What's the weirdest thing you use to ... I dunno.. make a mark or shape your glass? Like a brass donkey for that authentic "hoof" print. Or a doll's hairbrush.
Spoons, definately, all different shapes and sizes.
A brass crumb tray.
It has various embellishments, it holds frit and the back makes a great marver
Linda x
I use old feeler gauges from car maintenance instead of a knife blade for making grooves etc..
I use jam tart tin foil trays to put a pile of frit onto and then they fold in half easily to pour the frit back into the pot!!
Corinne
I use an old borax dish for my frit, or some white china petit four dishes from the days when people had dinner parties. And a small Tupperware funnel to get it back into the containers.
I used to use funny shaped bits from a multi-screwdriver to decorate ceramic fish that I raku fired - great for that rainbow trout look (but that's not glass).
Quote from: Corinne Lacy on June 23, 2012, 10:22:08 AM
I use jam tart tin foil trays to put a pile of frit onto and then they fold in half easily to pour the frit back into the pot!!
Corinne
Yup, me too ;D
I have tried a teabag squeezer ::) :-\
Pine cone, sand, a rock, spoons, knives, a paint scraper, a specialist screwdriver for mobile phones, gravel, twigs and an ear spoon ;D
I use food tongs, teabag squeezer, an old tungsten dart for poking, old stainless steel cheese grater, solid graphite pencil various spoons and kitchen knives!
Quote from: ♥♥Tan♥♥ on June 23, 2012, 04:22:57 PM
and an ear spoon ;D
ok I understood the rest, what is an ear spoon?
Haha I love it!
The weirdest thing I have are dental picks but I got those from Flame Off so not that weird :D
Now I think I'll go scrounging for a weird tool all in the name of lw!
I'd quite like to see these strange items... Could I ask for pics? :D
Quote from: Pauline on June 23, 2012, 04:55:53 PM
Quote from: ♥♥Tan♥♥ on June 23, 2012, 04:22:57 PM
and an ear spoon ;D
ok I understood the rest, what is an ear spoon?
Might be one of these (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=ear+spoon&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=9643881771&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10909621101253136377&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_935dzqrsct_e)?
I always thought you shouldn't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear???
Quote from: Beansprout on June 23, 2012, 05:52:23 PM
I'd quite like to see these strange items... Could I ask for pics? :D
Soon as the footy is over..yep
Linda x
Yup, that is exactly what it is except mine is teeny tiny and I bought it off ebay with another use in mind for it......embossing metal I think but found it useful as a lampwork tool.
I just had a look for it on ebay and can't remember for the life of me what it was called, I only found out it actually was an ear spoon when I saw one on those antique programmes, they were selling it as something else.
It is about an inch long and unscrews to show a itty spoon, it's very sweet.........and lost at the moment ::)
There now, just searching for that tool and found this one........handy eh?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SMALL-TOOL-1-2-/280897301446?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item4166c8abc6
I must admit the ear scraper thingy is making me squirm a bit here ::)
But that small tool Tan found on ebay looks dead handy, and cheap as well.