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Old 2008-10-16, 7:45am
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Hey Beth,

I just had a thought for you.... You mentioned 5mm tubing. I played around with 5mm and a ribbon burner and made some non traditional, funky ornaments with 5mm. I started with the standard 4 ft stick and heated and twisted the 5mm up into a ball of randome squiggles. Then made a hook with the end. It has a sort of birdsnest look to it.

Squid.... 5mm is a bugger to control and blow in an oxy type torch, you might have better luck with 6 or 7mm. My best hint at working soft glass in an oxy torch is to work under the flame, with it just grazing the top of the tube. You will get beter control that way. I used to make little mustard seed pendants. I would gather a small ball on the end of a tube and blow a little round bubble. after it cooled I would drop in a mustard seed and then VERY carefully heat the neck area and pull it off. I would glue little bell caps onto the "tail" to finsih the pendant. This might be a good solution to you wanting to make tiny blown earings.

Candice
That sounds REALLY cool!
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