Well this is a great question, but it always comes to the word better. What is best for you is not best for others. Here we go with this. Ground glass is high end, clean (when done right), works great and harder to make. So for people that like the finer things in life, this …
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Swiss perc is hollow perc that typically resembles a disc with holes in it. Since the airflow does not have a direct path, it will split the smoke and water up between the holes increasing the surface area the smoke/vapor has to travel across. These made a cool functionality effect, and these percs were even …
Glass can fuse to crystal or rock by heating up to become molten and actually welding to the glass. This is very rare in nature, but some blowers can weld select gemstones to glass.
The best option is to have them join our Liquid Arts Class and then they can come in and rent space at Elev8 Premier or take classes to grow. Customers can learn a lot on our site with our tutorials. The owner learned from the book Contemporary Lamp Working
We have never used this as we are glassblowers and would try to heal it with melting the glass together. You would have to look at the instructions for the glass glue you would want to use and see if it is toxic or not.
With millies the color must be able to stay the color when pulled very thin. Many times transparent colors will not be a good choice for millies. Also, the colors must be stable or it could cause the full millie to crack.
I was reading the description of the pi divider and it mentioned it was used for measuring posts. What is a post? The post is what is referred to as what will pick up the sticks. This smaller side is what will be the diameter of the bubble when you roll up the canes on …
This all depends on the detail and the blower’s skill set. This is hard to say from the question. Sometimes size means nothing and it boils down to the detail and time it takes. It is on average $100 an hour for Elev8 Premier to make glass.
That is a great question. Colored tubing can be turned into all kinds of designs and the names come from whatever the blower wants to call it. Some artists have figured out to make all the letters in the alphabet even. Many times a section of colored tubing will be put on the front of …
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This really comes down to your personal prefrence. Pros and Cons of a small tip Pro’s are that you may use less and have more control. Cons are that it might clog easily and not hold heat as long Pros and Cons of a Large tip Pro’s are that it holds heat longer. Cons are …
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