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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2016-09-09, 4:47pm
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TAG 104 Lotus
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Firebrand Beads
Hi Debbie - Midway was kinda carnival colors and...
Hi Debbie - Midway was kinda carnival colors and Magma looked dark in my tests, as I recall. For brighter colors, get that gather SUPER DUPER SCREAMING WHITE RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU WITH ITS HAIR ON...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2016-09-09, 4:38pm
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Substitute for TAG Fire Lotus
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11,472
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Firebrand Beads
yes - I am getting to your email right now! :-)
yes - I am getting to your email right now! :-)
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2016-09-09, 4:38pm
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Substitute for TAG Fire Lotus
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11,472
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Firebrand Beads
BTW, we are absolutely going to make more 104...
BTW, we are absolutely going to make more 104 when we can. There is an expansion underway and some new DEQ regulations to follow and then yes - Fire Lotus will be back. Taxco too!
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2016-09-09, 3:43pm
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Substitute for TAG Fire Lotus
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11,472
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Firebrand Beads
Well Hell-Ooooo ladies! It's been a while. Yes,...
Well Hell-Ooooo ladies! It's been a while. Yes, Marie did get something like Fire Lotus at the Glass Stock West show, but it was a more pastel odd lot. Pretty, but not quite the same.
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Boro Room
2015-07-17, 3:00pm
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Sasha's Oil Slick boro by Trautman
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7,543
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Firebrand Beads
Sasha's is *very* saturated with silver and will...
Sasha's is *very* saturated with silver and will haze up if you are not working with a larger torch and high oxy. Sasha Hess, who we named it for, likes to crash cool it, like Otter says. He will...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2015-07-17, 2:51pm
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What's going on with TAG?
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6,404
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Firebrand Beads
Thanks for asking! It's true, we have sidelined...
Thanks for asking! It's true, we have sidelined the soft glass for the time being, as we are totally inundated with boro orders right now. Good news, though - we are about to undertake another...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2013-11-01, 2:48pm
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18
Which silvered 104 glasses for huge beads
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4,980
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Firebrand Beads
TAGs Fire Lotus and Dalai Lotus are designed to...
TAGs Fire Lotus and Dalai Lotus are designed to work long and hot without washing out.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2013-11-01, 2:45pm
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Cim Clear glass???????????
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11,639
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Firebrand Beads
Here is some quick chemistry: silver in glass...
Here is some quick chemistry: silver in glass passes yellow and bounces blue. This is true in fuming, in transparent silvered colors, as well as with clear glass over silver foil. The reason it looks...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2013-11-01, 11:39am
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5
Help with silver glass
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2,555
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Firebrand Beads
You can learn a lot by just heating the tip of...
You can learn a lot by just heating the tip of the rod, not even really using it. If it's transparent it's likely a reducer, try heating the tip in a neutral flame and seeing if it changes. If not,...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2013-02-22, 11:46am
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10
Ponti question...
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3,637
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Firebrand Beads
Considering the vastly different viscosities of...
Considering the vastly different viscosities of the two, it's actually very easy to get all the boro off your soft glass piece. And the boro punty won't melt or crack like a rod of 104.
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Boro Room
2013-02-22, 11:36am
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Any Boro class in North NJ?
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6,809
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Firebrand Beads
You could try contacting some teachers, see if...
You could try contacting some teachers, see if they take private students. I would suggest talking to the folks at Carlisle Machine Works, the torch makers - they have a classroom there for small...
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Boro Room
2013-02-20, 4:34pm
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Any Boro class in North NJ?
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6,809
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Firebrand Beads
Have you looked on the "classes" page here on LE?...
Have you looked on the "classes" page here on LE? It's in the section below this one, in 'biz as usual'.
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Boro Room
2013-01-30, 5:26pm
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7
what is this?
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3,196
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Firebrand Beads
Where is Jah Free when you need him? Surprised he...
Where is Jah Free when you need him? Surprised he didn't catch the scent of the word Draconis in the wind and suddenly find this forum, lol! Jah Free in Washington has been using the Draconis satins...
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Boro Room
2013-01-30, 5:17pm
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5
Pulling Stringer GIF
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3,018
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Firebrand Beads
well... that's certainly hypnotic! lol!
well... that's certainly hypnotic! lol!
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Boro Room
2013-01-30, 5:15pm
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Fume rubbing off
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6,969
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Firebrand Beads
I've heard someone say they use brass then gold...
I've heard someone say they use brass then gold for a better stick, but you better have VERY good ventilation if you want to fume with brass.
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Boro Room
2013-01-22, 4:44pm
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4
colour tubing help
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2,362
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Firebrand Beads
Trautman Art Glass, Northstar and Glass Alchemy...
Trautman Art Glass, Northstar and Glass Alchemy all make colored tubing. Golden Gate Glassworks makes a lot of vac-stacked striped tubing. I think Dichroic Alchemy does boro dichro tube... of course...
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Boro Room
2013-01-22, 4:20pm
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7
what is this?
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3,196
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Firebrand Beads
You sure it's Northstar and not Draconis satin or...
You sure it's Northstar and not Draconis satin or something?
Forum:
Boro Room
2013-01-16, 12:52pm
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14
Must Have Boro colors
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6,990
Posted By
Firebrand Beads
Do you think it was Wisteria?
Do you think it was Wisteria?
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2013-01-07, 4:47pm
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42
bent mandrels
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10,129
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Firebrand Beads
The first person I ever saw make a bead was at an...
The first person I ever saw make a bead was at an SCA Renaissance Fair. 1980's. She had a mapp torch between her velvet-robed knees, lol, and wrapped chips of stained glass onto copper wire or thin...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2013-01-07, 4:36pm
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Free Trautman Art Glass excel spreadsheet
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6,321
Posted By
Firebrand Beads
:hide: Dang, Sara, we want you to be a secret TAG...
:hide: Dang, Sara, we want you to be a secret TAG mole! LOL!
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2012-12-18, 2:00pm
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6
Fire Lotus vs. Terranova 2
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3,049
Posted By
Firebrand Beads
Fire Lotus can vary WIDELY from batch to batch,...
Fire Lotus can vary WIDELY from batch to batch, and from top to bottom. Often chocolate brown in the rod, but also often tan. Often a tan core, or a greenish core. Sometimes striped, occasionally...
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Boro Room
2012-12-10, 8:37pm
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17
make your own coloured boro
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6,625
Posted By
Firebrand Beads
Your research should begin with John Burton, and...
Your research should begin with John Burton, and the Burton Method. He was a Brit, a metalurgist, and he is the one who first mixed oxides into clear boro for real boro color. The same way that Paul...
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Customer Service Kiosk
2012-12-10, 8:08pm
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73
goldstone stringers
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25,477
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Firebrand Beads
Pam, I think the ribbons came from Luigi. There...
Pam, I think the ribbons came from Luigi. There is a dealer here in the US carrying them, I believe? Check with ABR.
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2012-11-29, 11:21am
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26
Bubbles in Transparent
Views:
7,461
Posted By
Firebrand Beads
Also make sure your bead release is thoroughly...
Also make sure your bead release is thoroughly dried. Steam and other gasses come up from moist mandrels and add more bubbles to your beads. You know you don't have enough mandrels when you have to...
Forum:
Boro Room
2012-11-21, 4:04pm
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9
Questions on NS Blue Moon
Views:
3,496
Posted By
Firebrand Beads
Get it shiny and ENCASE!
Get it shiny and ENCASE!
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