|
| Boro Room -- For Boro-related tips, techniques, and questions. |
2013-01-18, 8:06pm
|
 |
Mr Brutus RIP
|
|
Join Date: Apr 29, 2006
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 4,369
|
|
boro twisties
Hi
not sure if thats what you call them in boro but wanted to ask if its the same idea as making them in soft glass or do I need to watch for anything? encase, not encase, put over clear...........anything?
I want to try making some but hate to screw things up
should I stay away from certain colors?
thanks for your help
sue
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-18, 9:42pm
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 06, 2008
Location: SE PA
Posts: 1,996
|
|
Awe shucks play.
Most twisties in boro start on a base of clear. Not that they have to its just color is expensive and tends to be dense and doesn't take alot to get neat effects.
Some colors love to be encased ... others not so much.
Alot of sparkle colors do not like deep encasing or long garages.
I typically use a 10 to 12 mm rod and stripe it about 2" down it with several colors, heat it a section at a time ... boro stiffens up alot faster than 104 (I tend to work in and out of the flame as I twist).
You'd be surprised at the really neat effects you can get with just taking NS Blue Moon, putting some stripes of clear on it ... melt and twist then make a bead and encase.
And there is no such thing as screwing up ... it's all good and experimentation. Don't like it the first time ... add some other colors and repull it down.
__________________
Laura
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-19, 6:54am
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 14, 2012
Location: Bennington, VT
Posts: 1,776
|
|
what she said lol.
but i've been playing with making zanfircio style canes in boro lately...taking 12mm heating the piss out of it and squashing it flat, building a color stripe/s and then adding another squashed 12mm on top, then case the sides so it's got a uniform amount of clear around it. heat, pull + twist, and serve piping hot. (well, heat, pull + twist, anneal but i'm a smartass at 9am)
__________________
now i've got a Mirage
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-19, 8:34am
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 23, 2005
Location: Up and down I-95
Posts: 4,390
|
|
Pretty much what Laura said. I like to take a 10mm or so and coat it with an opaque WYSISYG first and layer on top of that. I have many, many color combos that should not have been used together IMO! But I can't tell you what they were because I've only recently started to write the good ones down.
If you can get hold of a Doug Remschneider Boro Bead recipe book or DVD there are really good things in there. I don't get his holds and anneals but ymmv.
Oh and if you can take a class with Brent Graber, the way he does his is awesome.
__________________
Rebecca
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-19, 9:06am
|
|
Mr Brutus RIP
|
|
Join Date: Apr 29, 2006
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 4,369
|
|
Thanks everyone!!
Rebecca I could kick myself for not taking a class with brent while he was living here in FL,
it was just never in the cards ......oh well.
Some great info, I will have fun playing! I did make one, took clear, striped with different unmarked colors and then put clear in between the stripes and then heated and twisted, it came out REALLY cool in a marble. I'm excited to try more!
thanks
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-19, 9:52am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 14, 2012
Location: Bennington, VT
Posts: 1,776
|
|
making canes is so addicting! latticino and zanfircio style, i could make cane all day w/o using it and still be having so much fun!
post some pics, i'd love to see them.
__________________
now i've got a Mirage
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-19, 9:41pm
|
 |
kiwi ( new zealand)
|
|
Join Date: Jun 14, 2010
Location: Wanganui New Zealand
Posts: 240
|
|
boro twisties . i know of 1 of heard of is the wingwag use in boro colour tubing
|
2013-01-20, 10:04pm
|
|
Mr Brutus RIP
|
|
Join Date: Apr 29, 2006
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 4,369
|
|
I shall. istandalone, what is your name? It would be easier to respond. 
I like making soft glass ones.....never use them tho LOL
The boro ones I believe I will use, at least I'm hoping I will
sue
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-21, 8:19am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 14, 2012
Location: Bennington, VT
Posts: 1,776
|
|
hello my name is Mike, and i'm an alcoholic.
oh wait, wrong group lol.
__________________
now i've got a Mirage
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-21, 9:32am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 29, 2009
Posts: 1,958
|
|
Wrong addiction Mike. but an addiction none the less.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-21, 10:06am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 14, 2012
Location: Bennington, VT
Posts: 1,776
|
|
lol.
not really an alcoholic (don't even drink) i just thought it was funny.
__________________
now i've got a Mirage
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-21, 3:01pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 29, 2009
Posts: 1,958
|
|
It is funny Mike.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-21, 10:41pm
|
 |
sorcerer
|
|
Join Date: Nov 13, 2005
Location: kangaroo island
Posts: 312
|
|
twisties in boro are not that hard you just have to work out how to make them, these are boro and are made in about 600mm lengths.
__________________
Kangaroo Island,walking on the dark side in paradise.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-24, 1:47pm
|
|
Capitalist Pig
|
|
Join Date: Aug 10, 2005
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 286
|
|
If you can do it with soft glass you can do it with boro. It just takes more heat and
costs more.
__________________
Brian
"Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all." [Nikita Khrushchev , February 25, 1956 20th Congress of the Communist Party]
"We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society." [Hillary Clinton, 1993]
|
2013-01-24, 1:58pm
|
 |
Lampworkaholic!
|
|
Join Date: Apr 22, 2008
Location: Cornelius, NC - because weather
Posts: 5,158
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by castaway
twisties in boro are not that hard you just have to work out how to make them, these are boro and are made in about 600mm lengths.
|
Wow. Beautiful.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
"And all will turn to silver glass, a light on the water, grey ships pass into the west." Annie Lennox
|
2013-01-24, 2:22pm
|
|
Mr Brutus RIP
|
|
Join Date: Apr 29, 2006
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 4,369
|
|
Lol mike!
Cast away those are awesome!
I tried two........but only one pic worked. Quickie with my phone once it cooled
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-26, 8:54am
|
 |
Run Free Sweet Boy
|
|
Join Date: Jan 29, 2008
Location: Orlando, Fl.
Posts: 2,194
|
|
one thing you have to watch for in boro is devitrification. when you make a twisty, if you keep twisting when the glass is too cool it will get a frosted look in places.. that devitrification. a sharp flame will get rid of it. you know I am local and always willing to help.. just contact me.. I am set up for 2 in my shop
__________________
NEW FLAMINGO BEACH BEAD TUTORIAL AVAILABLE NOW.CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT AND ICICLE TUTORIAL, VISIT MY ETSY SHOP AT
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
"It's not what you have, it's who you are."
|
2013-01-26, 11:29am
|
 |
Hobby Junkie
|
|
Join Date: Dec 08, 2009
Location: Perkasie, PA
Posts: 1,967
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by patienthand
one thing you have to watch for in boro is devitrification. when you make a twisty, if you keep twisting when the glass is too cool it will get a frosted look in places.. that devitrification. a sharp flame will get rid of it. you know I am local and always willing to help.. just contact me.. I am set up for 2 in my shop
|
I wish I lived closer! I'd take you up on that in a heartbeat. You are a fountain if knowledge!
__________________
Cori C-R
PS - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-26, 2:09pm
|
 |
HotFlash Designs
|
|
Join Date: May 31, 2007
Location: Chicagoland and/or Southwest Missouri
Posts: 2,117
|
|
glassymom, that looks pretty nice!!!
__________________
Sheri
Be Curious. Not judgmental.
|
2013-01-26, 2:12pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 14, 2012
Location: Bennington, VT
Posts: 1,776
|
|
here's a couple i made a few weeks ago.
__________________
now i've got a Mirage
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2013-01-27, 12:32am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 07, 2011
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,023
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by patienthand
one thing you have to watch for in boro is devitrification.
|
well, not really. Glass Devit is different. This is more like a stretch mark. It happens when the glass has skinned.
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 10:44am.
|
