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Tiger Stripes by *AJGlass:iconAJGlass:

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©2006-2009 *AJGlass
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Title: Tiger Stripes
Artist: AJGlass
Image created by: AJGlass using an Epson Perfection 1200U scanner and PhotoShop.
Medium: Glass
Type: Soft Glass, 104 Coefficient of Expansion (Moretti/Effetre, Vetrofond, Lausha)
Description: Glass Medallion Bead

Details: The dime provided is for scale of the smaller image. The smaller image is the opposite side of the same medallion. Opaque black and opaque orange glasses were used to create this medallion which has been annealed in a kiln. This piece took 15 minutes to make and 18 hours to anneal. No image color correction was necessary.

Discussion: This medallion was relatively easy for me to make. The most difficult part was mixing the orange glass into the black glass to create the stripes. The small round circles amongst the stripes are bubbles in the glass which are difficult to see without magnification. It was fun pressing and flattening the molten glass between two graphite marvers to create the medallion shape. I think that the orange color stands out wonderfully against the black to create an eye-catching piece. The stripes of this bead are used as the background for my avatar.

Legal: Copyright © 2006 Aaron J. Greenblatt. All rights reserved. Commercial use prohibited. This image and commentary may not be used for any reason without expressed written consent.

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~buffaluffalo Sep 18, 2006, 9:28:10 AM
Wow, that is so cool. I love the more hands-on kinds of art. :) It's really something else. And I agree, the orange and black contrast looks really great on this. It's so smooth, too! :petting:

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~Adreanna Sep 19, 2006, 2:46:48 AM
The colours and pattern remind me of a tigers-eye gemstone I have on a necklace. They really do contrast beautifully and the pattern and the medallion shape work very well together.

I'd love to be able to work with glass. I think that one of these days I'm gonna take up a course in glass blowing. It looks like fun!
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~roguedruidess Sep 19, 2006, 10:22:01 AM
love it
looks like tigers' eye

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~caithness155 Sep 19, 2006, 12:22:47 PM
Beautyful shape and colour!! that's just amazing, that really caught my eyes!

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Mood: Wow! ~DMCSTGN Sep 21, 2006, 3:47:11 PM
I really like this one, the texture is beautiful
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*SailorLynx Sep 24, 2006, 2:59:44 PM
The bubbles in the bead almost look like dead pixels on my computer screen. That's very interresting. Nice job with the bead though. :D

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*magpie-poet Nov 17, 2006, 5:44:14 PM
The banding on this really is gorgeous.

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~wo-ai-ni Nov 24, 2006, 6:52:51 AM
damnnnn, thats is awesome!!!

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=Saknika Nov 25, 2006, 10:22:30 PM
I think I might have to attempt to repeat this striping process. Did you stripe it in by pressing one piece of the coloured glass onto the other, or some other technique?

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*AJGlass Nov 26, 2006, 1:23:34 PM
Good question. I melted the black glass onto the mandrel first – heating it in the flame until it was very soft. Then I took a rod of orange glass and slowly ran it through the black, using the torch flame to melt the orange glass into the already soft black glass. This process created streaks of orange within the black.

After the glass was mixed on the mandrel, I then flattened the glass between two graphite paddles. To do this, I laid one paddle down on a table top. The mandrel (containing the black and orange molten glass) was placed over this paddle and the second paddle was brought down on top of the mandrel, sandwiching the glass between the two paddles. I pressed the glass for about 5 seconds or until it was relatively stiff. Then I removed the mandrel with the pressed glass from between the two paddles and polished both sides of the medallion in the torch flame to remove the circular chill marks.

Because of this medallion’s large size, I put it directly into a kiln and annealed it to prevent thermal shock.

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