Pulling Glass Cane for Beads

Video Transcript

"In this step we are going to heat up our colored glass and we are going to apply another puntee to the other end of it and with that we are going to heat up the mass in the middle and then we are going to twist and stretch and make our final design. We are going to light up the torch and get this heated up. It's heated and I am just going to take a piece of scrap glass here and get them good and together. Try to make it in the middle there so now we have got those connected and now we are just going to get an overall heat on there and get ready for our twist and pull. Remember to twist one hand faster than the other. It is kind of weird and sounds funky when you are like thinking about it but once you do it a couple of times you get the hang of it. We are going to crank up the heat. See it is getting real hot right now and we will go one step forward and twist it. I am going with my right hand a little bit faster than my left one there but you can switch it up to do whichever you want. Alright that will be our finished design for that one. Woo yea, I like that. There is no clear involved in this one it is just all strictly color. We have got that cobalt background with those nice silver stringers on there and it is a nice contrast and you can definitely tell the difference between the two."