Making a Glass Jellyfish Pendant at the Ravalli County Fair 2023 Boro Glassblowing

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William Grout

Күн бұрын

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@cherylburkitt9722 9 ай бұрын

Adorable jelly fish ❤

@loscoglass Жыл бұрын

pretty sick, your jellys come out super clean!

@WilliamGrout Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@polabear7114 3 ай бұрын

your creative ideas are GREAT!!

@MissMoo2780 3 ай бұрын

They are stunning, I would definitely wear one. Amazing work 👏👏👏

@fishinwithschroeder 10 ай бұрын

Those are very good lookin Jellies.. I haev a friend of mine that also makes some bad ass Jellies.. Kobuki style

@tonipatterson8594 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@JillCampbell-h9x 4 ай бұрын

thanks!

@LandonStrauss-hc1sc 6 ай бұрын

These are sooooo cool.

@jutta9902 7 ай бұрын

They are beautyfull

@christinelee2619 9 ай бұрын

Put them together as garden light decorations

@johncspine2787 14 күн бұрын

I wonder if you strung them on a fiber optic cord or what, clear plastic cord and illuminated the cord if you could make them glow..could disguise a tiny battery in a central pendant, maybe w a resistor of some sort for brighter and/or very subtle glow..

@eastonvonschist2283 5 ай бұрын

I have several of these and in one you can only see the jellyfish under a blacklight. pretty cool.

@idela32 6 ай бұрын

Go Bill

@GalleonLampworks 5 ай бұрын

At the fair huh... so thats a portable lampworking table? pretty sweet bro!

@BillRaeShow 5 ай бұрын

It's a small work space and this is the only event we do mobile torch demos. We have had the same setup at this fair for 12 years!

@johncspine2787 14 күн бұрын

States are different, but..can you have a glass studio in your home? If you have proper ventilation and a good setup will homeowners insurance still allow it? Or do you have to get the fire department to inspect..?

@WilliamGrout 14 күн бұрын

I am not in any position to give specific advice, but IMHO doing glass work IN a home is never a good idea. On the property in a separate shop building is a start but every situation is going to be different. Some residential areas would not allow such a shop building in the first place. Keep asking questions before going further, this is not a kitchen table hobby!

@ralucabuttner449 8 ай бұрын

Where did you get the spikes intrument used for making the tentacles?

@WilliamGrout 8 ай бұрын

Search for "flower frog". I got mine at a Michaels craft store in the floral department..

@ralucabuttner449 8 ай бұрын

@@WilliamGrout Thanks!

@tsunamisam9361 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I Really Enjoyed Watching You Make This Pendant. I Also Blow Glass And I Would Like To Ask A Couple Of Questions. When You Push The Gather On The Frog How Does That Help And Why Is The Frog Outer Prongs Bent Out Like That? I Ask Because I Have A Frog About That Size. Also What Color Do You Use In The Cane You Wrapped Around The Base Of The Cap Of The Jellyfish? Thank You For Posting This. You Do Great Work.

@WilliamGrout Жыл бұрын

Before the push on the frog I added the color to the end of the gather which is the color for the tentacles. I bent some of the pins out of the way to be able to push deeper and produce more uniform tentacles. Important to use some beeswax on the frog and hold it down somehow (I use tweezers) or the glass will stick to the frog and that is a disaster. The tentacles are then treated a bit like a compression technique just not pressed on the end at all. Pull off some mixed up mess on the end after chasing the air out. The remainder of little air traps look cool IMHO. Getting the right color, amount of color and heat cycles for the tentacles is...... complicated and a bit frustrating I have to say. Best wishes!

@joannecarson5568 7 ай бұрын

I like your jellyfish! I am concerned that you would see the lines where you add the clear glass around the body of the jellyfish. Is it a problem?

@WilliamGrout 7 ай бұрын

A legit concern. Adding clear on top of clear is challenging to do without any visible distortion but with a good heat base in the piece and the proper heat at the junction it can be minimal. The issue I have is more often tiny bubbles. Being an aquatic and organic design I think any anomalies are not very noticeable here. The amount of time in the flame alters the glass chemistry on the surface which is a factor in the distortions but for a small pendant like this that is not as much of a problem.

@jutta9902 7 ай бұрын

Is it boroglass?

@WilliamGrout 7 ай бұрын

Yes it is.

@jutta9902 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for answering. ❤

@willowwisp6401 Жыл бұрын

HOW MUCH ?, I want to buy one of each color.

@WilliamGrout Жыл бұрын

$35 online free shipping. Inventory should be increasing online soonish but here is our Shopify page: store.aspenhotglass.com/collections/hand-blown-glass-art

@Aquaticfireartglass 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sharing. 🙂 Is that a handmade pin frog with all the crazy pokey bits?

@WilliamGrout 7 ай бұрын

The pin frog is a small one that I got at Michaels in the floral department. I bent the outer pins out of the way to have just a limited number for this use. I guess I could just cut those off now.... Thanks for checking it out!