Good Weekend, Good Glass...

[vandy]

This weekend was awesome.

We went to a "rock band party" at one of Hank's co-worker's house on Friday night. People dressed up in their idea of rock star clothes, and some of us took turns playing rock band. There was much booze, food, people. It was fun, even if it was sort of off because of work people for Hank.

Then, somehow, on Saturday we ended up at Frys, and then we were at home with our own copy of Rock Band! DOOOM! Yet so obsessively compulsively fun. Anyway, there went Saturday.

Sunday morning I blew glass. It went very well. Last Monday glass blowing also went really well. Pictures at the bottom of my post. After blowing glass, I went back to a fixed bathroom sink courtesy of H.  H and I proceeded to drink the bottle of Tattinger Brut I got him for hexmas, eat shrimp cocktail & garlic bread, and play more Rock Band. Such geeks, but so much fun. ;-)

And here are some glass pictures!



This is the goblet set from last Monday morning, with one of my in-progress waxes in the center. Both the goblet sets I have pics of will have metal connector bits and feet.

Here is a better pic of the stem:



Here is the goblet set I made on Sunday:




And Theophilos, he wanted to help. He was also being helpful earlier:



He kept getting in the way of all of my earlier attempts at photography. Guess he likes art. ;-)

And here is a pic of my practice drinking glass from Sunday (I am trying to start each session with a simple cup for warm-up):

Comments

[andras120.livejournal.com]

Aha...the secret to great glass must be a helpful feline! Beautiful work and a beautiful cat.

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

He is very beautiful and very helpful, thank you! Right now my other very helpful feline is using my arm as a pillow in order to "help" me type.

[renartthefox.livejournal.com]

I want to shop for a couple unique drinking aparati ... can you help ?

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

I can. What are you trying to find?

[renartthefox.livejournal.com]

Just something unique, well, 2 unique somethings, that will hold our fav beverages ;)

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

We will be merchanting at Kingdom A&S, but if you have any specific requests, let me know. ;-)

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Wow! You do know how to have fun. What a perfect weekend. I wish I could watch you work sometime, it's so magical.

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

We will have an open studio day/evening in the spring once the weather is nicer, and if you are in town to visit your son (you have a son in Portland right?) and we are blowing that weekend you could come check it out. RIght now the shop is sort of crowded since there is metalworking stuff pushed off to the sides, but eventually there will just be glass stuff in there.

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Yes I do have a son there. I will check with you when I come over.
Thanks,

[chemicallace]

I have a color question for you.

Do you find powder or rod more effective in getting the light green/blue tones that medieval glass often is due to contaminants? Powder is clearly cheaper, but I've had a lot of trouble getting rod that's light enough and doesn't look insanely dark in bits and then the right lightness when blown out.

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

I generally use powder, mostly because I am too lazy to heat up rod. Also, powder cam be put on in a thin coat that spreads out to be lighter. I like steel blue for a nice medievally light blue-grey color. I am doing sample bubbles of a lot of my colors, including greens, so if I find a particularly good one I will let you know.