Category: Glass

Does mising two colors of glass together create a whole new color?

Yes, for instance, Timber is a mix of cobalt and canary.  Many blowers will hand mix colors to make their own colors

How do you put a color over another color? For example Blue Stardust over Ghost.

The color can be applied by blowing in one color into a tube of another color.  That is called a blow-in.  Or one can coil pot color around a tube of color, or even strip it down like we make butter.

how are different wall thickness’ created in pipes?

Sometimes it is what you start out with.  But the blower can press it and condense the glass to get it thicker or blow it out to make it thinner.   Learn more about glass terms here.

what is the easiest butter color to work with?

All butter colors are easy really, the most difficult is the sexy butters.

Is there anything about German borosilicate that makes it stronger or better than american?

No, glass is glass.  Elev8 Premier does use Shott glass, which is made in Germany.  The reason for this, is the Germans have some of the best tools for making glass and the tubes come straighter than any other brand.

How is woodgrain prepwork made?

Each blower has their own technique that they have developed over time.  It issue usually spun with butterscotch, or other fummy colors along with black.  It is then many times reversed to get the lines to go the other way, but the blowers keep this to them selves

Do we sell butter glass seconds? If so, how much are they and how do we order?

No, only coming into the Elev8 Premier glass studio can one acquire seconds.  We do not really sell seconds as it is our brand and reputation that is at stake.

can a color be uv and cfl?

Yes, all minerals react differently under the light.  So yes this is possilble

Do we sell butter glass odds and ends?

These can only be purchased by coming into the studio of Elev8 Premier.  There is not way to pick it for an online customer.  The ends are not like normal

Can raw dichro only exist in flat sheets or may it take other forms that could be used in glass blowing?

Dicrho can be applied to really any shape.  Sheets and tubes are commonly used in the borosilicate glass art world