Dolphin

[Pat from Canvey]

I didn't attempt a dolphin at Emma's class because, by the afternoon on the Sunday, I was completely knackered. I wanted to try one though so did so this morning. He's a bit skinny but on the whole, I'm happy. His loop is way too big and if I do another, I'll attempt to make him fatter.

[GaysieMay]

Looking good Pat, I love the colours too. X

[Rascal]

He is lovely, the shape is great and the colours are gorgeous. Well done, can't believe it's your first.

[Angie]

He's rather lovely Pat

[ajda]

He's got great movement... Billy Elliot Dolphin, perhaps. OK, he's a bit skinny - should do as his mother told him and eat his greens sardines. Which colours - I'm guessing Blue Moon and maybe Stormy Weather? I like those purples coming through on his midriff and dorsal fin.

[Pat from Canvey]

I know definately one was MB119 Blue Treasure. only because it's the longest rod I have. The others I picked at random from what looked like blues to make stringer. Sorry, I'n not very into names of colours either in boro or soft glass. Nor do I get naming of torches and oxycons. It's one of my many quirks. I'm equally bad at peoples names, especially when some women change hair colour     

[garishglobes]

He's fab! I love the flow of the top fin.

I often tend to use colours depending on what I think they will do rather than worrying about using a specific one. Many of the colours have several close equivalents in any case and I find it more useful to understand how a colour will behave based on its concentration and so on. I fell foul of UK customs last time I bought glass in from the US because they thought the colour names were a little too psychedelic!  They held the parcel till I phoned up and explained that what they were looking at were glass rods and crushed glass... not anything more suspect.

[hopejacare]

Fab Dolphin- love it! Xx

[liquidglass]

Nice one Pat, love the colours

[ajda]

not very into names of colours either in boro or soft glass.

I get that, Pat - a name is just a code, whether a string of numbers or a vehicle for someone's psychedelic fantasy! I'm not very good at keeping track of which glasses I've used, though I often wish I was... I'm always intrigued by what other people do with ones that I think I know, or ones that are new to me for that matter - but trying to recognise/guess what they've used can be quite a challenge.

[Skyblue]

He is lovely Pat !