments on the One World One Heart Give­away post. The Ran­dom Num­ber Gen­er­a­tor has spo­ken, and the Ran­dom Num­ber gen­er­ated was… 324 Com­ment num­ber 324 was left by Can­die L.! Can­die, look for an email in your inbox. The Caramello Heart […]

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Mandrels and Bead Release

January 2, 2009 in Lampworking & Glass by Julia | 1 comment

As a boro glass bead­maker, I’m prone to push­ing my “con­sum­ables” to the limit and beyond. Man­drels and bead release both take a lot of abuse at my hands. It’s no trou­ble at all to melt through a 3/​32″ stain­less steel weld­ing rod as I smooth out the glass I just wound onto it…that is, […]

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Best of the Week ending 10/​26/​2008

October 26, 2008 in Arty Stuff, Business, Lampworking & Glass, Miscellaneous by Julia | 1 comment

I really, truly am try­ing to get myself back on track! So here’s a brief read­ing list for your enjoy­ment. Lydia Muell dis­cusses at length what she’s been doing lately to stretch her glass­work­ing skills. Glass Alchemy has a brand new blog — see what Henry has to say! Luann Udell has some great sug­ges­tions for out-​of-​the-​ordinary […]

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