We just got out of a heat wave here, 3 days in the 100′s. Our home does not have AC, which is fine 99% of the time. It was a little tough at night here when the attic fan was still going at 3 am, that means it was quite warm inside. I haven’t torched [...]
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Etching
I am getting better at etching my Bullseye glass. It is so wonderful to finally be able to etch! Bullseye is a lot stiffer than the Italian glasses a lot of lampworkers use, so I can’t just drop it in some etching solution. In the end, I think that is a good thing, etch solution [...]
My nemesis: the Triangle Bead
It’s one of those you learn early. An early exercise in dot placement, encasing, melting colors in where you want them to go. Most folks get it pretty quickly. I have been trying for years. I do not know why I cannot make this reasonably simple bead. I am considering a halt on anything else [...]
Dreaming a lot, working a little
Derek is asleep, so I can write. A lot of changes are coming for juiceglass, the business. I have been calling it juiceglass 2.0. A lot of the work now is in my head, with my limited time, but I am also doing work in the studio towards it as well. Instead of glass willy [...]
