I’m really enjoying this Vitirgraph murrine! Downloaded some new sounds (from Bleep!) for the occasion The murrine I pulled and cut samples from the other day- I believe I already shared a photo but JIC here it is again 🙂 Yesterday I tack fused some pieces to 3mm scrap glass, left over from the pulls.… Continue reading waving influences
Sung to the tune of Technologic 😉 [youtube:http://youtu.be/YtdWHFwmd2o%5D At last- the pulled murrine/cane! I’ve been mulling over ways of stacking these, tack fusing them and then trying a Vitrigraph pull … Having fun playing with colours! Next up: I am messing with the concept of CMYK/RGB and Pantone colours. Gonna stack in various order/percentages and… Continue reading Stack it, melt it, tack it, pull it, hot form it!
Wikipedia: Cymatics (from Greek: κῦμα “wave”) is the study of visible sound and vibration, a subset of modal phenomena. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid. Different patterns emerge in the excitatory… Continue reading Cymatic Glass Structures
So tonight I’m pulling the first stack I set up of cut squares – actually the whole stack melted into a pool of colour but, we’ll see what happens! Hopefully the pot hasn’t busted!! Meanwhile, here’s some stacks I’m getting ready for tomorrow! the above stack I’m stacking lighter colours on the bottom fading into… Continue reading Vitrigraph
Last night I made my first successful vitrigraph murrine pull! Thanks to my beautiful assistant 😉 I was able to pull fifty cane all with various coloured concentric circles. AND there’s still more glass in the pot ready to be pulled!! Over the next weeks I intend to go nuts experimenting with different colour combos,… Continue reading Bullseye murrine
Super excited to say- the kiln arrived!! Today I set it up and fired ‘er up! Woo! Murrine was pulled! Happy to say the vermiculite board didn’t crack this time. 🙂 The stack worked and I pulled various bullseyes. I will share pics of those as soon as they’re cut! For the pot fill/stack, I… Continue reading Murrine. At. Last.
So, this is on it’s way Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get the AF138 operational as a Vitrigraph kiln. The Caldera is made for Vitrigraph! It arrives tomorrow 🙂 so, I can get the show on the road!! Speaking of getting the show on the road.. I just received word this afternoon that I was… Continue reading Floored!
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