Looking for Shawn Tucker

queenofswords · #1 2012-12-21, 12:38am

I took a class from Shawn at Glass stock West. I have a question about how he prepped his boro tubing. The man is amazing and I love his home made tools. Anyway I watched him mass produce for the students blow tubes on larger tubing to be used to make vessels. I seem to be missing a step because it just isn't working the same. I have combed the internet to find his sight to no avail. If anyone has a link to him, would you share? or share how you prep your tubes?

donna B.

menty666 · #2 2012-12-21, 6:20am

Are you talking about points? Check out TimiaGlass's videos on youtube for a quick visual demo.

Eileen · #3 2012-12-21, 7:07am

Maybe you could contact this gallery & see if they would give you any info, or contact him & give him your contact info?
http://www.theedgeartgallery.com/art...n%20Tucker.htm

imagesinglass · #4 2012-12-21, 10:21am

Hi Donna,
I took his class too.
What he did was flare the end of the smaller tube (for blowing)...then heat up the end of the larger tube and marver it on an angle so it comes to the size of the flared end of the smaller tube.
Join the flared end to the marvered end in the flame (get a good seal)...push a little keeping it centered then pull out a little to reduce the stress keeping it centered. Blow through the smaller tube to make sure the join is still open.
Pop it in the kiln to keep it warm.
Hope this makes sense.

Suzanne

queenofswords · #5 2012-12-21, 3:55pm

Thanks Suzanne, Do you remember how he separated the section off the larger tube. I remember him, reducing it at the length he wanted then I think he either used diamond shears or a graphite marver to take it in even more. But then what? Did he melt it off and blow out the hole in the un puntied piece? or did using the glass shears somehow make it leave a hole?
donna b

menty666 · #6 2012-12-21, 5:27pm

If you take the diamond shears and kind of "chomp" on the glass (rather than trying to cut through it), you impart stress around where the shears are biting.

Then you can take your tweezers and swing through the place you necked down and stressed and it should leave a fairly clean hole.

Start at 2:23 here to see it better than I'm describing it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG8psXtaZNE

imagesinglass · #7 2012-12-21, 6:05pm

Wow, really testing my memory....I don't remember him using shears at all. I believe when he started with a full length tube he scored the middle and then heated a rod in the torch and touched it to the score - this broke the tube all around. For the shorter lengths of tube he attached the punty then burned through the tube at the length he wanted - this closed up the end as well.

Hope this works - here's a picture I took...punty in the right hand.

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queenofswords · #8 2012-12-22, 12:33am

Lots of great stuff, Thank you so much.

BR13NST31N · #9 2014-04-21, 2:00pm

email br13nst31n@gmail.com, shawns my old man and ill have him reply to your question

Nitadee · #10 2014-04-24, 12:09am

Donna, he's now on FB just so ya know