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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 28, 2022 8:54:28 GMT -5
Yea the heat from all the kilns just exuded radiation type heat. He kept the most used clear glass in a constant state of melted state, maybe about 200 gallons of it. That alone kept the place toasty. So that night he blew a vase that was slender but about 5 feet tall. He also made a hole in the side of it and fused another molten vase into the side of the tall one, both maintained hot with giant torches. So he climbed a ladder to allow the tall vase to stretch jasoninsd . Then he takes it down to final shape it horizontally on the rolling table. You could tell he was straining with all the weight on the end of the blow tube. He had helpers. But all three of them were busting there butt. He was a fit 35 years old. The other glass blower in Atlanta is in his mid 50's and probably has a higher level of experience. He can do more complicated organic patterns. Some of Matt Janke's more organic patterns: RTH member Arlen cut and mounted this one Those are amazing! The top picture looks like a brecciated stone...and the second one is eerily similar to Sodalite!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 28, 2022 9:12:29 GMT -5
jasoninsd Mr. Janke had about 15 - 55 gallon drums of scrap glass. I shoveled out of them into 7 gallon plant pots and 5 gal buckets. About 70% was trash(clear glass) but the rest was with colors and patterns. I think that guy is a master at making wicked patterns. It's not easy to take small chunks and flakes of colored glass and roll them on on wad of molten glass and then expand them by blowing the vase wad out to targeted patterns w/correct spacing etc if you catch the drift. He also made his own colored glass by buying a 12" x 1.5" super colored rod of each color and heat stretching it about a 1000 feet, letting it cool and then breaking the threads into pieces. He may spread the broken pieces on a pan and then melt each tiny piece into a round blob. The coloring agents for the glass was similar to the metals that color agates like chromium titanium irons cadmium lead nickel zinc etc. His lapper was about 24 inches across for polishing vase bases and vase lips etc. Quite a 'lapidary' shop.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 28, 2022 9:21:21 GMT -5
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Post by pebblesky on Oct 28, 2022 11:01:31 GMT -5
The tumbled glass pieces look wonderful. I haven't seen any tumbling experiment like this other than in RTH... It is eye-opening.
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