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Brushstrokes 8
Published: 2006-07-04 19:40:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 7575; Favourites: 144; Downloads: 73
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Click [link] to see the detail viewThis is the FULL view of another piece from my "Brushstrokes" series. It's a 5 part incalmo switch axis piece with engraving as well. This piece was a lot of playing around with different engraving patterns and trying to make this thing stand up steadily! Not my most balanced piece ever...
About 5 hours hot shop time, solo-blown and about 4-6 hours of engraving.
Around 14" tall.
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it seems so fluid that like you paint it.
great work 
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Thanks! I love it when my work is seen in the way I intend for it to be seen!
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you've got some really beautiful stuff. puts my stuff to shame. well done.
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Thanks very much... I assure you it gets easier with time... But there's no shortcuts. IT really just takes time... Lots and lots of time
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I always had a thing for beautiful glass work..this piece is no exception...amazing work!
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wow, I really like the fluid shape, and the colour blends really well 
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It might not be the most balanced of anything you have made but it certainly is amazing. Love the way it looks.
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Thanks. It's visually balanced to me. It's just not so physically balanced. I love the way it looks... Just not so much teh way it stands...
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Thank you for responding back! I've had no idea how to find your submissions and your name and I practically gave up... til now! 
Awesome, now I get to favorite this and watch your stuff.
I understand what you mean, but you can always fix that by fixing it somewhere permanent maybe, your choice of course. Or something along the lines of that.
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it's so flowy and beautiful!
i absolutely love glass work
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That's really really neat! And solo blown too! I like it a lot! Good job!
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I love glass blowing. It's a lot of fun and really rewarding.
This is an absolutely beautiful piece.
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i would love to learn how to make this... it looks like so much fun yet hard work.
good job
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Thanks. It is a lot of fun! And a lot of hard work too... There are probably some places in your area where you could learn... But it's not a cheap hobby!!!
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thats all i need is another expensive hobby!
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Exquisite - as is all of your work.
Beautiful design, colors, and textures.
~AJGlass
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awesome work, love the shape even if it isn't your most balanced piece
Glass work is beautiful.
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Wow! You are so skillful on making glass items. Really amazed by your work
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I am sorry sir/madam, but I have the strangest feeling that your work is flipping me off.
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I assure you that my work hates no one. Even people that hate it. It's more of the loving type
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*nods* I'll take your word for it, grats on the DD by the way, good stuff.
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I really like the shape of this one - the long curving top makes me think of some sort of long-necked bird.. like a swan! The colors are very nice too.
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this piece is beautiful, i love the graceful curves ^___^, and for some reason its reminding me of a bird.
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The clear is soooo... clear. That may sound funny unless you've worked with clear glass. Nice job eliminating smoke and burns-
PS- only do lampwork which is nothing like your trade, but that's why I am so impressed with your clear.
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Thanks
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Ahhh, that's interesting. Love it when I can learn something new. Just out of curiousity, how do you regulate the bubbles?
Thanks for sharing-
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Well, it's more of a, how do you get rid of the bubbles question. Generally bubbles are no wanted. So to get rid of them, you "pick" them out and then cut them off. However, the trick is to do it without getting your inner-bubble (The main bubble) off center. Easier said than done...
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Doesn't sound easy at all
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This one is my fav out of this series. I really like the shape. (even if it has a problem staying on its feet) Another really great job on the engraving as well. I'd imagine engraving glass is quite difficult.
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Thanks! Engraving glass is not necessarily so hard, but it does take a lot of time and it does take a lot of practice. It's a very tedious and if the piece is heavy, straining process. One slip up, and you have to alter your design
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I'm diggin' the hexagonal pattern. It brings some geometry to the very organic form of the glass. That, and it's badass because I can't see that being an easy thing to do.
Very well done.
Even if not entirely desireable structurally, I think being unbalanced could be considered a good thing, artistically.
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Wow.. This is just one of those pieces that reaches out and strikes you- absolutely love it!
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too bad it's not as balanced as you'd probably want it, but the colours on that are so beautiful, especially near the top. It looks really natural.
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