http://www.bssg.co.uk/symposium/Symposium_10/symp_10_photo_index.htm
Maybe a couple of photos of interest here to some of you.
Have a good day.
Ian
Ohhhh Great photos Ian although does make me crave a glass lathe!
At the bottom of the page is a lady creating a piece... is there a picture of the final piece anywhere?
I have a man here who hasn't previously shown much interest in glass beyond being polite but is suddenly wanting to know if he can adapt a wood lathe to work with glass! :D
Some really interesting pictures there. (not sure about the morris dancing though!)
The lady, Terri was at Flame Off this year. there wasnt a photo of her finished piece at the Symposium last week as she run out of time. It was meant to be a hollow clown. For me it was interesting to see the use of a hand lamp in an artistic task. I would have done the whole job on a bench burner. Terri being the scientific glassblower at Oxford university is well used to using handlamps for rig work on vacuum lines. I have seen furnace workers use hand lamps to suplement their skills when working on hot glass from furnace of course. Terri had a problem using the lamp that appeared to fight back as the hoses were too rigid.
Any lathe can be converted for glass use provided the speed is slow enough. Wod and metal working lathes tend to be far fastrer than glassworking lathes. Alan who is on the lathe was using coloured boro from Plowdens to make handles for letter openners.
I think some delegates would say the Morris dancing was better than mine, but of course I beg to differ!
ian
Thought I'd look, 'just out of interest'... and found a glass lathe on ebay for £4500.00... maybe not this week then!!! LOL!! ;D