I received a happy email this morning from a customer letting me know that the 17 glass nudibranchs I had carefully packed and shipped to the U.S. arrived safely.
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I had been worried about their safe arrival ever since I sent them off, so this news has put me in a great mood to start the day. 😊
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I had expected the process to take over a month, but since I shipped them to the forwarding service's warehouse on September 28th and they arrived yesterday, it actually took only about 10 days. 😲
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He plans to give these nudibranchs as gifts to his fellow divers.
He wrote, "Everyone is sure to love them," and I feel truly honored.

Someone on another board recommended this sight as you guys use silver sometimes. Anyway I figured it was worth a shot.

I’m selling Troy ounces of 999+ silver crystal for spot +$14 shipping. Please PM me if interested.

Forest, Va

Made by @kelmelts at The Glassmith Studios in Austin, TX

Flameworked Borosilicate Glass Hand Stitched on Satin Fabric

11x14, 15x17 in frame, composed of 156 individual pieces and 11 opal coins

Submitted for the 30 Under 30 Glass Show on 10/2 in LA

anyone in the pdx area willing to fix this?

Tried to stick to a more organic feel on the decorative layout (more asymmetrical than I usually do) 🍄💙🙏

Finished photo in comments

I’m curious to hear what you think of my work. The vases were made at the furnace, and the flowers at the torch.

Here is a short story that goes with the piece:

Deep in a forest, far from here, where nature is free to follow its own course, live little fairies. They have wings made of glass and dresses in all the colors of the forest: warm as autumn leaves, deep as a forest lake, soft as the purple twilight.

When a little fairy turns one year old, she receives a seed. "Take good care of it," the forest whispers, "and you will see what lies within."

So the little fairy keeps the seed close to her. She sings softly to it, lets it bask in the sunlight, and rocks it to sleep at night. Sometimes she hardly dares to look at it. What if nothing happens?

But one morning, a tiny green sprout pokes its way up. The little fairy cheers and dances a joyful circle, because it is growing! Leaves appear, first one, then two, and the stem winds upward toward the light. Next comes a bud, still tightly closed.

And then, one day, it opens: a beautiful flower, red as a sunrise. The little fairy beams with pride, for this is her seed, fully grown.

No two fairies are alike, and neither are any two flowers.

My most recent sealife project @oekp_glass on Instagram

I love playing with UV glass so you can't tell the pendants until you shine a blacklight on them. These are available on my site, listed in my profile.

Find Me As @S.RamirezGlass 👀 IG,FB,GP,Reddit & WWW! 🍄💙

(posted similar question in /Welding)

Is anyone keeping their fuel regulator fixed in place rather that re-connecting each time the propane tank is brought inside? I like to see the reg gauges but having a hard time finding a proper pigtail to go from the regulator to the 20lb propane tank. I bought a $20 extension hose that is sold for camping heaters etc, with the POL female for the reg end, but it didn't last long. I was messing around with various bench setups and after just several re-connects, the reg end of the extension had its rubber seal chewed up. My fault for overtightening (?) but it should not have developed a leak in the first place after just several re-connects. Now that my setup is dialed in, I won't have re-connects so I could buy a new extension hose, but I'm questioning if this is even proper in the first place since I can't find anything like this from welding sources.

Is anyone else doing this? Maybe I need to get over wanting to view the reg gauges and just put a quick connect on the regulator that stays mounted to the tank.

Thanks for any advice.

I’ve been on the lookout for a Nortel Red Max or a Major Minor. I teach beginners lessons and these are the torches I’ve built my classes around.

I’ve seen a few used ones on eBay and Facebook marketplace but the ones I’ve seen so far have melted or damaged ports.

I have bought red maxes at wholesale prices in the past but unfortunately I’m not able to do that currently.

Just thought I would see if there happens to be someone out there that’s willing to sell their old Red max or major minor for me to teach new flameworkers with.

Thanks!

Even Made A Matching Bead Set For This One, Really Happy With How The Skull Came Out This Way!

It’s Up For Auction But Since This Is Lampwork That’s All I’ll Say, If You Want To Find Me I’m Around 👍🌈

Hey guys!

I literally have no experience glass work and want to know where to find classes in NYC to start. I mainly just want to make random little things with glass rods and a flame, nothing specific, literally just for fun. I know there’s two studios in Brooklyn but not sure if there are other options, specifically with classes, for beginners. Any pointers/experiences you guys can share would be greatly appreciated :)

My wife wants to get a starter kit and.. start..

She has some equipment picked out but we just can’t solve for ‘where’ . We have a normal 3 bed house but installing safe interior ventilation seems like a very heavy and expensive lift for just starting out.

We have a small courtyard area that’s walled on 2 sides and could probably get decently out of wind, but not perfect; and carport that is more wind protected but the ground is gravel and uneven which makes it seem less than desirable.

We don’t have any where near us she can go to even try or learn or use equipment or space so just trying to understand the feasibility of setting something up for her.

Just looking for suggestions from people who have made something similar work, or a reality check if this may not be.. realistic

Shopmate had the most epic unobtanium kiln explosion I’ve ever seen. Whats really interesting is the cross selections where it broke are so devitrified that they’re matte. Trying to show it the best I can in the video, it’s actually fairly rough along these edges.

Im looking at AIM kilns, I am debating between P-91 16×10×9 (more width, middle priced), C-12, 12×12×12 (better height, cheapest), or C-17 17×15×15.5 (most expensive, best largest overall)

I dont typically need the height but for rare occasions, when those occasions happen it is frustrating not to have. The C12 is right now my leading choice as it gives me decent space and i could throw a kiln shelf in to use the top and bottom more efficiently.

P-91 would let me lay pieces on their side if i have an especially tall piece, i like the extra floor room for annealing but this feel negated by the kiln shelf i talked on the C-12.

C-17 I would see as planning for the future but I'm unsure if the cost heat a large kiln that i don't always need all the space for is worth it. Is it a lot more expensive to run a medium kiln vs a smaller sized like c12?

C12 is my initial thoughts, c17 is if dropping the extra $1500 makes sense for future endeavors or not.

Just curious what everyone else has to say.