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2008-11-08, 8:53pm
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How to Make Boro Dragon Pentants
This tutorial explains how I make my dragon pendants and it's now for sale in my Etsy store. It shows how I make they eyes, the head and the dichroic belly for this type of a dragon. I use off mandrel sculpture techniques and borosilicate glass to make these pendants.
If you combine this with the information taught in my Dragon Wing tutorial you will learn how to make a dragon pendant similar to this.
Thanks!
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2008-11-08, 8:55pm
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oh my goodness!! Wish I had some more boro to play with! You think soft glass would work????? Probably not as sturdy huh??
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2008-11-08, 8:59pm
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Josie, if you are comfortable working off mandrel the information you learn here could also be applied to soft glass. It's just a matter of the skill level you are currently at.
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2008-11-09, 12:12pm
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Ordered mine!
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2008-11-09, 4:31pm
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this is a FUN tutorial!!! uploading some pics soon... snapped a few before putting it in the kiln....
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2008-11-09, 4:49pm
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2008-11-09, 5:02pm
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Good job!
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2008-11-09, 7:29pm
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You did a great job Shawn! and that dragon has a lot of personality. 
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2008-11-09, 9:51pm
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2008-11-09, 10:44pm
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That's fantastic Shawn, he looks like a very friendly dragon. 
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Can I say you guys make me sick 
Only in my dreams could I even try and attempt this!
I'll have to ponder this for a little bit.
They are all beautiful!!!!
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2008-11-10, 5:49pm
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you can ponder, or just fail a few times... you get better each time, i promise!!! these guys are fun, just finished 3 n 4... they look tons better than the first two...
i'm even avoiding production work to make them... got my time down to around an hour and a half, with only the eye cane premade...
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2008-11-10, 6:01pm
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wow. amazing
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2008-11-10, 9:03pm
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You're making me proud Shawn and I'm glad you are having fun with this.
I also want to thank everyone who has purchased this tutorial and let y'all know if anyone has any questions? Please feel free to contact me and I'd be more than happy to help.
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Ordered!!!! Can't wait to give it a go!
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2008-11-11, 10:53am
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Since I'm having printer problems DH printed mine out at work.  I'm gonna give it a go here in a minute or two.
ETA - well I made my 1st dragon. Roger I think I'm gonna be sending some questions your way. It was fun and much easier that I thought it would be. Not that my dragon will look great, but once you get one under your belt it is that much easier to do more. Now I need to get back to stuff for my holiday open house this weekend.
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2008-11-12, 12:50pm
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I just wanted to let everyone know that there seems to be a glitch somewhere between Etsy and paypal and a few of my customers have let me know that they have sent the payment and received a confirmation, but the payment doesn't go through to my paypal account. If anyone who has purchase this tutorial hasn't received it yet, please contact me and I will get things worked out with you.
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Ok, paypal is working again.
There have also been a few of you asking if the techniques taught in this tutorial can be applied to soft glass? The answer is yes, here is a dragon pendant I made yesterday using soft glass and a minni cc torch.
I worked the soft glass using the same steps as I would for boro and the only adjustments I made were to use a cooler flame and I used a stainless steel chopstick for a punty instead of a boro glass punty. It's all just a matter of your skill level and weather or not you feel comfortable doing off mandrel work.
If anyone needs a few pointers on this, feel free to ask.
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2008-11-12, 5:32pm
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i've been using my new Cricket for all my dragons... seems to work tons better than my CC...
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I ordered one. Will try to do this as I have an m15 now. Need to buy anther one soon to do big stuff.
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Ordered dragon and the wings. Playing with boro now. I will compare to the one I bought from Pipyr. I haven't tried those tutorials either. I am a newbie at boro but have been doing soft glass for several years so I am hoping I will do well. Boro is like a whole new beast.
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