Chill vids. I been taken some classes and wanted to know if you do demonstrations or rent out shop space. Just trying to look for people in my aera who I could learn from. Deff. going to get contemporary lampworking. Thanks for the advice.
@Tman6606 We don't have the space to rent, but we can work out something with demonstrations/classes. Email santacruzglassworx@gmail.com if you want to come by sometime. Thanks!
So do you have a website? Or how do we buy your glass? I met Red's friend Brandon at a discgolf park in San Jose and we used one of his pieces. I'd like to hook up with one.
Thanks man...I do mostly wholesale business with shops all over San Jose/Bay Area. 420 Lifestyles and Up in Smoke both carry a good selection of my work.
You can see some work online on Facebook--look up the Santa Cruz Glassworx page
email santacruzglassworx@gmail.com if you want a custom piece or more info. Thanks
The most useful thing you could do is buy a 2-volume book set called "Contemporary Lampworking, A practical guide to shaping glass in the flame" by Bandhu Dunham
If you read these 2 books you'll know more about glass than 90% of glass artists out there. Good luck...
I worked at a headshop and saw a lot of people making money off glass. I wanted a slice of that pie, ha, so I asked a glass blower if he would show me how to blow glass. He showed me a somewhat crude pipe making technique, and I went and bought myself a $20 National hand torch (super basic but you can do a lot with it) I borrowed a kiln and started experimenting. Took a lot of time, effort, diligence and desire.
how did you start off doing this?. im 18 years old and trying to get ideas for a career and this has been on my mind for a while. can you give me some tips on what i should try as far as classes and learning the basics? i am very interested
@santacruzglassworx thanks for the advice man. i just finally logged on and saw ur post. ill deffinatly check out those books next time i hit up the library. and where would i get glass tubes to start with? like home depot or do i have to drive for miles to get a few?
@1254zeppelin definitely not at home depot, unfortunately you'll only find boroscilicate glass tubes at specialty stores and it'll prob be way too expensive. I go to American Laboratory Supply in Richmond CA. Look for German Schott glass if you can--there is a difference, you'll notice if you start doing this. Stay away from Kimble, it crumbles, and china glass, well....it's from china.
Chill vids. I been taken some classes and wanted to know if you do demonstrations or rent out shop space. Just trying to look for people in my aera who I could learn from. Deff. going to get contemporary lampworking. Thanks for the advice.
Tman6606 1 month ago
@Tman6606 We don't have the space to rent, but we can work out something with demonstrations/classes. Email santacruzglassworx@gmail.com if you want to come by sometime. Thanks!
santacruzglassworx 1 month ago
So do you have a website? Or how do we buy your glass? I met Red's friend Brandon at a discgolf park in San Jose and we used one of his pieces. I'd like to hook up with one.
mcdugin77 10 months ago
@mcdugin77
Thanks man...I do mostly wholesale business with shops all over San Jose/Bay Area. 420 Lifestyles and Up in Smoke both carry a good selection of my work.
You can see some work online on Facebook--look up the Santa Cruz Glassworx page
email santacruzglassworx@gmail.com if you want a custom piece or more info. Thanks
santacruzglassworx 10 months ago
The most useful thing you could do is buy a 2-volume book set called "Contemporary Lampworking, A practical guide to shaping glass in the flame" by Bandhu Dunham
If you read these 2 books you'll know more about glass than 90% of glass artists out there. Good luck...
santacruzglassworx 1 year ago
I worked at a headshop and saw a lot of people making money off glass. I wanted a slice of that pie, ha, so I asked a glass blower if he would show me how to blow glass. He showed me a somewhat crude pipe making technique, and I went and bought myself a $20 National hand torch (super basic but you can do a lot with it) I borrowed a kiln and started experimenting. Took a lot of time, effort, diligence and desire.
santacruzglassworx 1 year ago
how did you start off doing this?. im 18 years old and trying to get ideas for a career and this has been on my mind for a while. can you give me some tips on what i should try as far as classes and learning the basics? i am very interested
1254zeppelin 1 year ago
@1254zeppelin hey man--don't know if you got the advice i posted earlier (books to check out, etc--see comments) good luck to ya
santacruzglassworx 10 months ago
@santacruzglassworx thanks for the advice man. i just finally logged on and saw ur post. ill deffinatly check out those books next time i hit up the library. and where would i get glass tubes to start with? like home depot or do i have to drive for miles to get a few?
1254zeppelin 9 months ago
@1254zeppelin definitely not at home depot, unfortunately you'll only find boroscilicate glass tubes at specialty stores and it'll prob be way too expensive. I go to American Laboratory Supply in Richmond CA. Look for German Schott glass if you can--there is a difference, you'll notice if you start doing this. Stay away from Kimble, it crumbles, and china glass, well....it's from china.
santacruzglassworx 8 months ago