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Post by jamesp on Apr 25, 2018 11:47:17 GMT -5
Another product, millefiori sheet in need of shaping and cladding.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 25, 2018 12:01:04 GMT -5
I like those, especially the ones perpendicular to the surface (like a sawed off tree trunk, lol).
Knowwhatimean? An entire smorgasbord!
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Post by MsAli on Apr 25, 2018 12:32:02 GMT -5
Stein Mart is like an upperscale Marshall's They get left over stuff from major department stores. You are safe to break I'm gonna like that one alot I may be the first man on earth to make a dollar on the fact that the women in his life are shoppers. I might be one of the few women you know that hates shopping
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 25, 2018 20:24:43 GMT -5
I may be the first man on earth to make a dollar on the fact that the women in his life are shoppers. I might be one of the few women you know that hates shopping Make that 2 of us, unless it's for tools or rocks.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 3:55:06 GMT -5
I like those, especially the ones perpendicular to the surface (like a sawed off tree trunk, lol). Knowwhatimean? An entire smorgasbord! Denise sent out notes to high end Ebay vase sellers for broken vases. This lady sent us 3 expensive Murano lamp shades with chips for low price. That is where those came from Jean. Tried melting 3 different coefficient of expansion glass to them and never could get it right, cracked w/all 3. To clad a clear cover to the top... Finally heated them at slump temp and shrunk them from thin to acceptable pendant thickness. Each vase has it's own personality, that one took a long time to figure out. No big deal, you just put a sample in the furnace each time you do a different heat curve for known glass.
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Post by fernwood on Apr 26, 2018 4:13:02 GMT -5
#3 for no shopping. The glass keeps getting better and better.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 4:17:13 GMT -5
I may be the first man on earth to make a dollar on the fact that the women in his life are shoppers. I might be one of the few women you know that hates shopping If I said come join me at an estate sale that was liquidating 100's of Murano's for little of nothing ? It is amazing to see the price variation. Cheap stores sell the finest for cheap, expensive stores sell the finest for high prices. Found a new vintage store that has about a 100 dealers leasing. One one the dealers has a shelf loaded with fine vases, half signed from finest glass artists all of them $12 to $25. Most are 1990 to 2005. Gaudy colors and patterns, perfectly loud enough to make jewels from. The lease manager says many of the lessors throw away vases constantly if they are not high enders. I think me and wife picked up 5 last night. Need to take photos of every piece acquired. I photograph all of them but need to do a better job for potential marketing reasons. What about a service where I offer to make pendants out of family heirloom glass instead of people giving it away at their deceased parent's/family member's estate sale ? All the fine vase importers in Atlanta have all but gone out of business. 10 years ago they had a roaring business.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 4:30:02 GMT -5
#3 for no shopping. The glass keeps getting better and better. Thanks fernwood. Going to a big art festival this weekend to hand them out. To see if I can drum up some clients. My neighbor's wife hates to shop too. But she always wants to go 'arrowhead shopping' as she calls it with me. Her husband will just about pay me to take her away lol(she does talk a lot). Put her out and she will cover miles, a machine. I use her for an arrowhead scout as she can be heard miles away when she finds one. Find one and there is usually more at the same spot.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 4:38:50 GMT -5
I might be one of the few women you know that hates shopping Make that 2 of us, unless it's for tools or rocks. Must be the rock dust ? Shame people can't find satisfaction in other ways. A lot of my buddies are completely perplexed by my rock and glass hobby. Half of them need to set the bottle down and learn to have some interests. Now starting to retire and asking me how to develop interests. Hard to explain. And they seem to be bored discussing it. Worry about them. They miss out on life. Maybe we are autistic or something and they are normal. Not.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 4:57:34 GMT -5
So last night was tumbler barrel clean out. It is sorta risky running so many pendants one has so much time and money invested in. Things can happen in tumblers that damage the contents. Tumblers have been slowed down and rolling safe and gentle. Smaller safer barrels too. Lots of cross sorting to avoid over-tumbling of different products. Built more sizes of small barrels to handle kiln batches of similar tumbling needs. Coarse grind gets technical. Check out 2 of 3 barrels cleaned out and moved to the next finer abrasive last night. About 6 to 8 pounds each. 8 pounds moving to next stage 7 pounds to next stage And a $40 cabinet at Goodwill that must weigh 300#'s to store product in.
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Post by fernwood on Apr 26, 2018 5:03:09 GMT -5
How to develop interests? They do need help. OCD describes those who immerse themselves in their hobbies, especially lapidary. I use that term in a nice way.
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Post by fernwood on Apr 26, 2018 5:08:58 GMT -5
I almost spent $1.80 on a pound of millefiori pieces. The photo looked nice, but could not tell the sizes. They were listed as "polished, undrilled beads. 60-200 pieces per lot. To me, that quantity said there would probably be many small pieces. Will stick with my rock inventory for now. The last batches look great. Like the "blue eyes". Cabinet was a good find.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 26, 2018 10:26:26 GMT -5
Ooooooooooooooh, purty! They're all looking really good, but those navy blue ones in the second photo and those blue eyeballs are smokin'!
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Post by MsAli on Apr 26, 2018 13:00:10 GMT -5
I might be one of the few women you know that hates shopping If I said come join me at an estate sale that was liquidating 100's of Murano's for little of nothing ? It is amazing to see the price variation. Cheap stores sell the finest for cheap, expensive stores sell the finest for high prices. Found a new vintage store that has about a 100 dealers leasing. One one the dealers has a shelf loaded with fine vases, half signed from finest glass artists all of them $12 to $25. Most are 1990 to 2005. Gaudy colors and patterns, perfectly loud enough to make jewels from. The lease manager says many of the lessors throw away vases constantly if they are not high enders. I think me and wife picked up 5 last night. Need to take photos of every piece acquired. I photograph all of them but need to do a better job for potential marketing reasons. What about a service where I offer to make pendants out of family heirloom glass instead of people giving it away at their deceased parent's/family member's estate sale ? All the fine vase importers in Atlanta have all but gone out of business. 10 years ago they had a roaring business. MAYYyybbeeee I would join ya for that
The heirloom glass is risky
I picture Fenton and Blenko and I cringe
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Post by MsAli on Apr 26, 2018 13:03:09 GMT -5
Another product, millefiori sheet in need of shaping and cladding. PRETTYYYYYYY
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 21:41:48 GMT -5
How to develop interests? They do need help. OCD describes those who immerse themselves in their hobbies, especially lapidary. I use that term in a nice way. Passion is one of life's best trait. Every human on earth has the right to have it towards their endeavors.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 21:53:47 GMT -5
Ooooooooooooooh, purty! They're all looking really good, but those navy blue ones in the second photo and those blue eyeballs are smokin'! Would have never known such blown glass existed. There was about a half a broken vase of it in the blower's scrap. Rare and unique and if it ever became a hot seller I can get the local fellow to make more of them. Granted not cheap but if sells were good certainly justifiable. I must have a couple of hundred killer shards from the blower melted to pendant form that are set aside for future reference. It amazes me the vast variety of this collection as it grows. Maybe the collection is worth more to me than selling. Like a stamp or agate collection.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 21:57:45 GMT -5
If I said come join me at an estate sale that was liquidating 100's of Murano's for little of nothing ? It is amazing to see the price variation. Cheap stores sell the finest for cheap, expensive stores sell the finest for high prices. Found a new vintage store that has about a 100 dealers leasing. One one the dealers has a shelf loaded with fine vases, half signed from finest glass artists all of them $12 to $25. Most are 1990 to 2005. Gaudy colors and patterns, perfectly loud enough to make jewels from. The lease manager says many of the lessors throw away vases constantly if they are not high enders. I think me and wife picked up 5 last night. Need to take photos of every piece acquired. I photograph all of them but need to do a better job for potential marketing reasons. What about a service where I offer to make pendants out of family heirloom glass instead of people giving it away at their deceased parent's/family member's estate sale ? All the fine vase importers in Atlanta have all but gone out of business. 10 years ago they had a roaring business. MAYYyybbeeee I would join ya for that
The heirloom glass is risky
I picture Fenton and Blenko and I cringe
You'd be there in a New York second looking for deals, certain of it. Did you know it is impossible for a muskrat to walk around a hollow log ?
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Post by MsAli on Apr 26, 2018 22:02:32 GMT -5
MAYYyybbeeee I would join ya for that
The heirloom glass is risky
I picture Fenton and Blenko and I cringe
You'd be there in a New York second looking for deals, certain of it. Did you know it is impossible for a muskrat to walk around a hollow log ? Yeah I'd be there for sure But I dont consider it shopping Shopping is clothes and shoes and stuff Which I haven't done in a year Uugghhh I do need to do that Would rather spend my money on other stuff
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2018 22:10:48 GMT -5
You'd be there in a New York second looking for deals, certain of it. Did you know it is impossible for a muskrat to walk around a hollow log ? Yeah I'd be there for sure But I dont consider it shopping Shopping is clothes and shoes and stuff Which I haven't done in a year Uugghhh I do need to do that Would rather spend my money on other stuff Maybe treasure hunting is fair description.
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