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Hot Glass Artisans

*AJGlass:iconAJGlass: reports, December 3, 2007
Hot Glass Artisans

Art rarely gets hotter than this!


About hot glass:

Making items out of hot glass is more difficult then making those same items out of other, more easily manipulated, materials. Unlike conventional clay, or fimo, filo, metal, stone, paint and fabric, working with hot glass takes an entirely hands-off technique. Touching glass when molten will produce instant second degree burns (or worse) so the urge to reach out with a hand and grab it while hot is strongly discouraged, though hard at times to resist. Thankfully there are many tools which can be used in place of hands with which to work hot glass.


About oxides in glass:

Colors in glass are created by adding trace metal oxides to various mixtures of ingredients such as lime, sand, and soda. Oxides can include gold (for red), copper (for green), cobalt (for blue), etc. Adding oxides can also change the stiffness of the glass and how much heat is needed to melt it. The oxides can also affect how different colored glasses react with each other – there being chemical reactions between certain colors and not between others.


About glass types:

Moretti/Effetre, Vetrofond, and Lausha are soft glasses – meaning that they melt at a relatively low temperature and stay soft and workable for a long period of time. This is in contrast to Borosilicate and Pyrex which are harder, higher temperature, stiffer glasses and Japanese Satake which is a softer, lower temperature, more watery glass. Each type of glass has a different coefficient of expansion (COE) meaning each glass when heated or cooled will expand and contract to a different degree. Thus a piece cannot be made by mixing Moretti and Pyrex glass as they have different COE’s and will literally break away from each other when cooled.


There are several ways to heat glass:

Using a furnace:

 from-time-to-time               godimas


Using a torch:

 lovefulheights                     NarcoticsAnonymous


Using a kiln:

 AJGlass


In my opinion, there are few things as mesmerizing as watching glass melt. The warmth, liquidity, and glow of molten glass are extremely addictive. Working with hot glass can be both enjoyable and stressful at the same time depending on what the artist is trying to achieve.



Presenting dA artisans who work with hot glass:



:iconaerobat:
aerobat



:iconuniquelyyours:
UniquelyYours



:iconjohnnymartin:
johnnymartin



:iconcatwhoplayswithglass:
catwhoplayswithglass



:iconellyloo:
ellyloo



:icondragonfireaa:
DragonFireAA



:iconbonsaihinoki:
BonsaiHinoki



:iconpipingplover:
pipingplover



:iconthis-side-upsid-down:
this-side-upsid-down



:iconglazzdoll:
glazzdoll



:iconeerok1955:
eerok1955



:icondarkfire734:
darkfire734



:iconzincks:
zincks



:icontwistedglass96:
twistedglass96



:iconfree-zero:
free-zero



:iconantisocialis:
AntiSocialis



:iconfragilecraft:
fragilecraft



:icongodofsilica:
godofsilica



:icongodgolden:
godgolden



:iconfrom-time-to-time:
from-time-to-time



:iconguenna:
Guenna



:iconlisaluera:
lisaluera



:iconscathode:
scathode



:iconchenghsin:
chenghsin



:iconfroggynaan:
froggynaan



:iconblusquirrel:
blusquirrel



:iconlaughingtree:
LaughingTree



:iconxj0nnayx:
Xj0nNAyX



:icongiglemaniac:
giglemaniac



:iconnjadean:
njadean



:iconjesseengland:
jesseengland



:iconlovefulheights:
lovefulheights



:iconmidnitefirefaerie:
MidniteFireFaerie



:iconbellydancer:
bellydancer



:iconhoneywine:
honeywine



:iconfyrsmith:
fyrsmith



:iconspiglassstudio:
SPIglassStudio



:iconnorthwindstudio:
NorthwindStudio



:iconscott-451:
scott-451



:iconweirdpeanut:
WeirdPeanut



:iconglasselation:
GlassElation



:iconkagamiko:
kagamiko



:iconajglass:
AJGlass

Devious Comments

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~LaughingTree:iconLaughingTree: Dec 3, 2007, 1:38:41 PM
Nice little article. Short, sweet, accurate, and to the point!

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~BonsaiHinoki:iconBonsaiHinoki: Dec 3, 2007, 1:58:01 PM
Good job raising awareness about the hot glass medium and for a good list of glass artists on dA!

Oh, and thanks for including me! :dance:
=gonnafly:icongonnafly: Dec 3, 2007, 1:58:50 PM
Wow very cool show case : 3.

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*AJGlass:iconAJGlass: Dec 3, 2007, 2:10:01 PM
You do nice work with hot glass so it was my pleasure to include you. :)

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`Prince-des-Sots:iconPrince-des-Sots: Dec 3, 2007, 2:21:49 PM
All that glass. The first one looks golden and creamy. :happycry:

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=glazzdoll:iconglazzdoll: Dec 3, 2007, 2:32:02 PM
Thank you so much for including my little bead! :D :hug: :blowkiss:

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*mintyfresh:iconmintyfresh: Dec 3, 2007, 2:42:45 PM
Thanks for drawing the dA community's attention to the art form as well as to a group of terrific artists; wonderful stuff!
^azarath:iconazarath: Dec 3, 2007, 3:37:07 PM
That's some really beautiful stuff!! :wow:

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*lisaluera:iconlisaluera: Dec 3, 2007, 3:53:06 PM
Wonderful article! It's great to have an easy to navigate list of glass artists on DA. It looks like I'm going to be spending some time browsing some new accounts! Thank you for the feature as well!

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~CandyKins:iconCandyKins: Dec 3, 2007, 3:53:32 PM
Absolutely amazing! :D

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