First attempt with Boro:

[Princess Peggy (Priscilla McGirr)]

My first attempts at boro vessels....really hard to make anything pretty, but I quite liked them when they came out of the kiln.



OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA          by Princess Peggy1, on Flickr


OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA by Princess Peggy1, on Flickr

The handle on the second one was a complete accident...I just let the glass do it's thing!

[sparrow]

Good going!!! They look fab with the little corks, too

[Princess Peggy (Priscilla McGirr)]

Thanks Sabine.

[ROC]

Those are great!  It's a bit different than soft glass, isn't it?

[Pat from Canvey]

Looking good Peggy.

[Princess Peggy (Priscilla McGirr)]

Thank you Pat and ROC.  Yes, I'll say it's different. I made some beads first to see how different it was, they were OK, but I can see how well it adapts itself to sculptural work which is not what I want to do.  I feel a bit intimidated by the glass at the moment!

[jammie]

They're great!
I had a class with Ian and found the glass entirely different to soft, I think my favourite bit was bending glass to make a smile. I am definitely going to do more sculptural I really enjoyed it. 

[Rascal]

They look really good, well done. Can't believe they are your first vessels.  A few people seem to be playing with Boro at the moment, which is making me curious and I'm trying to stay away from giving it a go, I have enough trouble with soft glass at the moment without getting hooked on more glass stuff 

[Princess Peggy (Priscilla McGirr)]

Thanks Rascal and Jammie.  I've made vessels before with soft glass, but tried boro as so many of them cracked while I was making them.
The good thing about boro is it seems impossible to make it shatter when you put it back into the flame. 

[ROC]

That's the best characteristic of it, IMO.  Heat, reheat, jump around, heat again.  Throw the cold rod into the hot flame and no shocking.  I almost feel like I'm cheating when I make something out of boro!

[GaysieMay]

They look great Pris. X

[mel]

Love the vessels!