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Gather Practice for Glassblowing
Making Gather With Glass for Glassblowing
Starter Bubble for Glassblowing
Blowing & Capping for Glassblowing
Getting Rocks Ready for Glassblowing
Second Gather for Glassblowing
Blocking Glass for Glassblowing
Reheating Glass for Glassblowing
Centering Glass for Glassblowing
Using a Marver for Glassblowing
How to Blow Glass for Glassblowing
Using a Jack Tool for Glassblowing
Jack Lines for Glassblowing
Creating Jack Lines for Glassblowing
History of Glass Blowing
Working with an Assistant for Glassblowing
Making the Cylinder for Glassblowing
Process of Making a Cylinder for Glassblowing
Attaching Punty to a Cylinder for Glassblowing
Finishing a Cylinder for Glassblowing
Flashing Glass for Glassblowing
Removing Punty for Glassblowing
Introduction to Glass Color for Glassblowing
Getting Gather Ready for Glassblowing
Color & Gather for Glassblowing
Blowing & Capping Color Glass for Glassblowing
Shaping Gather for Glassblowing
Preparing Gather for Frit for Glassblowing
Adding Glass Frit to Gather for Glassblowing
How to Even the Glass on the Marver for Glassblowing
Placing Glass on an Optic Mold for Glassblowing
Jack Lines Using a Marver for Glassblowing
Blowing Out Glass for Glassblowing
Adding Punty to Glass for Glassblowing
Preparing Lip for Wrap in Glassblowing
Adding Lip Wrap in Glassblowing
Open Glass for Glassblowing
Spinning Glass For Waves in Glassblowing
Placing Glass in Annealer for Glassblowing
Summary: How to create the starter bubble in glass blowing; learn these things and more in this instructional arts and crafts video series on glass blowing.
Jim McKelvey began teaching glassblowing in 1987 and has taught thousands of students how to safely use glass and fire. He is co-founder of Third Degree Glass Factory...read more
" Hi! I’m Jim McKelvey with Third Degree Glass Factory in St. Louis. You can check us out on the web at www.stlglass.com. Today, we’re going to learn about glassblowing for expertvillage.com. Well now that we have a gather, let’s talk about how to get a starter bubble going. If you’ve gathered correctly and have held the pipe down at the right angle, the glass should form a nice, even sort of bullet shape without you having to do anything. It’s also very good to come here to the marver and roll it a little bit to straighten everything up. Once it’s on center, you blow in cap. In a couple of seconds you see that bubble come right into the bottom of the glass. "
eHow Article: Starter Bubble for Glassblowing
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icarus1 said
on 8/2/2008 Really good. Jim takes his time and explains well.Good close-up's.