Glassmanoak’s TheVape Tree Contest #4 and Chat Thread

[Schnarph]

Do "You" know anyone that works there . . .

I did, 15 years ago. They closed in 2007. Fire Island Hot Glass Studio: Fire goes out with a blowout: After 25 years, Matthew LaBarbera is closing Fire Island Hot Glass Studio, the oldest glassblowing studio in Texas - Arts - The Austin Chronicle

 

[cocoabellaRSD]

that so is my dog. lol Every night after dinner she brings me her empty dinner bowl to show me that she has finished her dinner.
I did not teach her to do it , she started it all on her own. But it makes my heart glow each time she does it b/c it is amazingly cute!

Brunch time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[glassmanoak]

By popular request,

The only perfect piece I ever did. A 14" diameter plate made with fused glass.




Same sized plate-- 14"

 

[glassmanoak]

A hand painted Sushi plate.. fused and slumped




A smaller 12" fused late with hundreds of glass threads

 

[Penguinparty]

Good afternoon Beautiful Tree People!

 

[glassmanoak]

These are all hand painted and fired MANY times.. in the style of Glass Painting used since the 1300's

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Enough self aggrandizing hoot tooting.

 

[jac1766]

Wow, Glassman! Those are beautiful!
You certainly have earned your name!;-)

 

[Uncle]

I did, 15 years ago. They closed in 2007.

That's a shame - I've been looking for someone to help "Me" out, since need a Blue Cobalt glass insert for a Silver candle holder copied/made and hopefully at a reasonable cost too . . . Oh Well - I guess I'll have to keep looking . . .

Wow, Glassman! Those are beautiful!
You certainly have earned your name!;-)

SO DITTO ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

 

[grad2003amd]

Happy Wednesday Tree people! I got rid of my cable today.

 

[deboraht]

Yeah baby i wanna win something

 

[Schnarph]

Ugh, slumping... it was great as art and custom pieces, but being the one go-to guy in town for repairing Tiffany lamps was not fun! That beat chiseling gigantic pieces from the top sections of a stone wall church though. I think my boss got the best of me, most of the time I did on site repairs and installations. Making art is much more rewarding!

Nice work GMO! I like it! Great job!

 

[Susan W.]

Oh wow!! I love all of them!! The hand painted plate is awesome!! OMG on the glass thread plate!! I can't imagine lining up all those glass threads like that. Love your supposedly "perfect" plate too. I can't see anything wrong with any of them. Thanks so much for sharing!!

A hand painted Sushi plate.. fused and slumped

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A smaller 12" fused late with hundreds of glass threads
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[jpf880]

GMO I'm not sure which is better your juice work or your glass work! Both are fantastic!

 

[VanClan]

Hopefully someone else will get a chuckle out of this too!

 

[jpf880]

Good Morningnite Tree People!

New Trident Clone

 

[RPadTV]

My El Kapitan 1.5 from Wu Tang House of Modz in the Philippines arrived today. She's a beauty! The pins are gold-plated brass and she's hitting hard so far.

 

[djezewski]

Happy Wednesday Tree people! I got rid of my cable today.

Goodness, I know many people are getting sick of the cable bill...not sure if I want to go dish though, last time I checked I would lose too many stations and my Roku..guess I am stuck right now.

 

[Tish Talons]

A dish company that shall remain nameless screwed me really bad about 8 years back, so no dish service for me. I'll stick with cable, especially since they are also my internet provider.

When I was in high school, I went to school with the kids of the premier glass blower in Tucson. It was fascinating to go to the glass art studio and watch them work. Amazing stuff.

 

[RPadTV]

A dish company that shall remain nameless screwed me really bad about 8 years back, so no dish service for me. I'll stick with cable, especially since they are also my internet provider.

All American telecom companies suck -- cable, satellite, mobile, etc. The trick is to find that sucks the least in the area that you live in. I'm amazed at the speeds and service Asian and European providers give for half the price or less of what American providers charge.

 

[djezewski]

I never realized how many people use their cats as a photo of themselves on this forum. People say that dogs are more popular...I guess not in the vaping world. But don't get me wrong I am a dog lover. I used to have a cute old beagle named Ace..that was 10 years ago..I sure miss the old boy.