WOW! Can you believe it’s already July? I hope everyone had a sparkling 4th of July! We went to Shiner, Texas and watch an amazing display of fireworks sponsored by Shiner Beer. After that we went dancing! The city of Shiner has a festival that day and it ends with a street dance under the stars! The weather was perfect, the beer the best, and I had a little romantic 2 step to top it off!
Lampworking Tutorial 103
I’m working on my sculptural flower tutorial, which is taking way longer than I expected. Isn’t that always the case? I did squeeze in making 2 cool beads that are from the instructions in Tutorial 102, that I really wanted to share with you.
From my Flower Tutorial 102, learning how to do sculptural flowers
Bullseye Lampwork Glass
I used Bullseye glass, which takes more heating to get soft and is a little harder to move around hot. But what I like about Bullseye glass is that this hardness allows it to hold the details better than Effetre. Bullseye likes to stay good and warm, so you have to be really careful about keeping your whole bead nice and hot. But it does have a tendency to boil and pit… So not too close to the torch. Doesn’t it kinda sound like I’m baking a cake?
A luscious bundle of flowers, inspired from my Flower Tutorial 102.
The colors of Bullseye glass tend to be translucent. I find that I have to mix my colors totally differently than I do with Effetre glass. But I get some absolutely gorgeous purple mixtures with Bullseye
Well, this is just a quickie note to let you know how things are going. If anyone has any questions about Bullseye glass, just ask in the comments below. I will be glad to share what I know about this slightly temperamental glass!
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I really love the glass pieces that you’ve created. Learning how to blow glass is something that I’ve always wanted to do.
I really love the glass pieces that you’ve created. Learning how to blow glass is something that I’ve always wanted to do.