I have pendants similar to this carved of bone. I wanted to see if I could make ones out of glass. I think with a little more practice, I could get them just right.
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May 24
Rabbits of Willendorf
Laurie Nessel did a demo in this class where she made these amazing little netsuke rabbits out of a solid lump of glass. These were my attempt. I think I need a lot more progress if I’m going to make rabbits that look like rabbits. Maybe the glass was too hot, or maybe I pushed …
May 22
Eggs Three and Four
Two more eggs, nesting in the glass nests I made. I tried to think of nice colors for the Easter eggs that I would like to look at, but I couldn’t think of any, so I made these ugly ones instead. It occured to me that I could make natural colored eggs, but wouldn’t it …
May 20
Eggs One and Two
These are two of the eggs that I made in the same off-mandrel lampworking technique class. Now you can see what the amber nests were for. The polka dotted one I made so I could practice dot control, but I left it in the heat too long and the bottom got scorched.
May 19
Amber Nests, three and four
These were made by reaming molten glass with a graphite reamer. To make the frozen drop crown shape, I pulled out petals by using tweezers, a technique we use to make easy flowers in hotshop.
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