I have to rent the most giant kiln at Urbanglass to fit the giant purple tube in and I feel weird just putting one tube in such a giant kiln- so I figured I would fit these in.
I made this 5 foot tube in tube today! I think I only touched once- the inner tube moves strangely when bent- it can hug the side walls.

Gonna try dust coating the insides of some of these for extra brightness. Excites to see how they look with oil n silver

#sculpture #glassblowing #scientificglass #nyc #plasma #neon

Yesterday I visited my friend Katie in Philadelphia. She teaches Scientific glass at Salem and has worked at some of the best science glass houses in Southern NJ (A place known for science glass). I sought her help in making this double walled mirror tube idea. More on that later. I like the bib and bob of the hose spinning on the lathe. I fabricated the glass hose split adaptor- Katie fabbed the rest until I bent it. #sculpture
#scientificglass #glass #philadelphia #science #borosilicate

I made a manifold to quickly connect an oven full of tubes to the Urbanglass Manifold. I used the crossfire and ribbon burner exclusively- such fun and so much faster (more BTU's) than the hand torch! The dusty scrap glass would be considered dirty by #scientific #glass standards, but I did #vacuum it out to check for leaks and drive out moisture. You can see my mock kiln layout and pattern. Its the Red Skutt kiln Hexafiller 8000!

#neon #craft #scientificglass #brooklyn #sculpture #tools #nyc

I had such a blast taking a #scientific glass class with Sally Prasch at Urbanglass. I learned to make ring seals with condensors, and how to bend a tube within a tube- fun but tricky stuff! I made a maraca, trombone/clarinet instrument that I still need to put a bell on. It would be fun to make a bigger, bass maraca-Tromlinet. Yes, the tube in tube stuff does have some neat neon and plasma possibilities too.

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