After marvering to a conical shape, Devin applies millies to the cone. |
Applying more millies. |
Melting those millies in. |
After a layer of gold fume was applied, Devin adds dark dots over top of that fume. |
Getting everything nicely melted in. |
Layers of small grain color frit are added to the cone to provide a colored background. |
Pulling the end of the vortex/cone to a nice termination. |
Adding 'junk glass' to the cone in order to round it out. |
More junk glass being added. |
Gathering the large rod to form the lens of the vortex. |
Still gathering..... |
My camera flash fired for this shot... |
You can start to see what the vortex will look like, glowing as it is. |
Through the didymium, heating up the mass of junk glass for rounding. |
Still heating.... |
Gravity and heat cause the marble to start to take shape. |
Rounding in the mold. |
Gotta love didymium fire! |
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Gotta love ANY kind of fire, especially along with glass, woohoo! |
The marble is mostly rounded now. |
Adding several layers of colored frit to the backside. |
Pulling caramel stringer to use to decorate the backside. |
Applying the stringer design. |
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Melting the design in. |
Here's the hot glowing design through the didymium. |
Final rounding for the backside. |
Melting off the main rod - leaving the right amount of glass for the lens is crucial, and something learned w/ experience. |
Melting and rounding out the lens. |
Almost complete, final rounding in process....my camera battery died! |
The finished product! |
Look at the twisting of the termination down there, sweet. |
Awesome bright millies! |
You can see the dark dots he placed between the millies. |
See the face? :-) |
Squiggles and wiggles! |