From taking pictures out later. convey the bottle outdoor. reminiscent of a patio or sidewalk. THE GLASS ARTIST'S Wash the items with dishwashing liquid and water to take away slicing oil and any natural residue. whole bottle is enveloped, to avoid glass shards wear defense glasses and take a seat on a troublesome floor, snatch either side of the piece with the heavy pliers as with reference to the rating line as attainable. Snap alongside when you do not minimize precisely alongside the strains, so long as I to damage a section that did not holiday alongside its rating whereas sitting, take hold of the bottle neck firmly on your every one stripe with the glass cutter, dipping the glass C. choose during the items. Discard the bottle neck away any adhesive. Use the water-resistant marker to than 1" (2. five em). 126 spread the towel and consider the implications. If the J. Repeat Steps A- I for every bottle. After washing and drying, shop each one colour individually. STUD I O instruction manual Bottles are available a stunning array of colours. shop every one colour individually after breaking. Make the Beads 1. organize thirty mandrels with bead separator and set them to dry for a minimum of one hour. 2. application the kiln with the annealing agenda supplied for bottle glass. three. TIP mild the torch and wear safeguard glasses. Programming the Lampworking Kiln a different annealing time table could be used whilst kiln-annealing bottle glass. View and obtain the author's annealing agenda for bottle glass from her site www. glassandlight. blogspot. com. you may also visit Quarry's web site at www. quarrybooks. com. look for The Glass Artist's Studio instruction manual, and discover a hyperlink to it there. 1 '--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ (Continued on subsequent web page) MELDING talents AND recommendations , STUDIO PROciECTS I 127 4 6 eight four. five. choose numerous strips of bottle glass from the bottle eight. With an identical coloured glass, make six better of the lightest colour. seize one piece with the spacers, every one with 3 wraps. it really is attainable to hemostat or heavy pliers. make spacers on each one mandrel should you paintings fast. Introduce the piece slowly into the flame, on the tip the place it truly is cooler, prior to bringing it toward mid- nine. choose numerous strips of bottle glass from the bottle flame. If it spits or cracks as you convey it towards of the darkest colour. take hold of one piece with both the torch, go back it to the top of the flame and warmth the hemostat or pliers . it a few extra. 10. 6. construct disks at the mandrel, 112" (1. five cm) aside. relocating to the heart of the flame, make twelve in case you are uncertain of the space, payment opposed to uncomplicated spacers with wraps of glass each one. To the ruler earlier than beginning the second one disk. preserve mandrels, it is attainable to make or 3 spacers on every one mandrel when you paintings quick. eleven. construct the sides of the disks towards one another till they contact. 7. retain spinning the beads at the mandrel till the glow has died. position them within the sizzling lampworking I THE Seal the gap among the disks, soften good, and make a hole bead. kiln . 128 12. GLASS ARTIST'S STUDIO instruction manual 11 12 thirteen. proceed spinning.