This is a technique that many blowers use, but only a few have perfected. It is a mix of laying the colors on and then many times the glass is actually reversed to make the lines go horizontal.
Not many things can be encased in borosilicate glass, but there are a few. Synthetic opals Cremations
It all depends on what Premier wants the end color to be. It all starts on a China base color. Then Northstar, Glass Alchemy, Greasy Glass or others are used to top the base color. It is then sleeved in clear
They all just move around and make for more cleaning. The little ball, or pearl do the same thing, they move the oils up and down, while holding extra heat. The small marble on top is there to just have fun in our point. It causes more turbulence moving the oils around more. We guess …
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Much like the same as boro. But because quartz melts at such a much higher temperature there are not a lot of minerals that work in quartz to make it colors. Some will fume the quartz
Opals are not a perfect 33 COE. Therefor sometimes they can crack in glass, even years later. This is why Elev8 Premier rarely uses them, and if they do, it goes on a piece that can come off, if it were to crack. But they are always used because we love the sparkle!
Dicro can be burned out. When this happens it looks more white like snow rather than that super shiny metal flake. It takes skill to get the glass hot, but not too hot.
This all comes down to what company makes it. While some, colors may look the same, they are very different. It also comes down to if they start with cullet (clear glass). Some start with sand. Some use electric heaters and some use gas. This all comes down to cost.
Yes, quartz is glass. See quartz here you can see all the different types of glass in the blog above
to us, the thicker the better, but glass is glass and hit it just right, and it will break. The thicker the glass, the harder it is to make, also requiring more glass. This makes the glass more expensive than thin glass