DragonJools

Y'all might want to read this posting from Frantz Art Glass on the Perfect Clear. They are suggesting pickling the glass to get it rea...

Meh - I thought I was onto something great - and then it fizzled. I really liked the look of this when it was hot, but like so many beads - ...

Effetre 730 - Chocolate Noir. More Noir than Chocolate - these creamy, opaque slate colour is hugely fun to use! This is a dark grey slate -...

Vetro Striking Rainbow Red - an odd-lot glass. This is a transparent red - the rods are translucent, but it I think this might be called ...

The problem with testing the silver saturated "special colours," like that glass from Double Helix, is that some of them just don...

Effetre (Moretti) 653 - Red Flint. A streaky, dark red - you'd think I'd be more excited about this one. I mean - just look at this ...

I decided to compare Vetro 058 Transparent Intense Dark Blue and Effetre 057 Transparent Intense Blue - even though the numbers are one diff...

After you've been lampworking for any length of time, you start to wonder - what do I do with all these leftover ends? You try using the...

You may have noticed this particular picture the other day, and wondered about making multiple beads on a mandrel. The advantages to making ...

Clio - the pale, pinky transparent rod doesn't really give you any indication of what you are going to get! But super easy to use! These...

Forest Nymph - A Val Cox frit blend. A nice happy blend of blues and greens. Think I can screw this one up? You betcha. The working notes sa...

A reader asked - Do you have any tips for implosions? As a matter of fact, I do. I don't pretend to be deeply awesome at them. But - the...