See our information site Elev8 Presents for tons of education. Terpenes Terpenes are a large class of organic hydrocarbons; they are the part of a cannabis plant that gives cannabis its fragrant aroma. In the form of an oily, fragrant-laced substance, terpenes are secreted from the cannabis flower’s resin glands. The smelly terpenese substance produced …
For these questions, the best place to go is Elev8 Presents. Cannabinoids Cannabinoids are the chemical compounds of cannabis that have an effect on the human body when the plant is consumed. The human body has cannabinoid receptors that help the compound produce many effects, including pain relief. There are between 85 and 113 known …
See our Glass Terms and Techniques blog for tons of info BUBBLE TRAP- The bubble trap technique is when the glassblowing artist traps bubbles in the glass. When done properly the bubbles can form lines and can look very nice. Sometimes the bubbles are put in between ratachello line work. Bubble trap can be done in many …
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See the blog for more info and see Fused Quartz for more info on quartz. Quartz : COE of 5.5 ⋅ 10−7/K (average from 20…320 °C) Softening point: 3029 F, 1665 C Annealing point 2084 F, 1140 C
AHHHH this question This all depends on the skill set of the blower. A newbie will take maybe 15 and the pipe will look like crap. A good blower can wing one out in 8 and look amazing. Now this also depends on how thick the glass is as thinner is way faster. When you …
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See our Blog of Terms A milli is more pictures and a murinni is more of a face. They can be made the same, but a different.
See our Blog on Terms and techniques A combination of the Italian words “mille” (thousand) and “fiori” (flowers). Milli by a blower – Ok so all those picture chips, those are what we call millies. They started long ago with basic shapes turned to flowers. Now the technique is used to make all kinds of …
Dot tech may mean dot implosion or dot stack. There are a lot of terms used that are made up. It could also mean honeycomb, but probably not. See the blog of terms Dot stack Implosion
The best way is to see our blog on this. Red is hot, orange is good and yellow is cold.
A glassblower will sleeve a pipe or sleeve glass when they want more clear on the outside. Many times this is done for glass-like cadmium glass that will boil when placed in the flame. Most all linework glass is sleeved. Most all dicrho glass is sleeved. Many time this is also done to stretch the …
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