DragonJools

 In the annuals of strange glass comes - Verde Muschio - literally Green Moss. This is an old Vetrofond glass - Vetro being now out of bus...

I spent New Year's Eve (and part of New Year's Day - so yes - it took me 2 years) sorting and organizing my stash of glass. This was...

I am not entirely clear how this particular colour escaped my attention. CiM Anchor is a deep, deep blue, towards the greener end of the bl...

If you are using one or more oxygen concentrators to provide oxygen to your torch, you should know that there is a filter inside them that y...

I took a class with Joy Munshowe r back in November - which I have to  recommend. Cancelled flight, sick students, etc., I was starting to f...

After a lengthy break - Trautman is again making COE 104 Fire Lotus . Hallelujah! Fire Lotus is the one of the easiest to get reliable pur...

This is a super cool looking rod - but not quite sure what to do with it yet. The rods are striped with colour, and each o...

Look at this! This is Double Helix Rhea, over silver foil!  Every new lampworker tries, at some point, to make a pink bead using Effetre R...

Stumbled across this photo I took in a class with Lucio Bubacco. Can you believe how delicate he gets those fingers? That is soft glass...

I stumbled across this video on youtube. It's pretty technical, but utterly fascinating. This dude is talking about making batches of ph...

A nice, new green from Effetre, Martini Olive is a streaky opaque with super creamy handling. It melts nice and handles beautifully. It ha...

A single rod of this landed on my desk - which is fairly amazing, as it appears to be next to impossible to buy. Pale, transparent green...

I reviewed Notos a while back, but I thought I'd have another look at it, because, you know, I work differently now; plus, I forgot wh...

Ah - those mystery rods of glass. You were sure you would remember - so of course, there is no label! For the transparent rods, clear and ...