No, we only work in boro
Mostly it is cold worked. One can do a really rough facet with heat by pressing, but it will never be so sharp as by hand on a lapping wheel
Rever glass does some good glass classes. If you want to learn more, Elev8 Premier does have some good videos on basics for glass blowing Glassblowing 101 Elev8 Premier video turorials
Yes, because the venue is so large, and the doors are open, it is safe.
many will use either 9.5 or 12mm tubing
Quartz is Quartz. Most quartz is made in other countries other than the USA. It costs a lot to melt quartz
Nothing. Boro is pretty new to offer color as it was made for scientific glass for its low thermal expansion. About 25 years ago Bob Snodgrass started fuming boro and as the glass pipe market grew, the need and want for color grew. The cannabis revolution is what mainly pushed the color pallets to grow …
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Today there are hundreds of colors made by many many color companies. China only makes about 15 colors, but these colors are used by American glass companies as cullet to make their new colors. They use this and add other minerals to change the color some, they also add more clear to help stabilize the …
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The bigger the build, the harder it is to make. Any technique can be mastered, but to master
Gilson opals work great. Cubic Zirconia also works well, but with glass on the outside, the synthetic diamond loses that sparkle. Moldavites