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I was wondering what kinds of projects people are currently working on? I make beads and some fused work, bowls, jewelry pieces and etc. but the most interesting (ie "challenging") thing I've done lately is making small magnifying paperweights that consist of a clear core, a design in a sort of "tube" inside the weight, and a flat, polished bottom. You look down through the tube to see the objects beneath magnified.

Janet R · Accepted Answer

I made my first Hollow bead!  I have been lampworking since Dec. 04...and so I decided to give it a try.  It's not the prettiest I have seen...but I will keep it forever!Janet R

nJb · Answer

Slumping 36" float pieces for chandeliers. Just got back from EugeneOregon to pick up a glass furnace.Jack

Kalera Stratton · Answer

Cool! I still have my first several hollows... they were definitely not saleable, but I love them. I hung them on the front porch as suncatchers. :)Janet R wrote:

Kalera Stratton · Answer

Ooooh, that sounds really cool! What shape are the pieces, and how are you going to assemble them?nJb wrote:

liam potts · Answer

I'm working on a glass ouija board for the hell of it

howard · Answer

working on lamp/unit number 1,08014" fly with the "correct base"will sell for a mere pittance of around $2,900 to $3,100.next will be cutting 5 or 6 16 inch acorns...........one the jigs are set, it takes minutes to cut multiples.Do not have to feed, water, walk or talk to the glassh

Kalera Stratton · Answer

That sounds like a cool project! Are you fusing it, painting it, sandblasting it, or something else?liam potts wrote:

Kalera Stratton · Answer

Lamps look hard.I learned stained glass a few years ago at the tutelage of a friend who does it professionally, and we had a good time but I quickly learned that I don't have the patience for it. I never did anything more complex than some Frank Lloyd Wright-esque windows... but knowing what I know of it, lamps look really freaking hard.howard wrote:

Boner the Cat · Answer

Making fused glass night and day for our next show, Artfest in Fort Myers.Just finished Images in New Smyrna Beach and had a total blowout.  biggesttwo day event we have done.     (I know pretty crappy site)Myself and wife do this full time, both quit good jobs to try this. Neverlooked back but I will admit the first year was very lean.

Ranger Jack · Answer

I just finished a complete re-design of my workshop, moving tables and glass racks around, added in a fusing station just for warm glass work, and splurged on a few new tools/gadgets that I've been eyeing for awhile.

Now that my workspace is ready to go, I'm just about to get started on a 3-panel fireplace screen. I've already designed pattern (in an art noveau style with the help of GlassEye 2000), purchased all my glass and lead came, and am just about to start the cutting and assembly of the first side panel.

I'd like to have it all completed by Summer, but that's pretty much pie in the sky right now. It must just wind up being an early Xmas present to myself....haha

Ranger Jack

Kalera Stratton · Answer

That sounds really cool... can you post pics, when you're done? It makes me wish I still had a fireplace (the old old house had one, the new old house doesn't!)Ranger Jack wrote:

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