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AigneadhAigeann — Feathered Almond
Published: 2011-04-13 03:41:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 546; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 11
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This is one of my favorite pieces to date; between the almond shape, that classy off-white and utilizing the Tiffany-style feathering technique that makes my day, I think this piece could proudly tote a stout bouquet of orange roses and say "heck yes."Photo by: Andrea Borden
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I'm curious to learn more about this Tiffany-style feathering technique. Did you put cane on it before you blew it out or was it done after you shaped the vase?
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Disclaimer: glassblowing is NOT my glass specialty, and I regret that I haven't been able to continue with it since college. This is how I did this vase, though:
Begin with a well-established bubble from a first gather, then let that cool a touch while someone else heats up color for you. Once their color is hot, tack it to your piece and wrap it around (typically I used a threader to get the really thin line of color along the shape of the piece). Once the color is wrapped and you've detached from the other person's punty, immediately plunge back into the glory hole for a good long heat to really get the color to adhere to your glass. Once it's uniformly hot (make sure your bubble never collapsed during all this, of course), you take a long pick tool, jab toward the base of your gather, and drag the pick up through all the hot glass. This disrupts the horizontal pattern and brings all the color to a scalloped point...it can be a little dodgy because right now the color it still a little raised so the surface has varying texture. Flip the gather onto the opposite side and repeat. Typically I was only fast enough to get one or two streaks done between heats, so heat and drag until you've achieved the effect you're looking for...you can also drag it from the neck down toward the base to switch up directions. Once you have all the picks you want, give a good long heat, then take a block to shape up your gather to a smooth, uniform shape. Gather over this as you would normally, and blow, shape, etc as normal
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Thanks! I can't wait to give it a try next time I'm in the shop. I think I might do a spot heat on the areas that I want to drag the tweezers up on and see if I'll have better success doing it that way.
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thank you! About 8 inches tall
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Graceful, elegant and timeless.
Thank you for telling me, it was about the height I thought it would be.
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WOW! this is so pretty 
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thank you...and yes, this is one of the best pieces I've made to date so I'm very proud of it.
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No problem
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