Texture: Razor Tool

This tool is the classic razor tool and is designed for glass. I'm sure you've all ready figured this one out.



But I was so taken with this cross hatch pattern that I thought I would immortalize it here.


Nothing tricky about this - work fast and have enough of a heat base that you can get the whole thing done in one pass.

Make the diagonal impressions in one direction, and then do the ones at ninety degrees.

Looks upholstered, or quilted. Quilted glass. Interesting concept.

Cheers!

Texture: Leather Tool - Dimples

Also not designed for glass - but works surprisingly well - tools for stamping leather.

Even the cheaper leather tools work great. I thought they might lose their plating - but so far - they have been just rocking it.

Texture on Glass: Large Wood Rasp

I've been playing with texturing the glass - using various items that were, by and large - not actually designed to be used with molten glass. For starters - this giant wood rasp - available at your local hardware for not very much at all - is nice because it gives you 2 textures and a flat and a curved surface to play with.

The easiest was to use it is to put the glass down, say on your torch marver, and mash it with this. Do it fast - the rasp heats up and sticks to the glass surprisingly quickly - especially given the volume of the metal.  Just press and release.

The larger of the textures gives you this.