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How to get glass shipped from a glassblower by Elev8 Distribution

Congratulations!! Please make a copy of this card and move your glass  on its way.  Thanks so much for your hard work!  

Protected: Adding the heater cover to the Silver Surfer

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Protected: Welding Discs into Silver Surfer, Super Surfer and Da Buddhas

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Repair Process for Repair Centers

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Protected: Repair Process for Repair Centers Out of Country

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Types of Silver and Super Surfer Housings
What is a Jesus seal

In simple terms a place where a blower joins two tubes, but without actually making two holes. Learn more here

Where can I go to buy a copyright image for WRS?

You can find images to use here.  You must at least have a 1000 x 1000 px, but still not good. Our images is at about 1920 wide, so 2000 wide is best https://licensing.pixels.com/art/all/2pac/royalty+free+images

Where does the name for Ferankshanaws come from?

This is a fun name that Steve came up with when he was about 6-8. You can seem most of there here Here is one story here  

What glass colors boil the most?

Cadmiums boil the most.  There have been huge improvements in the non boiling, but over the years the colors have become also less dense.  Most of these cadmium colors are sleeved, made into colored tubing or made into fillegrana.