Manda brought a lampwork bead with her to art class, and another student asked how the bead got painted like that. Manda, of course told the kid that the bead was entirely made of glass. When the kid asked how that was done, Manda had the most succinct definition of lampwork I've ever heard:
Works for me.
Kathy N-V
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :
]1. Torch ]2. Rods of Glass ]3. Third Degree Burns ] ]Works for me.
one more reason i don't even try. i burned myself twice yesterday, just on the alcohol lamp [can we say forgetting it was lit and trying to reach for something behind it? yes, thought so!]
LOL - isn't that the truth!!
Lol! Some kid!
Manda had the most succinct definition of lampwork I've ever heard:
Works for me.>
POINT !!!!! that girl is good..... LOL Cheryl DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass
You haven't truely been initiated until you get too close to a soldering job and singe off your eyebrows.
OMTP
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Marisa Cappetta :
]You haven't truely been initiated until you get too close to a soldering ]job and singe off your eyebrows.
how about pointing the casting torch in the wrong direction and almost taking out the master?
and then there was the cast that plugged, threw hot brass all over the garage and set fire to the rags next to the Porsche 911 [and they weren't even CLOSE to where we were working!]
i really shouldn't be around open flames!
ooooo-kaay...you might be an initiate. And maybe just a tad accident prone. Take care with the torch, won't you m'dear?
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Marisa Cappetta :
]ooooo-kaay...you might be an initiate. And maybe just a tad accident prone. ]Take care with the torch, won't you m'dear?
LOL! why do you think i stay completely away from bead making?!?!?
yes, i'm accident prone. i tend to hyperfocus on what i'm doing and forget what's going on around me -- Oran has commented on it more than once. and he's learned to warn me BEFORE he turns on something that's going to make unexpected noise! [like the air compressor!]
i really AM trying to be careful - honest!
Boy! If she didn't hit the nail on the head! ROFL! Too cute!
ROFL! That is hands-down the best description I've ever heard!
-Kalera
I am still looking for a electric lampworking torch.
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