Lampwork Etc.
 
AKDesign

LE Live Chat

Enter Live Chat

No users in chat




Beads of Courage


 

Go Back   Lampwork Etc. > Search Forums

Showing results 1 to 25 of 26
Search took 0.02 seconds.
Search: Posts Made By: ewagnerfrog
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2023-12-20, 10:26pm
Replies: 13
Views: 6,158
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Worst burn

A rod of shock glass spit a hot piece into my nostril... Hard to believe if it hadn't happened to me. Ernie Wagner
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2020-09-28, 8:59pm
Replies: 17
Views: 6,939
Posted By ewagnerfrog
I suggest you check out an amazing tutorial by...

I suggest you check out an amazing tutorial by Ikuyo Yamanaka titled "How to decorate a bead with lace patterns". It will make you forget all about trying to get intense black to web...and provide...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2020-08-14, 9:37pm
Replies: 17
Views: 6,939
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Super this stringers are very easy to make...Take...

Super this stringers are very easy to make...Take two rods of intense black a barely melt the ends of both rods. The touch the ends together and pull hard. You will end up with hair thin stringers....
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2020-04-23, 12:28pm
Replies: 10
Views: 4,554
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Old Ask Glass

Lynda, I have a couple of pounds of ASK Moroccan Swirl and would be happy to share some with you if you want to send me a mailing address. Ernie Wagner
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2018-12-18, 8:27pm
Replies: 7
Views: 4,155
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Lt Ivory

I live near Moretti and More and once purchase a large box of light and dark ivory shorts they had collected over the years. Most of these were about half the normal length. I'm still working my...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2017-08-13, 4:59pm
Replies: 18
Views: 5,461
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Avenue Beads sells Peacock Veining Stringers and...

Avenue Beads sells Peacock Veining Stringers and I love them. They spread and web in greens and yellows and it takes very little. I use them as you would SIS. Ernie Wagner
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2017-07-11, 3:05pm
Replies: 11
Views: 4,920
Posted By ewagnerfrog
I have worked the middle of the mandrel for 15...

I have worked the middle of the mandrel for 15 years and I simply take a spoon, get it as full of bead release as you can...rest it on the open top of the bead release container and then roll the...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2017-02-17, 2:51pm
Replies: 21
Views: 9,372
Posted By ewagnerfrog
If you can give give me the exact amount of black...

If you can give give me the exact amount of black Verto, I could make you an offer. Thanks, Ernie Wagner P.S. I'm also looking for a kiln and controller for a friend who is just starting out,,,
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2017-02-17, 2:26pm
Replies: 21
Views: 9,372
Posted By ewagnerfrog
If you can figure out a reasonable price, I'm...

If you can figure out a reasonable price, I'm interested. Ernie Wagner
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2016-09-14, 8:03pm
Replies: 12
Views: 4,375
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Several hours sitting in Coke or Pepsi will also...

Several hours sitting in Coke or Pepsi will also clean them up. Don't know if you should drink it afterward though...Ernie Wagner
Forum: Safety 2016-05-05, 6:23pm
Replies: 25
Views: 23,056
Posted By ewagnerfrog
You should check with your gas company to see...

You should check with your gas company to see what pressure the gas comes into your house. i plumbed for natural gas here in the states, only to discover that gas came into the house at such a low...
Forum: Tutorials 2015-05-21, 7:31pm
Replies: 19
Views: 20,121
Posted By ewagnerfrog
shard recipe

My favorite shards are a base of Raku cased in dark violet. Then I add a few more dots of Raku on top of the violet before I blow the shard It's really wonderful Ernie Wagner
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2014-10-29, 10:21pm
Replies: 16
Views: 5,928
Posted By ewagnerfrog
I use test tubes and like the clear glass. I...

I use test tubes and like the clear glass. I then take an empty tomato soup can, spray paint it white and turn it upside down I then ring the can with test tubes, held in place with rubber...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2014-02-14, 10:29pm
Replies: 13
Views: 3,570
Posted By ewagnerfrog
I have played with it a bit trying to do an...

I have played with it a bit trying to do an implosion, which turned out sort of ok. It seemed shocky so I stuck one end in my kiln and heated it up slowly, then held it with a welding glove while I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-03-31, 10:13pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,569
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Chartreuse

I have a single unmarked rod that I got somewhere quite a while ago and it's a 7 or 8 mm cane from Lauscha. It has a solid core of one color and a lighter outer color. It is definitely what I would...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-12-30, 9:18pm
Replies: 15
Views: 5,120
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Thanks, for all the suggestions. I think Pixie...

Thanks, for all the suggestions. I think Pixie Dust is the solution for what I'm trying to do. Ernie
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-12-30, 11:39am
Replies: 15
Views: 5,120
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Mother of Pearl effect?

I'm using light ivory as a base and would like to get a mother of pearl look on part of it. Any Suggestions? Thanks, Ernie Wagner
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-09-10, 7:15pm
Replies: 63
Views: 16,326
Posted By ewagnerfrog
I went back and looked and I did label the bottom...

I went back and looked and I did label the bottom set wrong...it is red copper green with caramel apple pattern. Ernie
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-09-10, 6:27pm
Replies: 63
Views: 16,326
Posted By ewagnerfrog
cdc

I'll try again...Ernie
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-09-10, 6:05pm
Replies: 63
Views: 16,326
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Canyon De chelly Beads.

I don't know if the downloads will work, I still figuring out the computer, but hopefully here are some cdc beads with copper green and red copper green. Ernie Wagner
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-09-10, 12:57pm
Replies: 63
Views: 16,326
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Canyon de Chelly

I use a lot of cdc as a base and the color of the batches very as shown in your photo, but it's all the same when it goes in the flame. If you work it hot it gets a kind of white patina but it...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-08-21, 2:57pm
Replies: 14
Views: 3,732
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Terra Cotta

Some of the corals will make an absolutely perfect terra cotta color when etched. If you want streaks then you might mix a couple of colors but I haven't tried that. When sunny mango coral came out...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-08-20, 8:26pm
Replies: 9
Views: 3,383
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Clay

I have a friend who is a potter and got about a pound of clay from him. He told me the firing temperature but I have since forgotten, since I just dried mine till it was hard and never fired it. ...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-08-20, 5:59pm
Replies: 9
Views: 3,383
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Nugget or rock beads

I wander the beach till I find small rocks with interesting shapes. I then take two flat pieces of clay and press either side of the rock halfway down into the clay. Then I press a slight...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-03-21, 5:06pm
Replies: 26
Views: 5,574
Posted By ewagnerfrog
Dirty Propane

I spent several months in Mexico last year with my portable studio which includes a Minor torch and oxy concentrator. I had similar problems with propane down there and had to completely avoid some...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 26

 
Forum Jump



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 3:48pm.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Your IP: 44.204.24.82