Making of a Tektite

[Dierwolf2000]

i'd very much like to spin out a platter of this tektite material too.

[chopppacalamari]

We send our saphires over to house of jems. I trust them.

[Dierwolf2000]

I want to do the same analysis with some obsidian and blow it out in similar fashion. anybody know where i can get such an analysis done?

[recorderdevoix]

That is really cool (or should I say hot) I've bought some tektite in Bangkok from the "House of Gems". The place looks legit, but Thailand is known for its fake gems industry, so I don't really know. The tektite looks real, but I'd like to test it somehow.

[Dierwolf2000]

@recorderdevoix

depending on its size, what they do is pulverize it to powder and expose to radio waves. the return signals are washed through some heavy duty geologist's math (that most get the formulas for out of their textbooks) and they can discern the mineral content from there.

[HawtGlass]

don't lose the mustache!

[RodCornholio]

What is interesting to think about is in its molten form, you are seeing it probably VERY close to what the tektite looked like as it hurled through the atmosphere perhaps millions of years ago. Almost like a time machine.

[Dierwolf2000]

@RodCornholio

well the tektite in that kiln is no more naturally formed than the soda lime glass used in the rest of the hotshop im sure. he probably just used the spectrograph results to form a batch recipe.

[LaMortadella]

What a beautiful and exotic end product. Who knew you could simulate tektite?

[seabird1799]

Great video! I have a small planet and get lost in it quite often.

[contemporaryglass]

nice

[abasketmaker]

Nicely done Josh!

[Fernwood357]

Thanks! Wonderful video. We are enjoying the large planet! Looking forward to adding a tektite to the collection. Missed seeing your exhibition in Springfield.

[jimmyjames507]

Josh, please give us more videos!

[IntuitiveMediums]

The "Barely Controlling" is the best! Nature and Man iteracting AT ITS BEST. Serious So-Creation

[IntuitiveMediums]

Josh Simpson is my FAVORITE glassblower in the local solar system! Thanks for the video. Keep em coming!

[stillcritic]

Loved this video, it's a great insite into a world renowned artist. Mr. Simpson has a wonderful on camera personality and the love he has for his craft shows in the great camera work by Mr. Suchocki. Just great! Thanks, it's pretty cool.

[stillcritic]

Great video! Never knew how they did that stuff. Josh is quite the artist and a natural infront of a camera. That John Suchocki knows how to tell a story with wonderful camera work. Great, great, great, great.....