Pulling Stringers Lampworking for Beginners

[@julian089]

These videos have helped me a tonne as I’m just getting into lampworking. Appreciate these!

[@MattJasa]

Awesome Julian, I'm glad to hear. Best of luck on your glass journey!

[@zacpackman9186]

love your work as allwase mate

[@rustedwoods100]

I’m new to this - and working on stringers and spheres - this answers a lot of questions! Thank you

[@MattJasa]

Your welcome Rusty Woods. Comment with any questions you may have as you get going, also make sure to double check your safety and of course enjoy your glass journey!

[@relfyem]

So many great tips in this one. The tip about cadmium is especially useful for me!

[@MattJasa]

Awesome, glad it was helpful. Best of luck on your glass journey!

[@thesmashsanctuary8699]

your videos are so good, you explain everything so well.

[@erbigimbi9903]

Thanks Matt

[@kylesteele9403]

Glad to see a new upload! :D I love seeing these

[@debibrown7975]

I really enjoyed this video

[@MattJasa]

Thank you!

[@org4ngrinder]

Momkas blue and green flambe are my favourites

[@sp4dedglass369]

I enjoy ur videos even more cuz u have a bravo. I love mine n love seeing other people use um

[@gabrielaguilar8108]

Can u do a video where u enase an opal in clear glass

[@MattJasa]

Sure I can give it a try. I'll need to order some opals first and give it a little bit of practice. I know exactly how its done, I've just never practiced it before.

[@gabrielaguilar8108]

Thanks !ive been learning so much from your channel keep up the good work 💯

[@MattJasa]

@@gabrielaguilar8108 I might order the 3mm spheres and coin opals to keep it small. Is there any specific ones you were looking at?

[@gabrielaguilar8108]

Yes those are exacly the ones im trying to work with

[@gabrielaguilar8108]

Where can i order those also ?

[@imanedavenice4705]

Hi, thanks for your useful videos. could you please help me by answering a question? I'm working with Murano glass and it break when I work on it and start to explode sometimes during the work. how could I resolve this problem?

[@MattJasa]

Hey imaNeda Venice, Soft glass is more sensitive to heating and cooling. You can warm it slowly by jabbing it in-and-out of the flame real quick before you work with it. Also keep it warm until it gets into the kiln or it might crack. I use borosilicate in my videos except for this one which is Murano Effetre: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npemdKqJobtsp7s

[@imanedavenice4705]

@@MattJasa thanks a lot for your reply... have a grate day 😊

[@Dewey_Boondye420]

when you're pulling stringers in bulk & storing them away for a future project. do you need to put them in the kiln to be annealed?

[@MattJasa]

That's a good question I didn't think about that when I made the video, but no I don't think it would be necessary. Their so thin there's no where to build stress, and whatever stress is in it should dissipate with the heat as you use it later. Thanks for watching!

[@Dewey_Boondye420]

Matt Jasa awesome! thanks for the quick response & thank you for the videos. they have been a big help in my journey

[@kodyfrost]

Hi Matt, be learning a lot from your work and explanation. I do have a question about a possible technique. Is it possible to take a a small glass figure you make and squish it between 2 molten glass gathers in order to encase the small figure without necessarily doing an emplosion?

[@MattJasa]

Yea that should work to encase it, depending on the shape of the figure you might trap some air or disfigure it before its fully encased. I've seen something like that done for soft-glass paper weights. Implosions are slightly different from encasements. The color gets pulled and stretched through the glass as it implodes inward. Dots turn into lines, and lines stretch out like flower petals.

[@kodyfrost]

@@MattJasa to limit any air I would try to make a more pointed gather, almost like the shape you made in your vortex marble video. Something I will have to try once I get my torch in

[@MattJasa]

​@@kodyfrost Yea making it more pointed should help. Let me know if you run into any problems setting up. Happy melting!

[@hasteovertrample2483]

Reactive=striking?

[@MattJasa]

Striking is the act of changing the color. To change your reactive rod you strike it in the flame or kiln. You can strike a rod multiple times, each time causes it to become darker in saturation.

[@eodexacart6520]

Awesome

[@Lysergic_FPV]

I love it! Im gonna start lampworking soon and im trying to decide where to start!, learning to pull stringers seems like a very basic place to start, what do you recommend!!? Awesome video

[@MattJasa]

Yes defiantly stringers are a good start. It is basic, but fundamental for most art projects. Also at the same time practice gathering clear glass into spheres. You can combine the two techniques to create marbles. Thanks for watching!

[@Modano1st]

Yes, stringers is a great place to start

[@Lysergic_FPV]

Matt Jasa keep it up!!! Thanks!

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Melty... 😻

[@enricolambrusco2449]

this method does not work with soft glass

[@MattJasa]

Sorry Enrico, my channel mainly focuses on hard glass. I recently ordered some some soft glass to practice with. I plan to introduce some soft glass into the channel eventually.