Just ordered a load of new glass so will need to organise some proper storage, but one that doesn't take up too much room
Can i see pictures of your glass stroage ideas?
Thanks!
s xx
Here's mine (I don't have much floor or desk space, so I stapled rows of "builder's tape" on the wall, rolled them up and voila, doesn't steal any space at all):
(http://www.dolmairicdesign.co.uk/photos/workshop.jpg)
hmm, apologies for the mess - the glass is on the wall to the left ::) ;D This was actually an adapted idea from Corina, who fixed rows of pipes on the wall. I think you can find her solution on her website.
ooo thats nice, except i don't have any wall space to use :(
i think i need something to put on top my table , either a trolley or someo sort of tube stack, but not quite sure how to do it!
I have plumbing pipe, cut to size, stacked in a huge cardboard box (used to be a cupboard) with the front cut out. I'm sure there's quite an extensive thread somewhere with people's storage ideas.
Here's what I do. Cut plastic piping to 25cm lengths and then put it inside a plastic crate. The crates can then go on their side. They can also be moved easily. This is a dodgy pic but hopefully you get the idea.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/shirleygiles/DSCN2210.jpg)
Quote from: Shirley on April 09, 2009, 08:46:29 PM
Here's what I do. Cut plastic piping to 25cm lengths and then put it inside a plastic crate. The crates can then go on their side. They can also be moved easily. This is a dodgy pic but hopefully you get the idea.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/shirleygiles/DSCN2210.jpg)
Thats how I have mine too.
Shirley is that a commode you've got there, I can see how it would be handy if you needed to go in the middle of a particularly big bead. ;D
OMG!
I just nearly splurged me salad all over the keyboard Kate!
(Yep, I know its late but sometimes you just gotta eat salad ;D)
ROLFL @ Kate ;D ;D ;D
commode? lol, no, it's a folding chair! I think what you imagine might be the commode bit is a table top that hinges up so you can put your sarnies on it!
And there I was thinking this was a refined forum ;) :D
Quote from: Shirley on April 09, 2009, 11:24:14 PM
And there I was thinking this was a refined forum ;) :D
You've not met Tan then? ;D xxxxxxx
I use a cheapo wooden wine rack - £4.99 from Argos.
Kirsty
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I'm lucky to have a dad that is a joiner and he made me this. There is enough space to label each pidgeon hole so I know what I am using. It sits right next to my torch so I can grab different rods mid bead!
(http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv216/hgorick/glass.jpg)
now helen that is exactly what i need, just about a quarter of the size!! Where on earth would i get one from though??
You need to find a very friendly joiner, dad said it's a pain to make and would cost a fortune! Perhaps someone you know needs a project ??? Sorry can't help anymore.
nope i don't know any joiners :(
I need to find a way to stick piping together me thinks, something that will keep it very sturdy- ideas on a postcard?
Glue gun but I would still find a sturdy box (old wooden wine crate) to put it in as the glass gets very heavy :)
Quote from: princess pink on April 10, 2009, 11:18:11 AM
nope i don't know any joiners :(
I need to find a way to stick piping together me thinks, something that will keep it very sturdy- ideas on a postcard?
What about sticking the pipes together with a glue gun, should work.
Tiara Helen has her glass in pipes but standing up in baskets which is also very effective and you can move them around easily.
My pipes are just stacked in a kitchen unit with extra shelves in, they are a nice neat fit. It's on castors for ease of moving it. The drawer is handy for frit.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o297/weemaryanne/studio034.jpg)
Quote from: Mary on April 10, 2009, 02:13:42 PM
My pipes are just stacked in a kitchen unit with extra shelves in, they are a nice neat fit. It's on castors for ease of moving it. The drawer is handy for frit.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o297/weemaryanne/studio034.jpg)
That's so pretty!! love it, although no way do i have that much glass! lol
but i like the way you cut the pipes at an angle :)
where do i get pipe from and what size width should i get?
Quote from: princess pink on April 10, 2009, 02:22:39 PM
Quote from: Mary on April 10, 2009, 02:13:42 PM
My pipes are just stacked in a kitchen unit with extra shelves in, they are a nice neat fit. It's on castors for ease of moving it. The drawer is handy for frit.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o297/weemaryanne/studio034.jpg)
That's so pretty!! love it, although no way do i have that much glass! lol
but i like the way you cut the pipes at an angle :)
where do i get pipe from and what size width should i get?
With regard to the glass.....not yet, but you will;D
It's plumbers pipe from B&Q, 40mm I think. Each pipe will hold over a pound of glass. I stuck labels inside the front edge of each pipe, to keep track of what's what!
Quote from: Helen G on April 10, 2009, 10:19:31 AM
I'm lucky to have a dad that is a joiner and he made me this. There is enough space to label each pidgeon hole so I know what I am using. It sits right next to my torch so I can grab different rods mid bead!
(http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv216/hgorick/glass.jpg)
Oooo I so want storage like this !! *insert drooling smiley here* I keep asking himself if he could do it but he says no
Oooh, now that is a piece of beauty!!
Stop it, you're all making me jealous. I only have this tiny amount of glass. This is my complete collection :'(
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/Katiequiggle/P1060933.jpg)
well obviously Kate...it's not the amount but what you do with it ::) ;) ;D
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z104/parsley11/Beads/DSC05355-1.jpg)
pipes seem a popular choice :)
If you haven't got an awful lot of glass I would suggest a wood and metal wine rack like the type the sell at Habitat.
I'm insanely jealous of that handbuilt storage!
Kazx
Here's mine - pipes stuck together with a glue gun - and little wooden pieces to separate each pipe, (also stuck in with glue gun) doubling the pipe holes available.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/finishingtouchjewellery/1.jpg)
Wonderful storage ideas - cutting the end of the pipe like that is inspired, Mary!
I needed something to go under the worktop so the chap who did my porch up had some fun making this, it revolves ;D
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/biggirlsblouseuk/P4190089.jpg)
I also have lots n lots n lots of jam jars ;)
I like the cupboard idea as that will help keep dust off them too
great storage ideas, mine are in old coffee jars.
thing i will have to make more effort. ;D
Mee too - love that kitchen cabinet... and the pipes / glue gun Idea..
Maz
I went in to Off Mandrel in Glasgow and they had Ikea garage shelves with pieces of board slid down between the slats of the shelves, nice idea if you have that much glass but I'm building a mini one for my little collection but with room to grow as many have pointed out It will get out of hand ;D
Quote from: Mary on April 10, 2009, 02:13:42 PM
My pipes are just stacked in a kitchen unit with extra shelves in, they are a nice neat fit. It's on castors for ease of moving it. The drawer is handy for frit.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o297/weemaryanne/studio034.jpg)
That's what I want! Kiln and tool box on the top... sorted! I am deserate for my own space - I keep everying in boxes and have to upack, set up on the dining room table and re-pack it all again after I'm done. My glass store is a cardboard box
(A cardboard box - and we were lucky to have that!!) sorry, shows my age!!
I started like that Cath, using the kitchen table and clearing up every time, with all my glass in a coffee jar. But it has evolved somewhat! I've pushed the dining table to one side and taken over the conservatory!
Quote from: Redkite on April 28, 2009, 05:49:03 PM
(A cardboard box - and we were lucky to have that!!) sorry, shows my age!!
LMAO, do you have to get up an hour before you go to bed and lick the road clean with your tongue!!!!!
;D :D ;D
;D
I am going to have to take over the conservatory eventually, but I'm executing a carefully-planned phased strategy so my OH won't notice until it's too late (I've already sneaked a kiln and oxycon in as "permenant" features!!!!) My next stage is to put some pipes full of glass in the unused sections of the wine rack...
I use old card whisky bottle tubes ;D Hate whisky..
All my glass is stored in glass vases that I have rescued from the charity shops, I just love being able to see all the colours at one glance. Maybe one day I will get to the point when I have so much that I need to think of another way of storing it, but until then it is on display in all it's glory.....
I love the kitchen unit idea!
I thought I'd update you with my glass storage system as my dad worked so hard to make me another and I had to tell someone how great he is....you lot will understand ;) The upright version on the top is the original that dad said I would never fill........oh ye of little faith!! I now have lots more holes for lots more glass ;D
(http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv216/hgorick/glassstore.jpg)
You know what they say about people showing off, Helen ;)
*wonders why her Dad couldn't be a joiner*
Quote from: sparrow on November 18, 2009, 06:02:21 PM
You know what they say about people showing off, Helen ;)
Oh gawd......hope that's not what you really think :-[
*wonders why her Dad couldn't be a joiner*
'Course not Helen ((hugs)) - just teasing!!!! Hope your Dad knows that, no matter how many of these he builds, you'll always need a new one eventually? ;D
....and am I the only one who's counted the holes in your storage? 210 ;D
OMG I am sooooooo jealous!
Mine is stored in a unit thing that I got from the skip at college! The facilities men were just about to bin it so I asked if I could have it! They said that the PE teacher had asked for it but hadn't come back for it so yes I could have it, the PE teacher caught me taking it to my car but assumed I was a teacher (because I am sooooo young!!) and let me keep it!!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/4114793935_0c57ced7aa_m.jpg)
My torch bench, I got both my benches out of a skip outside a cafe being refitted!!!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4114791021_ca1b2d6325_m.jpg)
Side view of glass storage with kiln
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/4114788567_cb1ea9b7b8_m.jpg)
Glass storage
My torcher room used to be the downstairs bathroom before I moved in, it was moved upstairs just before I got here.
Quote from: sparrow on November 18, 2009, 06:39:53 PM
....and am I the only one who's counted the holes in your storage? 210 ;D
Sabine.....you have got it bad, I didn't even know that lol
Quoteand am I the only one who's counted the holes in your storage? 210
But some are still waiting for glass ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: sparrow on November 18, 2009, 06:39:53 PM
....and am I the only one who's counted the holes in your storage? 210 ;D
::) those slots will get filled up very quickly. If you think that there are over 100 different effetre colours and then there's the CIM and Reich...
It looks like you have a good space for each colour.
This is my storage
(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww140/_Krysia_/P1010424-1.jpg)
It is the standard guttering and waste pipe arrangement. There is a lot more glass in it now and I have some more of the white pipe to cut up and add to it as I am now running out of space!
Hello
I've gone for glass jars:
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee34/SallyB_photo/photo-1.jpg)
The glass looks pretty I think all on display and brightens my shed up. My favourite jars are for St Dalfour jam - they are nice and thin and tall. I have a few jars at the front with colours together I think will look nice mixed. I've nearly managed to label all my rods so I don't get confused between colours like light and dark ivory and dark sky blue and turquoise.
This works for me. I hope you find something that works for you or maybe you already have. I've not read all this post since I've been wrestling with Photobucket instead.
Sally
Quote from: SallyB on November 30, 2009, 02:15:57 PM
I have a few jars at the front with colours together I think will look nice mixed.
Ooo I do that too!! I call them my colour pallette jars. (98% of my rods are labelled too)
Is that a precise 98% Krysia or does it allow for some rounding??? ;D
Kazx
humm.. rounding me thinks ;D You know those transparent white ones that go pink... I haven't labelled those and then I think there are a few odd rods... (before you think that I know this all a little two well I have only gone though it all with in the last month ;) )
I like the name you've come up with.
I think I might have to have a little break from lampworking. Came in from my shed about ten minutes ago and I still can't feel my feet!
Sally
LOL all that means is that you need a heater.
I borrowed this radiator thing off a friend and it's a bit rubbish. There's a fan heater in the garage that someone may find one day.
I don't have any ventilation so have to have the door open and a window which is a bit rubbish.
Just ordering some polymer clay to keep me busy during the winter months!
Sally
this was one of the motivating factors to getting my ventilation sorted. I do this in my home and an open window would mean the whole flat geting very cold very quickly!
I feel a bit like I've dug a hole though and am chucking money in it!
One day I will get it sorted so it's cosy but I've only been going a year and have already ended up with a shed in the garden and more glass than I really "need" which I'm very grateful for.
Sally
LOL
Glass is like lego, you can never have enough of it.
Has the hole that you've been throwing money into not started lobbing beads back at you yet?
I do get lots of beads thrown back (or did until it turned so cold). Lots of them are a bit rubbish and some are very nice. My florals, which were improving, have done lots of cracking recently. I blame the lack of kiln and the cold outside for it.
I made a bracelet recently I'm really pleased with but the weather is so cold no one ever sees it because I have my coat on!
Sally
I got two layers of fiber blankets wrapped up in foil before I got the kiln.
Are you far of getting one?
Quote from: SallyB on November 30, 2009, 10:50:53 PM
I feel a bit like I've dug a hole though and am chucking money in it!
One day I will get it sorted so it's cosy but I've only been going a year and have already ended up with a shed in the garden and more glass than I really "need" which I'm very grateful for.
Sally
I know that feeling all too well!!!! ;)
I've got two layers of Beady Sam's really good fibre blanket wrapped in foil.
I don't think I'm going to get a kiln for a very long time unless I get lucky in a raffle I'm in that draws in January!
Sally
What about those annealing bubbles (or whatever we want to call em) that Mango Beads and Tillerman Beads are selling - they sound really good!
Thinking about getting some myself for when I have a little session not worth turning on and waiting for Kiln...
Maz
I got one of Beady Sam's 'body soluble' fibre blankets recently and have found it
quite liberating! I can bead in the odd spare hour without feeling I'm wasting the
heat of the kiln. :)
Hi!
I used to worry about using my kiln for short sessions and wasting electricity, but it really doesn't cost that much to run a cycle - just a few pence! I use a garaging/annealing cycle that starts by heating on full to get up to temperature. I turn it on, then go into the kichen to make a cup of coffee and it's up to temperature by the time I get back! (I also switch on the heater and that actually costs about 5 times as much as the kiln!!)
I've just realised I haven't posted a pic of my glass store (well, it is what the thread is about, after all!!!). Here it is:
(http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr188/cathlwright/Building%20My%20Beady%20Shed/CIMG0259.jpg)
It's an IKEA bookshelf and some cut up drainpipe. Since the photo I have also labelled all the tubes with one of those mini label printers. Sad, I know, but it's handy when you realise only one or two rods in each bundle are labelled. I am toying with the idea of writing down the colours I play with each session, so I can go back and reproduce any particularly nice colour combinations.
what did you use to cut your pipe then, it looks so neat, my OH cut with an electric saw but mines are higgley piggley compared to yours?
I cut my black plastic pipe with a hack saw. This has given slightly rough edges. Then for the white plastic pipe I cut it with a Mitre saw I bought from B&Q about 8 years ago. It was only £10 and has been very useful for other stuff too. This is the one
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9372618&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB&fh_search=mitre+saw&fh_eds=%C3%9F&fh_refview=search&ts=1265052608845&isSearch=true
(sorry its gone up a little)
But the great think is that you can set it at the exact angle that you want!! The white tubes have a much better finish and when I come to cut more everything is ready and waiting
Yes, I used a mitre saw too. I picked up a really cheap one from Jewsons (I think it was £15 or so). It took a long time and got a bit wobbly by the time I'd finished, but did the job OK and the 45 degree angle at the front looks smart and helps more light to shine on the glass, so you can see the colour easier.