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Glassmaking: Morganica (Cynthia Morgan) demonstrates the technical and creative challenges of making art using glass through fused glass, coldworking, and experimentation. Primarily focused on the casting of glass, including pate de verre and reservoir casting, she also discusses less-used kinformed glass techniques such as tack-fusing, kilncarving, and pattern-bar development.

28 01, 2008

Look, Ma!! No infrastructure! (WeedsBasket)

2016-05-15T16:00:31-07:00

Hypothesis: A glass framework stabilizes a tack-fused stringer construction, requiring fewer stringers (and likely fewer firings). Background: I'm having a fair amount of success with tack-fused stringer projects that build on a glass support structure. Since the support framework is tedious to construct, I'm wondering if it's really contributing enough to be worth doing. Test: Make a stringer vessel without [...]

Look, Ma!! No infrastructure! (WeedsBasket)2016-05-15T16:00:31-07:00
27 01, 2008

Using wax clay

2014-09-08T21:45:33-07:00

This post was originally published on my old blog in 2008. I thought it deserved a replay. It’s also inspired me to go find the sample piece I’m showing here, one of my hosta bowl series, and see if I can’t finally finish the thing. I’m not a great fan of the waxes used in lost wax casting, mostly for the [...]

Using wax clay2014-09-08T21:45:33-07:00
12 01, 2008

Alicia Lomne’s class, Part II

2017-10-07T17:39:43-07:00

Apologies for the lack of posts lately; working silly-long hours at my day job at the moment (never have multiple clients in a crisis simultaneously) and also determined to stick to my "at least 20 hours/week" on my glass work. At the moment I'm rediscovering my INability to add another six hours to the day, and thinking that sleep is [...]

Alicia Lomne’s class, Part II2017-10-07T17:39:43-07:00
31 12, 2007

LotusBowl

2020-02-10T16:29:09-08:00

Fast keystone project with some interesting aspects. This is LotusBowl, and it can be made in a single firing, although for finishing's sake I did it in two. I didn't have a heckuva lotta luck with Mom's Christmas present this year. The first, a pate de verre project, had a color change I didn't care for. I decided instead to [...]

LotusBowl2020-02-10T16:29:09-08:00
24 12, 2007

A visit from Santa Glass (by Cynthia Morgan)

2015-02-03T11:41:46-08:00

In keeping with the holiday season (and with apologies to Clement Moore): ‘Twas the night before Christmas and out in my shop I cast, fused and ground ’til I thought I would drop. Glass vessels, glass sculptures, glass plates and wall hangings Glass pendants, glass earrings: Glass orders, outstanding. “Deliver tonight!” I cried, feeling blue; “Or I’ll never get paid [...]

A visit from Santa Glass (by Cynthia Morgan)2015-02-03T11:41:46-08:00
15 12, 2007

Making frit the hard way

2015-02-03T17:51:10-08:00

So I picked up a bunch of glass today, full- and half-sized sheets, neatly wrapped. Set them upright on the backseat like you're supposed to, then thought, "I don't need to seatbelt them in, I'm only driving home." So of course you know what happened, right? Guy in the lefthand lane decides he needs to make an immediate right turn, [...]

Making frit the hard way2015-02-03T17:51:10-08:00
13 12, 2007

Alicia Lomne and pate de verre

2017-10-07T17:39:24-07:00

Whew. Been so busy my eyes are crossing (which makes it kinda hard to write), but did want to mention what I'm up to this week: Alicia Lomne's pate de verre class at Bullseye. I am having a ball, and sorry that the week's drawing to a close. Most people employ pate de verre techniques (there are many) to create [...]

Alicia Lomne and pate de verre2017-10-07T17:39:24-07:00
8 12, 2007

Slugfest: Making nudibranchs from glass

2020-11-26T12:54:03-08:00

I really like slugs. More specifically, I really like nudibranchs, the wildly colored, shell-less critters that wend their way through kelp beds, coral formations and sea floors around the world. In fact, I've been making glass in honor of nudibranchs whenever the mood takes me:

Slugfest: Making nudibranchs from glass2020-11-26T12:54:03-08:00
14 11, 2007

Tack-fusing: Stingy with the heat

2020-02-10T15:32:15-08:00

There's gotta be some kind of unwritten law that says the longer you work with a glass, the stingier you get with the heat.

Tack-fusing: Stingy with the heat2020-02-10T15:32:15-08:00
9 11, 2007

Say hello to the lady

2016-11-06T05:44:25-08:00

I haven't normally shown heartwork, just glasswork, in this blog, but since this is Job #1 in my thoughts right now... I finally cooked my biggest Emergent to date, the tulip lady (AKA Emerging 1), and decided to go for color instead of the all-cream palette I'd just about decided on. Kiln had cooled down, so I opened it to [...]

Say hello to the lady2016-11-06T05:44:25-08:00
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