DragonJools

Should you purchase a used kiln for annealing your beads? Here's a few random thoughts on the topic. A kiln is not really any more sophi...

Announcing - Happy Hour Torching Starting this Thursday - April 23rd - Happy Hour Torching at beadFX . Torch one hour - get the second hour ...

I haven't dropped off the face of the planet. Last Friday - my girl Abby - pic - collapsed in the back yard - her hindquarters paralysed...

This is another TAG (Trautman Art Glass) Limited Edition variation. This is a light green variant of the Taxco Silver Turquoise. I think I m...

Green Dalai - an experimental or limited edition batch from TAG. I decided to treat it like the Dalai - i.e. "heat the snot out of it, ...

I am totally digging using this new bead liner. This is the new bead liner from Nortel - with the snap-in tools. So far - I'm just enjo...

Just got an excited call from a friend on the floor at the Glass Craft and Bead Expo - in Vegas. She was at the Invitational Hot Glass flame...

Last Saturday - a bunch of us lampworkers got together for pizza and beadmaking and general bead talk at beadFX - which is a local bead stor...

Northstar Glassworks - Black Pearl. This is one of the Northstar "exotic" 104 COE glasses. The instructions for this say: Simply r...

Ha - just as I suspected - another run through the kiln brought out more colour in these three beads. Interestingly - the smallest - the one...

Trautman Art Glass - Black Cherry. This is a kiln-striking red - which means that it goes red in the kiln - after you make the bead. How red...

Another black from CiM - but this is a less expensive black - an equivalent to the Moretti and Vetro blacks - in that it will pull out to a ...

Beautiful! Oh my! Must.buy.more. A nice cranberry pink before going in the kiln (rod at top) - this strikes a little darker in the kiln (pad...

Well - I've shown you the torch - I might as well show you the rest of the set up. ;-) The torch (pre-installation of the marver) is fro...

One of the first things I noticed - no marver on my new torch. Ack! I can't live without my torch mounted marver - and, of course - the ...

Sheesh! Talk about a tough crowd! It's not real if there's no pictures? (see comments re last post.) OK - here's your proof. Fir...