Painted goblets

More goblets.

The left two have been sandblasted and painted with porcelain paints. The right two have hollow stems.

Next time I should leave the blasting until after I've assembled the pieces, to avoid the flame-polished areas near the connections.

Still need to work on making my connections look better. But, the lips on the goblet bowls are more consistently round. The shapes of the bowls and feet are improving too.

I especially like the clear goblet. I think I'll make more in that style. Plus, I have a jumping fish stem that is waiting to be put into a goblet.

Cups and flowers, together at last!

Not perfect, by any means. But moving toward the sort of artwork that I want to make.

8.5" candleholder or goblet, with 3" ring made of Dark Elvis and filled with flowers and leaves from boro frit and rod.

9" amethyst goblet. The diffuse light makes the top of the bowl look fuzzy. Weird, because it's not. I guess I need to add a spotlight on top of the photo cube.

Curves in all the wrong places

Sigh.

I'm playing with an EZCube, for photographing my glass. I've heard that glass photographs better with lots of very diffuse light. I'm sure I'll have to experiment a lot to get the best effect, especially when it comes to highlighting dichro in the goblet stem. I think the flowers on the lower part of the twist are lost in this pix of the twisted stem goblet. But overall I think I like using the EZCube.

Still working on some new goblets. I'm trying to put a hollow fish in the stem of my new goblet. So far I just have a new gash on my thumb, for my efforts.

My favorite fish, made two years ago:

September goblets

Still experimenting. Still a long way to go. Sized 6.75 - 8.5" tall, at least these hold more than a thimble full.

back to goblets

6 1/2" tall boro blue goblet, with gold leaf in the hollow scalloped stem.

Taking a goblet making class has helped me a lot. My feet almost always spin out well, now, whereas before I could use about 1 out of 4.

I'm going to experiment with bowl shapes for awhile, and see how that goes.

incalmo practice

I'm really enjoying making tiny 3 inch boro teacups.  I can experiment with striking colors and practice incalmo technique, at the same time.  If I put feet on the bottom, I can pack a lot of practice into each piece.

goblet class

Took a class last month at Glasscraft on making goblets.  Wow.  We had a great teacher, and this class really improved and broadened my skills with borosilicate tubing.  Still have lots to learn, but... it's a good first step.  practice, practice, practice.

The last part of the class we started doing incalmo technique.  The footed bottles are mostly about 5" tall.

flower heart

My first framework.  The flowers are about one inch across, and colored with boro frits.

It's snowing again, so it was nice to find this bit of Spring in the kiln this morning! 

pink rose

My first flamework boro rose.

Also started my first framework that I will fill with leaves and small flowers.

  

I need to get my flowers hanging on the wall before Kaji goes exploring, and decides they belong on the floor.

lampworked summer sweetness

Springtime in the mountains.  Snowy, windy, sun-shine and warmth, sometimes all in the same day.  But I've been thinking about summer flowers... and big ripe blackberries...  

Life-size borosilicate glass scabiosa flower and blackberries.

Still working on assembling individual components into a larger sculpture.   I'm going to try using temporary bridges to hold the components in place, while I'm fusing the connections.