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Archive - May 2008

Jason Lee and Kevin Nail collaboration marbles!!!

New collaboration marbles with Jason Lee!!!

If you don't know who Jason Lee is... you're missing out.   He's one of my mentors and is one of THE top people in the pipe industry, his work is insane.   He was in town last week so we busted out some marbles- they're up on the bay starting at $.99!! Also- I JUST figured out what I needed to for detailed sandblasting and these have the first super tight images on them....

After a bit of a rough start we decided what we were doing and got some momentum.  We handed the pieces off to one another as much as possible to split the work and utilize each other's refined skills.  He made and then snipped up little pieces of the bubble matrix and put them in the kiln. I then added a gather of clear to one, backed it with black and finished. I added a gather to another one then he backed that one with black then blue moon (the next day when they were cold, I then created the designs that are on the backs in Photoshop and then sandblasted both). Then Jason made the brain, and I made the box around it... And on the last one Jason added the gather to the bubbles, he fumed it which he hasn't fumed anything in years so that green is... well that's why he's Jason Lee, he's just good at everything and REALLY good. I strive for that green on every piece and get it 1/ 10 he nails it first time after 5 years of not even fuming LOL!! Anyways he then added the other gather rounded it off a bit and I did the final twist and rounding.

It was a great time- I really hope we do it again in the near future. It was cool for both of us because we worked together for a lot of years in the past- a few different shops... but then he moved out east right before we started doing collabs at Glass Works Park- before that, for us, we had never done that or thought of doing it.... he's not too far away either so we were talking about doing more.


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Don't think inside the box!!!

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And fumey bubble goodness...

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Kevin Nail
Stress Less Glass Art Co.
 

Fume Murrine breakthrough!

I've been overflowing with ideas recently- which has been great!- and even though I'm really wanting to explore more sandblasting I've discovered a new technique in making fume murrini.    I've done several designs before but they were all singular pieces, now I can make complex canes with an amazing amount of detail.   These first ones are only scratching the surface so I'm really excited to see what I can come up with in the future!   I have several designs drawn out waiting to be made so keep your eye out!    The marbles pictured are currently listed in my eBay Store where you can see more viewing angles.



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And of course I still am playing around with some different colors, etc. with the sandblasting... here are a few more I've done- I'm starting to get sense of certain colors I want to use but there are still many more to be explored.   For those who don't know/ understand- some colors aren't "what you see is what you get"... they change e.g. they "strike" or they "luster".   Essentially there is metal(s) in the color that cause a reaction to take place at a certain temperature or cause it to be affected directly by the flame atmosphere (more or less oxygen) of my torch.  For example, one color I use called "Amazon Lagoon" starts out blue, almost cobalt, but turns white on the outside (see the footprint marble below).   I still have color powder to explore too- it's another way of acheiving a contrast through application and then sandblasting... but that's another blog :)



This one has a black layer underneath gold and silver fume:




Here are some great purple colors I'm playing with:



And I had to do another footprint marble...



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Kevin Nail
Stress Less Glass Art Co.

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Sandblasting!

Welcome to my first blog..... ever!  Thanks for checking it out!

Well I got my sandblaster and have been having fun ever since!   There is a lot to learn and refine, but it's a great step in a new direction.   Even more then that, it almost transforms the glass into another medium.   Standing there carving the glass away with the stream of abrasive flowing through the air is a fascinating process!  It's a real dynamic to go from distorting the glass with heat to distorting with... a little machine gun.   My ideas are flowing so much I'm having to write them down so I don't lose them as I can only make them so fast....  it feels great to be so artistically inspired.



Here are some pics of my new style of marbles I just made this week.   They are just the beginning- they will only get cleaner and more complex :)  Be sure to check out my Store for more pics!

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Kevin Nail
Stress Less Glass Art Co.
 

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