Ah the quails are beeping and the power is now back on after a brief shortage that was about to send me to the comfort of my bed. Up here on the mountain, we lose power much more frequently than those down in the bay. This piece is an experimental one as far as color combinations go but I'm pleasantly surprised and going to do more with it soon.
It all starts with a clear blank which was fumed with a heavy layer of silver. The thing with silver is it's best to encapsulate it so the flame doesn't hit it directly and burn it away. This allows it to strike and change without getting burnt off. You can turn a piece you fumed with silver clear just by heating it enough. So most glassblowers decorate with clear or transparent colors and as I've recently gotten a lot more colors at my disposal, I've been experimenting. This time I wrapped it in my translucent yellow, and I like what I got. All it needs is a little black and it's voluntaryist.
So far I've liked just about every color I've tried over fuming, including pink and green.
It's also amazing to me the difference in quality of glass photos with the new cameras. Sometime soon I'll go find my old glass posts to compare.
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