Lampwork Tutorial: How to Silver Fume - Step by Step on 104 COE glass

This lampwork tutorial tells you everything you need to know about how to silver fume soft glass. It's step by step with dos & don'ts! Check out more tips here: www.patsyevinss...
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[@Nadine-uh3qt]

I have bought your tutorials for the basic techniques and I must say they are excellent! You are an awesome teacher and artist

[@PatsyEvins]

I'm so glad you are enjoying my tutorials, Nadine! And "Thank You" for taking the time and letting me know! Let me know if you have any questions and be sure to check out all my www.PatsyEvinsStudio.com/blog/ tuts. The link is in the above video clickable too.

[@MrsChibikat]

Thank you so much Patsy for taking the time to find that link for me. I am eager to try my hand @ fuming, but safety first so I went online & purchased the 3M mask you recommended along with 2 pairs of extra filters. Please do continue your awesome teaching videos, I appreciate you sharing your experiences and love of glass with us! I was hoping that maybe you could do a thoroughly informative demo on a different silver glass & bead technique each week. That would be interesting & FUN!

[@EquiEndurance]

This is so very interesting Thank you so much for taking the time to share Patsy

[@PatsyEvins]

Hi MrsChibikat, Glad the info helped you! Thanks for your great suggestion about a different silver glass & bead technique. I'll give it some serious thought! This next free video, I am covering how to encase fumed silver. Be on the look out for it!

[@PatsyEvins]

Hi Jinx, thrilled to hear you enjoyed my video! ... I love your evil eyes and your other wonderful glass art! Thanks for commenting!

[@JinxGarza]

Hi Patsy! Very nicely done. I really enjoyed this. You've inspired me. :-)

[@MrsChibikat]

Hi Patsy! Great Video! I have a question regarding your filtering mask. How often do you need to change out the side filters? Are the filters supposed to be changed out after each torching session when fuming? Does the frequency of exchanging the filters change with the medium your using (i.e. change the filters more often when exposed to enamels vs silver/gold fume)? Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, & especially for making these informative videos.

[@PatsyEvins]

Hi MrsChibikat, How often you change the filters depend on how much you use the mask. I'm putting a link to general info you can read about the filters that should help. It says when you have trouble breathing... that means it's clogged. I may not use mine for weeks, so it's hard to give a definite answer. The way I found the information is to put in "3M P100 2097 metals when to change" in the google search.

[@natalie9767]

Patsy, where do you buy the rod that you use for silver fuming?

[@PatsyEvins]

Natalie, it's borosillicate or boro for short. Boro is hard glass like you would watch artists make figurines at Disney World or places with large furnaces. They make large pieces of art glass like bowls, glasses, etc. You can buy boro rods at any glass suppliers of soft and hard glass. I think I got mine at Frantz.

[@PatsyEvins]

Oh, yeah, Have you checked out my tutorials I sell? Tutorial 1, I cover basic bead making, how to do dots and turn them into flowers. Each tutorial works with making flowers but each one has a lot of foundational information as well as art theory and how to use color. You might enjoy them! Just click on the Tutorials Tab at the top when you're on my Blog..PatsyEvinsStudio.com/blog/

[@PatsyEvins]

I can't put the link for information in comments...Check out Rio Grande to buy it. Click on my link in my description for more info. This filter is good for silica (glass) so that's enamels. Again... It says if you get odors or can't breathe. Let me know if this helps? :)