Category: How Toos
How to Wrap and Rake with Silver Fume
Fuming is one of the first things I had to learn thanks to Bob Snodgrass. The next was wrap and rake, not sure where that came from, probably Italy. Fuming with silver will allow you to get that amazing color changing effect. This will allow you to get blues, whites and purples (my favorite). To […]
Making Ribbon Cane
Learn to make a ribbon cane with 2 colors I love ribbons in glass!! I love the inside out technique that makes that ribbon just POP like one of those snakes from Beetle Juice. This was one of the first things I had to learn more than 12 years ago. So how do you make […]
How to make a no spin coil pot we call the push n blow methode
Do you love coil pot to get that colored rod of glass turned to a tube? Well I also love it, but sometimes I do not want the lines I get using some colors like unobtainium or double amber purple. Now sometimes these lines are great and I do want them, they give yet another […]
How to make a Maria (Mariah) on a tube of glass
Making a Maria These are something that looks cool and is a basic essential to glass blowing. For this we will use a 12mm tube of glass, but you can use any size tube or rod of glass. To start out I use a small flame about 1/4 inch diameter. I take my tube and […]