glas
This is the best short film about glass that I’ve ever seen.
Fire Cracking and Coldworking
After the glass is blown, it’s placed in an annealing oven where it slowly comes down in temperature to prevent it from cracking. The annealer usually cools down the next day, unless you’re making really thick stuff like giant telescope lenses, which are so thick they have to stay in there for a few years. […]
Czech Style Glass Mould
This is an easy way to construct moulds for blowing glasses or vases or stuff like that. It gets more complicated if the shape has undercuts because it won’t pull straight out, so the mould has to split apart. It’s best to use solid wood if you can. Next best is plywood. The worst is […]
Glass Lamp with Olive Wood Base
I started blowing glass again at a studio in berkeley. The guy who runs the place makes sconces for lamps, and he was throwing away a white cylinder that didn’t make the cut. It was about 12″ long, with some marks in the middle from the tools. I cut it down on the saw to […]