Lampworking / Flameworking - 101.64 - The Implosion Bead - 104 demo

Hi everyone! Yea! It’s here! I have worked on this technique for months and months….
I think I have finally unlocked the magic behind
The Implosion Bead! This is a gorgeous pattern! Let’s start out simple….just dots! 😂
I hope you find this demonstration helpful if you have been struggling with this technique.
It is not always easy to put into words everything that happens to the glass while it’s in the flame, but I try!
Thanks so much for your support by subscribing….
it means the world to us!
Love to you all!! Cheers! Robin- ✨🌹💫

[@kathystowell7165]

Looks great, just beautiful ❤

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Kathy! 💫😍 Thanks so much! A whole bunch of these look amazing together! 🌈✨ I’m happy that you have been enjoying the demos!😃🌹🌹 Cheers- Robin👋🏽💫

[@ypcomchic]

Wow those are beautiful!

[@scottwoodresearch]

Thanks so much YP! 👋🏽🌹🌹

[@jonesuk123]

Really good explanation. I really got it. Showing it more than once and the analogy of the cup really helpful. You are an exceptional teacher. 👏 big thank you xxx

[@scottwoodresearch]

Thanks so much, Lena! I was a bit worried about explaining how the glass compresses…not easy to put into words 😂. I am so happy that you ‘got it’…yea!! 🤗 Hugs to you!! Cheers- Robin 👍🏽💫🌹💫

[@lisalateedah]

You explained it very well

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Lisa! 😃🌹 Thank you so much! I appreciate you!! 🥰 Cheers- Robin 👋🏽💫🌹

[@damonturnbull5903]

Beautiful. You're very clever.

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Damon! 😃👋🏽 Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed this one…It’s a fascinating process! Cheers - Robin 💫🌹🌹🌹

[@Dove96]

Beautiful. Thank you so much. I also do not understand how this works but your demonstration and explanation makes it look like I could do it. Can't wait to turn on the torch. Thank you.

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Karen! 🤗 It definitely takes some practice but I am sure you can do this! 🌹 It is so interesting to see what each pattern looks like…especially in combination of dots and lines! Fascinating!! 😃 Thanks so much! Cheers- Robin 👋🏽🎉🌹✨

[@vonniescrafts1]

I loved watching that so clever and such a beautiful result thanks Robin xx

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Vonnie! 🤗✨ Thank you! I’m still working on this technique and will share more in the future! Hope you are doing well. 🌹✨ Cheers- Robin 🌈✨✨

[@serpentskiss3]

Just WOW! I have always been intrigued by glass paper weights. To be able to make one on a mandrel! YAY! Now that is cool! Thank you so much Robin💐 Beautiful job on your explanation. You rock!💃

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Serpent! Thanks so much for your comment! 🤗 It is just like a tiny paperweight…it is so cool to watch this process happen! I’m so happy to be able to share it with you! Thanks again! 😃🌹 Cheers- Robin 👋🏽🌹💫✨💫🐍

[@serpentskiss3]

@@scottwoodresearch I wonder if one could use like a really tight latticino/filigree cane? 🤔...Ok, back to donut beads and pulling stringers for me 😆 Much appreciation for the inspiration Robin!🤩🌷

[@scottwoodresearch]

I’m sure that would look very interesting! I have been thinking of all the different ways one can approach this technique….so many options! I just had some major surgery on my mouth/teeth…and am behind on this week’s demo…😩 Hope to be back in action next week. See you then, Serpent! And thanks again!✨🌹 Robin 🌹✨

[@serpentskiss3]

@@scottwoodresearch EEEEEeee, that is no fun! Healing thoughts for you :)) Chill on the torch work and please no heavy equipment operating😶‍🌫☺Be good to yourself 🤗💐 (We'll be here no worries)

[@scottwoodresearch]

Oh thank you!! I am on the couch with ice pack!! Hope the swelling goes away soon…I look like a chipmunk, but the worst is behind me! See you soon & thanks so much for the healing thoughts, Serpents! 🌹🌹🌹🖤✨

[@dragonalitygifts1213]

I absolutely love your videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to make them.

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Dragonality! I’m so glad that you have been enjoying these demos! 🤗 It makes me happy to be able to share them with you all! ✨🌹 Thank you so much for your comment, I appreciate you! Cheers - Robin 👋🏽🌹🙏🏽🙏🏽💫

[@dorothyrobinson5706]

I love your work I love watching your videos you’ve helped me a whole lot keep your work up you’re very good teacher

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Dorothy! I am so glad you are enjoying the demos and that they have been helpful to you! 🤗🌹 Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and support! 🙏🏽💫 Cheers- Robin ✨🌹✨🌹

[@kevinstorey6287]

Well that seems... actually kind of doable :) Thanks for the lesson!

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Kevin! 👋🏽 This definitely took practice, but it’s totally doable!! ….I am still practicing! 😂 Glad you enjoyed this one! Cheers - Robin ✨🌹

[@lindacondray7918]

Your explanations are GREAT! I always send my students to your page. In fact, Knikki below is one of my prior students. So fun! Have you tried doing just a single wrap of the dot color or a center stamin color as the first wrap so that the center core (on mandrel) is colored? So that you don’t end up with an etched looking clear center? That’s what I’m going to see how it works when I get a chance. But ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO, THANKS!

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Linda! 😃👋🏽 Thank you so much! That is a huge compliment to suggest our channel to your students! It is nothing like ‘in person teaching’….(I’m jealous!)…but I think it helps!😅 🌹 I have added color as the first wrap before on these and it looks great…so many ways to play! So glad you enjoy these demos! I appreciate you!! 🥰 Cheers- Robin 💫✨🌹

[@lindafowlerjohnston]

First off, thank you for showing it multiple times. It makes so much sense adding the dots to the convex side and then pulling it in. The bicolor stringer adds variety without making it too complex. Building from this I can see how it can be applied to a pendant. I always had problems with my implosion being a little dinky thing in the middle. Sometime please show us how to do mushrooms and gelly fish. Thanks so much.

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Linda! Thank you Thank you!! It is a bit more challenging than a traditional implosion… I literally tried to pretend that there was no mandrel when I was practicing these! 😅 At some point I will show the inside mushroom…must practice first!! 😂 Thank you again for your wonderful comment…I am so happy you enjoyed it! 🙏🏽 Cheers- Robin 👋🏽🌹✨🌹💫

[@enricolambrusco2449]

yaaaaay! i knew you could do it. after seeing it done, it makes so much sense. kudos and thanks. i have a show the 2nd of october. guess what i'll be making. lol

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Enrico! Lol! You must have been reading my mind when you asked about implosion beads a few weeks ago. 😂 I was totally working on these! I really hope this helps you achieve your goals for upcoming show!! Thanks so much for giving me the little push that I needed to finally figure these out! 🤗 Cheers- Robin 👋🏽✨💫🌹

[@brigittekleynnaert1123]

Great tutorial it is a challenge to make a implosion bead on the mandrel as you say . Thank you for sharing this techniek this is so helpfull you have no idea 🔥🔥👏👏🌹

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Brigitte! I am glad you enjoyed this one! Although I felt a bit tongue tied when trying to explain it..😂😂 I am glad to just have a good close up example of it for all of us to see! 👍🏽🌹 Thanks so much for your comment, Brigitte! Cheers- Robin 🌹👋🏽💫✨💫✨😄

[@morbek1]

Thank you

[@scottwoodresearch]

Glad you enjoyed! Thank you, Morgan! Cheers- Robin 🌹✨💫

[@soniatrocme-lepage8701]

Many thanks Robin, I was also waiting for an implosion from you 😉☺️. I’ve been trying those off mandrel with boro and it does take for ever, that’s true 😅 and it is difficult . But with your great explanations on how to avoid cracking, I will try on mandrel on a soft glass disk ! Yeah! One question : have you managed to make some where the mandrel hole gets totally hidden by the implosion « petals »? So as to be able to make a nice round pendant ? Many thanks, Robin ! Love your videos ❤️🥰

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Sonia! I am so glad you liked this one! These are so tricky…especially with the mandrel! 😂 I have yet to make one where the whole mandrel is completely covered…. The disk starts with clear glass on the mandrel and that is what you see when finished. It’s impossible to cover that up….but I do have some ideas to research that might help to disguise it! So…Stay Tuned!😂😂🌹 Thanks again, Sonia!! Take Care- Robin🤗🌹💫🌹💫👍🏽🙏🏽

[@elizabethwatson71]

Add an addendum to the end of the vid. Use your hand as an example of how the glass moves…open your hand, flat, fingers spread out wide. The hand is the disc. Add a black dot…this is the mandrel. The fingers have the ‘stringer dots’ all along the length and at the end. Slowly curl the fingers in. This is how the glass moves

[@scottwoodresearch]

I love the way you speak with your hands, Beth! 😍 😅 I couldn’t have explained it better! 👍🏽 Thank you so much! Cheers- Robin 💫🌹✨🌹✨

[@buttercup8932]

Very cool! I love making implosion pendants( although I call it compression) but never thought of trying it on a mandrel. Now I gotta try! Thanks for sharing.

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Buttercup! The implosion bead has been one of those mysteries that a lot of viewers have asked me about in the past. I was determined to unlock its secrets! 😂😂 I like the term ‘compression’, that is really what’s happening. Not sure who coined the name implosion..? So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for your comment, Buttercup! 💫 Cheers- Robin 🌹🌹💫✨

[@buttercup8932]

@@scottwoodresearch I have no formal training so I don't know how accurate this is but I've heard that compressions are done on a solid piece of glass and an implosion is done with a hollow bubble, not that it really matters lol

[@scottwoodresearch]

I see! 🤗. You must be a Boro Flameworker?…I think? Those sound like Boro terms to me! 😅 I see a lot more Boro implosions and compressions than I do in 104 glass. It’s fascinating how different the types of glass are…the soft glass implosion happens sooo much faster! It’s crazy! 🤪

[@buttercup8932]

@@scottwoodresearch I mostly play with 104 but occasionally Boro, and yes it happens much quicker with 104 and a lot less oxygen lol

[@brigittekleynnaert1123]

Bedankt

[@scottwoodresearch]

Bedankt!!! 😍💫

[@knikkiroberts8794]

How do you get your beads so CLEAN on the inside? I am always seeing residual bead release in mine - do you have a secret weapon for getting them so spotless?

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hello Knikki! 😃✨ That’s a great question! I use a Dremel tool with the long tapered diamond bit (and water) to get all of the bead release out. Then after it dries all the way I will get a bit of oil (anything…like olive oil) on a toothpick, spread it inside and that sines it up a bit. ✨That is my secret weapon 😂🌹✨ It’s not perfect but looks nicer! 💫 Cheers- Robin 👋🏽✨✨

[@ginnyhawes459]

The two coloured stringer makes the implosion look so cool. How tricky is it to not get a bubble at the end? Do you tip it backwards for a bit so the middle gets to the mandrel before the outside? It was so juicy & hot in the video I couldn’t quite see - even though you showed it several times. Thank you for yet another fab video ❤

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Ginny! That very center part and the glass around it come together simultaneously in the end. I’m bummed that it is hard to see this part! Sorry! And at this point my mandrel is leveled out. (When the glass is super hot I try to keep the mandrel nice and parallel to the floor so it doesn’t start traveling. ) If the center is to cool at this point then you might trap a bubble. Hope that helps! 😬 Thanks Ginny!! 👋🏽🌹🌹🌹

[@gloriawood8457]

Thank you for repeating your instructions. Is this soft glass?

[@scottwoodresearch]

Hi Gloria! Yes…this is soft glass. I wanted to show it several times because the glass moves a lot faster than in Boro! 😄 Thanks so much! Cheers- Robin 👋🏽🌹✨🌹✨💫