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Cheeky Torch
(Lampworked) Glass Pendants
My favorite lampworked pendants are created using a
torch and using the borosilicate implosion technique.
I tend to start with solid clear pyrex rod (although sometimes I'll use
medium or heavy walled tube and blow an expansion, dot it, collapse the
bubble on itself) and then implode the design up into the piece.
I prefer floral type implosions but will also experiment with floating
blobs of glass (ala lava-lamp), honeycombed patterns and pieces that
have been "fumed" with sterling silver or high-karet gold.
Pieces usually aren't named until after a name comes to mind. If
I sign a pendant it will be hand-drawing (in glass) the CT Logo
(backwards C abutting a sideways T) on the back or pressing in a stamp
of the logo (which I had made for me). |
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 Taking an example from my About
page (sometimes I'll combine techniques) - I'll often use a bench torch
to create a base but then incorporate an element into it by where the
resultant piece might appear to have been made differently.
Others may
erroniously describe this piece as being fused.
This dichroic pendant is NOT "kiln fused"
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Examples
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Boro Implosions
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