February 29, 2008 – 8:36 PM
So today after dinner and a little bit of clothes shopping, we (my mother and I) went to Home Depot and bought a 10 foot long length of 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe. We also bought some PVC cement, and white duct tape. The goal here is to build some sort of contraption to hold [...]
February 28, 2008 – 10:57 PM
We (my mother and I) just registered for the NAMI convention. It’s in Orlando, FL this year. I wasn’t that enthused about going to the convention, but the idea of being in a large group of people who are all dealing with mental illness in some way… well, it just sounds like it might be nice.
I [...]
February 24, 2008 – 8:09 PM
I haven’t made any Double Helix beads in the last few days so I better write out my process so I don’t forget. As you can see, I’m working on a Hot Head. I use a piece of tin foil to create the reducing flame. I read somewhere on the net that you could just [...]
February 22, 2008 – 2:20 PM
This little guy just didn’t want to come off its mandrel. In the process of trying to remove it, I think I wore off some of the reduction/ metallic sheen. Now I’m thinking that the DH Gaia really needs to be encased, but the reduction burns off in a neutral flame, so I’d have to [...]
February 20, 2008 – 9:19 PM
ocean 1Originally uploaded by gaialai
And then it’s things like this that make me think – yeah, I can do this. I mean, here we have a transparent base with some stripes and some dots. A little bit of shaping, and voila! I can do that. These are very nice beads, don’t get me wrong, but [...]
February 20, 2008 – 8:48 PM
Switchback CanesOriginally uploaded by villadesign
It’s things like this that make me think I have no business aspiring to be a glass artist. I don’t think I’d ever have thought of this. I just deleted a whole bunch of stuff I wrote – I’m not going to whine. I’ll just enjoy doing what I can do [...]
February 20, 2008 – 1:27 PM
I’m feeling better about my lampworking after today’s torch session. I made six beads, four tiger stripe and two regular stripe, and all before noon. My gas ran out on me again, but no problem as I have the kiln to keep the bead warm. At this point I’m allright if the beads come out [...]
February 19, 2008 – 8:02 PM
So, today’s torch session didn’t go very well. First, for the tiger stripe bead, I made a twisty that didn’t turn out well. I thought I had the ends heated up, but they went cold as soon as I started pulling. Oh well, I wrapped it around a black base bead anyway. It didn’t look [...]
February 16, 2008 – 10:11 PM
I only made one stripe bead yesterday and it came out a bit wonky. I guess I need to practice stripe beads too. *sigh* The good thing is that I was able to get some reduction going with the Double Helix. Yay! Now all I have to do is try it out on different [...]
February 14, 2008 – 9:07 PM
Well, I’m a bit frustrated with the Double Helix Gaia. I made something like 15 beads today and none of them turned out. I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything I could think of. I ‘ve searched the Internet for advice and tried to follow that advice, but still get nothing. Wow, I [...]
