Art Glass Drip Tips

[GlassyFreddy]

thanks, Delilah and starlight! I'm soooo happy to be able to think about someone while I'm making their piece, makes it that much more special to me.

Reidus, that's brilliant. We should have a glossary of terms. Might take a minute or two, but we'll get it there. We like educated collectors simply because our work comes from a very educated pool of people.

 

[BluSwatch]

Freddy - at one time we talked about having a glossary with picture examples of all the terms, but we would need a forum where we could save it as a "sticky topic".
If we could get Bert a Supplier's Forum, it would be easy to do.

 

[Cyclin]

shes doing well ben. we have the ultrasound on friday and hope all goes great. she really appreciates all the support from everyone.

Glad to hear she's doing good. You guys are in our thoughts

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a little like radioactive stardust

Ooo it does! Looks like looking through a telescope but not just at a single constellation

 

[BluSwatch]

Ok ... have to practice saxophone .... BBL

 

[Reidus]

glad to help, Freddy! Blu, I like your idea as well! I'm psyched cause I finally figured out I can use a trippy on my Vivi's! I've been moving towards clearo's lately mostly cause I'm bummed by the bad-tasting Boge's, as well as the purer flavors I get out of the clearo's. And quite frankly, the new Stardusts, Vivi's and the Kanger T2's are all awesome, lol.

 

[Starlight682]

i have a question did anyone who got the tipped off about the tips going out to COV, see if the i06 tips were going at the same time ?
i couldn't get the email to open

 

[GlassyFreddy]

Freddy - at one time we talked about having a glossary with picture examples of all the terms, but we would need a forum where we could save it as a "sticky topic".
If we could get Bert a Supplier's Forum, it would be easy to do.

yea, that would work. I would like for us to have it on the site as well or for starters. This way anyone that comes to order can know what the terms mean. I dont know how many more times I'll be able to explain "frit" without getting a little creative from boredom

Regular answer

"Frit is graduated crushed color glass"

Creative (after saying it toooo many times)

"Frit is like glass that imploded like a meteor into tiny little pieces"

or...."Frit is glass made by miniature people"

it could go on

 

[Cyclin]

....snip snip....
"Frit is glass made by miniature people"

...snip...miss...Kami...

Pigmy glass!!!

 

[Starlight682]

yea, that would work. I would like for us to have it on the site as well or for starters. This way anyone that comes to order can know what the terms mean. I dont know how many more times I'll be able to explain "frit" without getting a little creative from boredom

Regular answer

"Frit is graduated crushed color glass"

Creative (after saying it toooo many times)

"Frit is like glass that imploded like a meteor into tiny little pieces"

or...."Frit is glass made by miniature people"

it could go on

we can also make a custom order info sheet like the first time buyer sheet so when anyone ask in here we can just give them the link

 

[Cyclin]

we can also make a custom order info sheet like the first time buyer sheet so when anyone ask in here we can just give them the link

I hear if you say DeviantDe three times in front of a monitor she appears with Google docs...

 

[Reidus]

yea, that would work. I would like for us to have it on the site as well or for starters. This way anyone that comes to order can know what the terms mean. I dont know how many more times I'll be able to explain "frit" without getting a little creative from boredom

Regular answer

"Frit is graduated crushed color glass"

Creative (after saying it toooo many times)

"Frit is like glass that imploded like a meteor into tiny little pieces"

or...."Frit is glass made by miniature people"

it could go on

LOL. Frits are made by Oompa-Loompa's!

 

[Starlight682]

I hear if you say DeviantDe three times in front of a monitor she appears with Google docs...

i swear you read my mind lol, i had typed De's name in as the person to ask but i took it out

 

[UltraViolet]

Hi tripsters...need to clear out some of my stuff....expect to see some things in the classies.

 

[Reidus]

Hi tripsters...need to clear out some of my stuff....expect to see some things in the classies.

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[GlassyFreddy]

we can also make a custom order info sheet like the first time buyer sheet so when anyone ask in here we can just give them the link

I like that idea too =D

 

[GlassyFreddy]

LOL. Frits are made by Oompa-Loompa's!

haha! I've been called an Oompa Loompa before...if the name fits (i love wearing orange)

soooo, here's how I make frit. I hired a local metalworker to make this masher for me. Warren Perdue is an amazing! metal worker.


Frit mashing!!!!!




and here's the finished product

 

[UntamedRose]

Got any GA Peacock frit in there?

 

[Reidus]

UV, you're evil! I went to the classy's to see what you're posting, and what do I see? A lavatube w/2 batteries and a Phoenix rebuildable atty for $45! Of course I had to get it. Even if I throw away the atty, it's still a steal!

 

[GlassyFreddy]

Got any GA Peacock frit in there?

Hi Rose!

The pictures are of cullet from glass that either broke during shipment or during flameworking being made into frit.

I have an extensive amount of both frit and powders from our color companies, but I tend to use mostly Northstar color myself. I have used peacock which is by Glass Alchemy before, it's a beautiful color. I actually just made 6 or 8 drip tips out of peacock, they went to clouds of vapor, I believe....It's much easier to buy made frit than to make it. After I crush it, I have to run a magnet to remove metal, graduate the frit size with screens and sort. It's more of a labor of love. Most of my peers just throw out cullet, I'm the guy that tells them not to and makes frit out of it. I could get some peacock...if you twist my arm a bit

 

[DeviantDe]

I hear if you say DeviantDe three times in front of a monitor she appears with Google docs...

LMAO!!! I kinda do do that LOL... sadly not while at work though, nothing saved here... however usually when asked what a certain term or style is, I just show pics of tips I own that are in the style in question
And answering questions led me to making this a while back, it's somewhere over in the pic thread lol, so anyone that looked at it would have an idea of what some of the other tips were and what some of the terms may mean lol