Blown Ornaments

[@spinlathes9288]

Sir, I really appreciate all your videos, and have absolutely learned some new techniques because of you. Please make some more videos for all of us, we miss them!

[@syrKYLE]

Another great piece, and another invaluable piece of teaching footage for us... Thanks!!

[@lurker101]

Thank you so much for your time. I cannot tell you how much I have learned from your videos. Excellent, excellent tutorials time and time again. Thank you for sharing

[@lindalouahern]

Thank You SO much for making this video! It's the best gift of the season! All the best to you and yours!

[@lionheartglass]

I wonder where you went and if you are doing good?

[@billwesleypatrick]

i love your videos! you have the basics and "tools" for working glass down to a masters level! i have been flame working for roughly 16 years and have yet to have a single class other than your videos! i especially appreciated the spun glass one, as this is an almost dead art i wish to revive! I have yet to learn though how to spin 2 (or even one without a roller) rod and tube while working. i cant seem to keep them even or rotating in unisen. Any tips or tricks other than a roller or practice?

[@billwesleypatrick]

oh and i think you might like to try out newer techniques and coloring methods to re-kindle that anxious to get on the torch "oh boy!" feeling that had lost till i saw a few videos on using the "REPTILIAN coloring technique". I get burnt out doing the same things quickly. what are your favorites? maybe i havent used a few and can get some inspiration or new skills or techniques. :)

[@lindalouahern]

I have learned so much from your glass blowing videos! Is there a way we can give back to you for your generosity?

[@fluffinstien]

Thanks great video, showed me how to make some ornaments for my family this year..

[@TimiaGlass]

If you seal the end immediately the vacuum from created as it cools will deform the seal. If you let it cool and then seal the point, pressure will build up in the ornament when you anneal it which might cause it to shatter in the kiln. So, the best way is to leave it open until after annealing and then do the final seal when it is room temperature.

[@rickmarkham2584]

Please make some more videos, you provide great information!

[@coopw101]

Your vids are great so is your skill. Thanks I wish there was someone near me to teach me how to do this. I ordered a torch on Friday. So more vids please. Be safe.

[@destine1992]

i am new to lampworkin, and i wasdondering what your take on devardi glass. also what glass you prefer.

[@nated186]

Thanks for the video, it was great as always.

[@benflowerdew9460]

These are great videos. Really helpful for someone just starting out in lampworking. How did you add the colour to the 3 ornaments you show at the beginning of the clip? A video on colour would be really helpful. Thanks

[@TimiaGlass]

Actually, I did not add color. I used Chinese colored glass tubing to make them. You can add color either by dropping frit into the point, or applying frit to the outside, or add color from rods to the outside.

[@TimiaGlass]

@destine1992 I had not heard of Devardi. Looking at their web site it looks interesting and the price is pretty good. It might be worth trying some of their glass. I use borosilicate and usually buy from GlassCraft or Mountain Glass Arts.

[@Twosevenboy1]

hope you still kickin ole OG

[@The420fishguy]

I was wondering if I could buy one from you, for my parents, preferably as a Christmas gift. I was wondering if there was some way to incorporate the small wine bottles along with it. My parents are big wine fanatics and my dad prefers merlot, my mom, chardonnay. Please message me if youre interested. Hopefully you are and at that time we'll exchange info! Love your vids! -Jeff-

[@TimiaGlass]

The starting piece is called a point. I work with boro and make my own points from tubing. I assume you are working with soft glass. I know there is some place to buy soft galss points but I do not know where. Sorry.

[@1SueG]

I have been looking for these punts (?). Can you give me a source for purchasing these. I would love to try to make some for the family.

[@coopw101]

Can You show us how to make a ring and how to set up your torch line size etc and flame settings. Hope you do more vids there top notch.

[@TimiaGlass]

Learned scientific work in college. Learned artistic work on my own.

[@MrLeonard55]

Really nice.

[@RandoManFPV]

I have no idea about glass blowing intact I'm just fourteen but I'm really interested. Does it make for a good career money wise or is it like a past time thing for when you are off work? And where do I learn how college courses?

[@jamesbenton595]

I love ur videos nice work

[@blakemiller8073]

I wouldnt mind a few of them

[@firevfd1]

What is the best gas to use for the rods can you oxygen and settling

[@stagiestpython7762]

Hey Timia Glass, I was wondering if you still have KZbin and if you would be able to make more videos in the future

[@Moondollsart]

Did you took class for this or did you learn it by your on?

[@billwesleypatrick]

although i cant suggest it i will merely state that i personally learned from library books and videos online. i was 14 when i started (now 30) and learned on a 12 dollar wal-mart propane plumber's soldering torch from bernz-o-matic. i wouldnt recomend starting with the soft glass,it cracks when it cools and i doubt you have acsess to kilns or anealers, but a few hard glass(boro, borosilicate) tubes and rods and a couple color rods from mountain glass arts (chinese import is cheap) wont crack

[@anthonywiebe7101]

Do you make pipe or bongs if so make a video please

[@baileyboro710]

Thanks for the vids

[@poelgeestglass]

Nice video's you got my friend.

[@RandoManFPV]

@TimiaGlass alright thanks man ill continue my research haha

[@TimiaGlass]

@MyArtMann Yes, I use boro in all my vids.

[@billwesleypatrick]

glass craft? never heard of it, thanks i will have to check that site out! i buy everything except for tools and fiber wool/blanket (wich i get from arrowsprings due to the lifetime sharpening epair eplacement for free with every tool they sell and they sell them cheap!devardi now has boro too, but i wouldnt use any of there glass! i use only borosilicate from northstar,glass alchamy,boro bars, and other industry's standard high quality glass its woth it to pay a few cents more per oz !!!!

[@TimiaGlass]

@xxRANDOMxASITxGETSxx I would start out as a hobby and build from there. There is not much money to be made at the beginner level. Like pretty much any field, those who master their field will be the ones to make really good money. But to master any field takes years of experience. Even as a hobby though you will love working with glass. There may be some glass schools near you. If not you might find a flameworker nearby who will share the basics with you to get started.

[@MyArtMann]

This is all boro tubing right?

[@johnmawhinney4562]

thanks for help!

[@TimiaGlass]

@syrKYLE Thanks!

[@TimiaGlass]

Acetyline is too sooty and does not work well. Propane or natual gas + oxygen gives a clean hot flame suitable for glass working.

[@TimiaGlass]

Rest you forearms on the bench to steady them, them practice, practice, practice.

[@mayhemhavoc1]

First rate mate.

[@RandoManFPV]

*infact

[@TimiaGlass]

No, I don't. Sorry.