Both silver and gold are easy to apply with the proper flame.
There are different methods of fuming. If the fume has been worked into the glass, the fume is there. If the glass is fumed just on the outside or inside, the fume can rub or scratch off.
Elev8 Premier has been making cremation glass since 2006. Yes, we have cremation glass pipes we can make.
No, sculpting is a very niche market, our blowers are more masters of the scientific method of glass.
A dewer is just the type of joint that sits flush. There is a ring of glass that sits around the joint that allows the blower to sit the joint in flush.
Sure, anything is possible, but this is outside the wheelhouse of Elev8 Premier.
Colors that strike like reds can for sure pop more when the kiln is ran at a slightly different setting, usually a longer soak time at a bit of a higher temperature. This helps the crystals grow in the glass from the minerals used to color the glass.
In realty much of the clear used in headies is from Germany, it is called Schott. The minerals used to color glass usually always come from China, and much of the cullet used for some of the great colors are now made with China glass. So most all headies have some form of foreign glass …
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No, actually soft glass is more dense. What makes borosilicate glass so good is it has very good thermal expansion. You can see steins are used to Broscht and are hit hard
Yes, they are rare, mostly always borosilicate is used for pipes. The heat can cause a pipe to break, while a soft glass water pipe still uses a boro bowl and slide.