Boro Gallery March 2011

[Steampunkglass]

March already! Here's a switch-back / wig-wag / or wotever you want to call this technique! I've not really done many of these so was really pleased how this one came out.

[garishglobes]

I made these a week or so ago, but have had a bit of a time trying to photograph them. They're blown and chunkier than much of my glass, and I think the depth of field went a bit astray somehow.
Anyhoo.... a couple of blown beads with spacers, the colours (apart from that in-yer-face fuchsia!! ) all want to be quite muted and natural for these beads. I don't know why, it is just the way it is. Boro seems to do that sometimes.


Blown bead, with spacers by A flame with desire, on Flickr


Blown hollow bead, greens and blues by A flame with desire, on Flickr

[Marcel]

Love the wigwag and beautiful blown beads.
Here is my Ancient Marble

[Marcel]

thanx everybody   

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

Ok, after much grunting and squeezing I managed to fit these three into the camera and after much persuading they stood still and upright and showed off their colours as much as they could.

Pointy dragon with a spiral belly


Laughing dragon with a twisty belly


And a nelephant with a corkscrew belly.

[Marcel]

I just love the Elephant 
Last week i went to Germany to a lampwork seminar
and they showed me how to make Goblets this is the
result after a week practicing.

[JKC]

Haven't made any boro since the guud old days, but as I was putting other photos on today and decided to show my sad old broken efforts that I was pleased with at the time, but as per usual when photographing tend to drop on rocks, fireplace etc. 
In case you can't tell the first is a broken dolphin (snapped in half) and the second a broken gold fumed elephant( lost an ear and his tail), both done vaguely copying the Marshall tutorial, but with the elephant just made one leg 

Boro doesn't like me it always smashes when I drop it.

[Steampunkglass]

In case you can't tell the first is a broken dolphin (snapped in half) and the second a broken gold fumed elephant( lost an ear and his tail), both done vaguely copying the Marshall tutorial, but with the elephant just made one leg   

Boro doesn't like me it always smashes when I drop it.

Thats a shame, have you checked with polarising filters that they have annealed properly? If you take a stub of the thickest clear rod you have, check it with filters 'before' then pop it in the kiln to anneal with everything else, then you can check it 'after' to make sure the annealing schedule is working properly

[garishglobes]

With apologies to anyone who has already seen him, I've been doodling dragon lamps for weeks and getting nowhere near the design I wanted. This guy just suddenly popped up on the page last Sunday, and I am quite pleased with him 
He's Silver Flambe with a dusting of Amazon Bronze frit, a very nice dragony combination.


Dragon oil lamp blowing fire by A flame with desire, on Flickr

[sparrow]

Oh....and I finally managed to frame a feather!


You've Been Framed - Feather by Little Castle Designs, on Flickr