I rebent the "CHOOSE" at Brooklyn Glass's hot glass cold beer event. This time I was able to use the Italian cobalt blue uncoated glass as the "blockout" glass and one of my favorite bright white colors- "Sunrise".

It was fun making this in the party like environment. A little distracting, but ironic that I wanted to listen to party jams and focus on bending, but kept pausing my party song jams to talk and actually party and chat with people.

I suppose that I need to buy some more cobalt uncoated glass. Now I am busy again with some neon production stuff, but in a few weeks I will have time to play more. In the mean time, I can collect more phrases to make.

I felt tickled when the equivalent of the neon tube Willy Wonka complemented the bending and side tubulation I made on the end of the "E" and cursed my choice of terrible electrodes -For some reason I find free, cheap-O electrodes amusing.

#neon #brooklyn #glass #choose #effetre #nyc #handmade #handwriting #craft

Ooof this is tough. Just. Make. Every. Weld. Perfect!

These colors can be more difficult to work with (crackative) and they are more expensive (fancy)

I should have gotten more coffee yesterday.... I ran out today. I shall blame that :)
I better get back to the computer errands I gotta do.

#wip #glass #sculpture #bending #tubes #murano #effetre #brooklyn #nyc #sun #studio

We have a blazing (pun intended because the air is full of smoke from fires) heatwave here in the PNW, so this little piece seems appropriate. I used Murano striking red, striking orange and opaque red, a few slices of Millefiori cane, and my own custom frit mix of reds, pinks and purples. #pnwheatwave #heatwave2023 #hotglass #thatshot #πŸ”₯ #lampwork #torchwork #redglass #muranoglass #effetre #glassbeads #handmadeglass #artyoucanwear #christofmaupin #pastpresentarts #pnw #madeinoregon #salemoregon
I have been making a few tubes to oven pump at #urbanglass . I plan on filling this #doublerainbow I bent yesterday with #helium Along with a few other #doodles . This is the full #rainbow of #italian #effetre #murano #glass #colors . I had another helium rainbow doodle that was my helium in effetre color sample but it sold. This one is a double rainbow with new and improved bends- my bending has improved since I made the first one in 2019. #craft #brooklyn #sculpture #neon #lightart #handmade

I got a new 25mm #latex #rigatoni to fit around 25mm tubes. Super convenient for these big unobtainum 25mm hand pulled color tubes. I threw #effetre #Aquamarine in there too. I plan on filling this one with #helium at #urbanglass Its colors include r3 pink, opal violet, Aquamarine, Alabaster (white), gold amber, gold hyacinth (light), Iris violet, Iris gold, blue #Calcedony, chocolate, and what I think is regular amber (forgot and need to check my notes)

#neon #plasma #glass #sculpture #doodle