I finally got my hands on a small stash of rubino. This glass evidently needs to be handled differently.....ugh! On a few occasions I have had success, but mostly I end up with mud or smudges in the glass. I am making 3 petal flowers and one of the three petals will look burnt. Any advice or...

hi all In one of the earlier threads, i had mentioned that some of my marble glass had crumbled like cookies when fused.. But my later firings of the same batch of glass were perfect. Its then I realised that glass comes out all crumbly when the kiln wash is old. Now, I make it a point to fuse...

Looking for a supplier for a customized glass filter: material: glass (no plastics) sorted float glass might be OK aprox size: 20x14 inches, 3mm thick coatings: face1: AR, Magnesium Fluoride as the more likely candidate face2: ND, 60% transmission (aprox).

I am looking for a Glass Clear material that can be used as a grout/joint(?) for a mosaic. The mosaic is made of small glass tiles so the material has to adhere to glass,(and wood). I have tried with an acrylic paste but it does not adhere very well to the glass, and during evaporation it looses to...

After all these years I finally tried out the demo of the Glass Eye designing program. Very impressive! The catolog of glass colors and textures is amazing. Any of you actually use it in real world design work? If so which version did you spring for? Seems like you can spend anywhere from $99 to...

I have seen some interesting pendants in Germany made with lampworked glass beads and assembled on a threaded rod with screw on bails and end caps. Does anyone know a findings shop or materials supplier that sells these specific type of components that one can them make up with one's own beads...

hello, i am hoping to try mirror and glass etching and sell the work i produce, but need advice on what equipment i should buy for decent results. I have seen many cheap begginers starter kits for sale but i dont want to buy anything that gives second rate results....can anyone advice on what...

For a science project I need to remove the front circumference from a glass automobile headlight. I tried using a manual glass cutter but could not get it to scribe. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

This is speaking of hot working. I've used silver leaf and silver foil, picked up on a bubble. Some extremely cool effects can occur. I picked up some copper leaf at the same time. What the heck--it was cheap. However, I've become convinced that it isn't really intended for hot working, since...

I may be getting a contract soon to do a panel for a hospital chapel. It should not be specific to any particular religion. My question is: What sort of subject should I use? Has anyone out there done any projects like this? Thanks, KFGlover Ars Vitrea

Search enough of the web to find glass color that I can make myself but didn't find anything useful. What metal / metal oxide do you use for make glass colors like Red, Blue, Green. Any help or pointers on the net would be appreciated. Thanks.

Anybody know of a source for 3/16"? All I can find locally is 1/4" plate.

My daughter came home from school and she has 2 wiper scrape..What do you do to try to remove them. Or help remove them.. You think she hears it scratching she would stop and get fixed. Also email me raveatusit.net email me

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G'day all, I am trying something new, and get devit with this one particular type of slumping project, coming off 720oC / 1328oF or so, but only with this one recent project. Normally work with float, and coming off same programmes have no devit problems, but this is bottle glass. I don't crash...

Does anyone know a supplier of black glass panels? I've searched around and can't find one. I'm looking for normal picture sizes 5x7 8x10 etc. Thanks

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hi all I'm a small time fused glass hobbyist.. I have made several pcs. multi coloured tiles, wall vases, floral formers(i hope this is the right term for the slumped over stainless steel form). now, I'm planning to have a solo show. I'm at a loss as to the pricing of these items. I have heard that...

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