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u/philamander · 1 pointr/glassblowing

I have accidentally made crystal clear ice in one of these and it wasn't boiled and it was from the tap. I have always wondered how that happened.
Again, I have tried boiling the water, but it didn't do what I wanted close enough. I have NOT tried boiling the water in the plastic tray or with plastic wrap on it. I didn't think that plastic wrap was not air permeable.
I will try to use these sphere ice cube trays I have and boil the water in the microwave and cover it in plastic wrap.
I did try to boil water, pour it in these trays, and I used a bar clamp to cinch the mold between two flat glass plates. I tried to make it airtight. Then, I froze that. It got a LITTLE clear, but not enough.
How close could I get with this? My question is...if it was YOU trying to make a solid sphere of ice that is as clear as possible, what would you do? Efficiency and utility aside. I was this purely for aesthetic purposes to impress my friends when we drink.

EDIT: I'm still willing to pay for something like this. A glass tray for ice that will allow me to microwave water and boil it safely, then with smooth edges that I can wrap plastic wrap around or clamp a rubber board on top of for freezing. If there is no top to the ice cube tray, I would imagine that glass wouldn't have an issue anymore and I wouldn't be worried about melting plastic or anything while boiling the water.

u/Baeocystin · 1 pointr/glassblowing

Not a female, but two things that have been very helpful for me:

  1. Lightweight safety glasses that block infrared.

    Most glasses cleared for IR use are too heavily tinted to be useful. These have a light sputter coating that you can barely notice. Your eyes (and your corneas) will thank you.

  2. O'Keeffe's Working Hands Cream.

    You can use it anywhere. It's non-greasy, rapidly absorbed, and as far as I'm concerned, a straight up miracle in a tub. I learned about it when I was working as a welder in a shipyard, and having serious problems with cracking skin on my hands & fingers. Another welder told me about it, and within a few days, all my skin issues disappeared. I even used it for my chapped lips, and it worked where nothing else did.
u/hooly · 2 pointsr/glassblowing

if you like the disney glassblowers then you are talking /r/lampwork and its not hard to start. You can set up relatively cheap if you are looking to do some small work you can do it in garage with ventilation. Go to a glassblowing message board like the melting pot at www.talkglass.com there you can search all the beginner threads and see where people take the art form whether through beads or pipes. Materials and torches can be purchased at retailer websites like www.mountainglass.com or wale apparatus. To learn without lessons or apprenticing you should look into buying Bandhu's books Contemporary Lampworking 3 volumes with limitless info from the very basic to the very complex. Good luck.

u/stotle52 · 8 pointsr/glassblowing

Glassblowing is a cruel, & unforgiving bitch goddess.
Know going in that it takes a lot of work, and cash before you are going to make anything that doesn't suck. You are going to burn the ever living bejeezus out of yourself several times. The odds of someone renting their studio to anyone with zero experience is rather slim.
Take a few classes to familiarize yourself with the basic tenets of turning, tool use,safety, etc. read this book...http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Glassworking-Techniques-Enlightened-Manuscript/dp/0963872818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374894925&sr=8-1&keywords=glassblowing+technique . Obsess.
I learned primarily from watching people. I have never taken an actual class in my life, and I do this for a living. Offer your services to glassblowers for free. Obsess. Buy an aloe plant.
As far as tools, I own a bunch of stuff from here http://www.toolsforglass.com/. A basic set up would include 9" Jacks, 12" tweezers, standard diamond shears, trim shears. You are also going to need some pipes. There are several places to find pipes I have bought some nice ones from these guys http://www.spiralarts.com/. Obsess. Probably going to want some wood blocks as well, I would suggest swedish style from http://www.glasscolor.com/blocks/swedish_blocks.aspx.Obsess. You are probably going to want some color. These are the two companies I buy from http://www.glasscolor.com/ , http://www.gafferglassusa.com/.
I hope this was coherent enough to help. If you have more specific questions feel free to PM me.

u/Antolini · 5 pointsr/glassblowing

From what I've seen, most people who start up a studio by themselves build everything they can. This include the furnace and annealer along with the other stuff you mentioned you would build. This is because its twice as expensive to buy it from a company like Wet Dog Glass compared to just building your own. The tools would probably cost 2-3k which is nothing compared to everything else you would need. I just googled the wet tile saw ~$200

Furnace glassblowing is probably the most expensive studio craft there is out there...

/u/BlueRockStar might have some more numbers in terms of gas bills and things.

u/mcswainh_13 · 2 pointsr/glassblowing

So something like this but with a black hole?

Glass Eye Studio Celestial Pluto Paperweight https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019941WWC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_C-uXCbMNE4FNJ

u/SilverLiningMacBook · 4 pointsr/glassblowing

I think you need a Neutral Density (ND) filter. They make them for phones

Check here

u/Organ-grinder · 2 pointsr/glassblowing

I don't see why you couldn't. What could possibly go wrong? Or you could start fresh