Dragon Scale Bead

[minijockey]

Fantastic work, thank you so much for posting this! From a beginner's perspective it was very helpful to have you describe everything so well, especially pulling the stringers!

[yellowwize]

wow I thought you made the bead out of green clay and made a cane! Then you glazed it! Thats amazing how you acually made the bead :P Wow you should sell them :) Great work :)

[jaykay415]

really nice! hope to do this kind of work myself one day soon!

[funnyvid641]

Thanks Ross, really helping me, I'm relatively new to the glassworking community thanks

[WHICHCRAFTER1031]

Ross, Thanks for all the demonstrations. I love glass work and just wanted to let you know you have helped correct a couple of issues I was having. The stainless steel rods did the trick for my control issue, lol well with the glass anyway....keep them coming please !!! always more to learn .................

[ryannlag]

MAZING!!!

[maaretdesigns]

Hello. Have any of you seen my new Jewelry design???

[nancyinvermont]

Thank you fofr this video. I saw Amber's written tutorial on LE, but it helped so uch to see you mke the bead. I'm going to try one tomorrow.

[cupidmyluv]

i would totaly buy a necklace with those beads

[mbuckner167]

cool. thanks!

[beefychew]

Thats amazing, I'm not even joking.

How did you get into this?

[hotglass]

My wife took me to a huge bead show and I was fascinated by the handmade beads. I was thrilled to learn that you make them in a home studio. Frantz Art Glass had a booth selling the Minor Burner torch kit you see in the video. I used to be a welder so setting up my shop for glass work was not a problem. This is definitely a life long craft for me. Thanks, ~Ross

[lushys]

Sorry to bug one last time. Whats the name/make/model of the torch you are using? Ive been looking them up online and all I see are products that are quite professional and pricey, I would assume one you got at a glass show in a kit may have been more introductory?

[hotglass]

Go to sites like Frantz Art Glass, Generations Glass, ABR Imagery and look at their packaged flameworking kits. This will give you a very good idea of what you will need. So.. My torch in this video is a Nortel Minor Burner. I think I might have typed National in one of the other reply but it is a Nortel.

[hotglass]

~continued..

My recommendation, though, is a GTT (Glass Torch Technology) Bobcat as a first torch. It is a bit better torch for about the same price. Whether this craft is cheap or expensive depends on what you compare it to. You'll probably need $600 to really get started from scratch and then another $600+ for a kiln sometime down the road. I'm OK with the questions so no worries.

[kellirene65]

Love these! What kind of glass are you using???

[hotglass]

COE 104. There are many brands, I don't remember the brand but it is Effetre or Vertofond or Lauscha or something along those lines. I'm not sure who makes the Iris Orange Kugler maybe? Check Frantz Art Glass. I buy most of my soft glass from them on-line.

[kellirene65]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

[fyreaddikt]

Great job with the tutorials!!Keep it up!

[Critterlade]

Great video! I can't wait to try this!

[glassbeads4u]

I love this video!! Thank you!!

Celine

[54spiritedwill54]

Great as usual. I love watching your beadmaking. Very professional and informative. Love them all!!

[brnyrd01]

Okay I have tried many times to make this bead. I love it. Do I need to have the exact colors that you are using? Because I have tried ones that are close and I have tried a few different combos and all of them look the same. The comes out looking all the same color and really rough. When I am heating it, it also bubbles really bad and I know thats where the rough texture comes from. How can I melt the silver leaf and glass down without it bubbling?

[Smittysan20]

First off, all this stuff is amazing and I'd definitely love to start doing work like this. And secondly, you have by far one of the most soothing voices ever... this is me trying to stay awake while watching the awesomeness

[beachboy8969]

hey there where can you buy silver foil like that? or chunks of silver?

[hotglass]

Google - Frantz Art Glass, ABR Imagery, Generations Glass, Winship Designs, or any other distributor that comes up under a "lampworking supplies" search.

~Ross

[beachboy8969]

awesome, im going to Frantz in a few days. awesome work.

is a $10 propane torch able to do this work?

[brainyb420]

nah you need a little more than that

[kkryder]

Hi Ross- I can see why you have so many hits on your videos I just watched this video and was so intrigued with how the designs actually are formed, wow, so pretty! Your voice is a great teaching voice too, very calming,nice job! KK Ryder

[DigitalKid14]

Amazing!

[Bellclellon]

Wow I love your tutorials. I watch them over and over. I am a beginner, and was wondering, if these can be done with just the Hot Head Torch using the MAPP gas. Will it work with the silver foil, is actually what I would like to know. Or Do I need a hotter torch, with oxygen mix, to work with the foil?

[hotglass]

Yes, this bead is perfect for a HotHead torch. *NAOS*, who wrote the original tutorial, does all her work on a HotHead and her beads are stunning!!

Thanks,

~R

[dramaglass40]

Great tutorial! I had actually read the tut on LE and seeing it done "live" really helped! Can this bead also be encased? Or will it lose that cool dragon scaley antiqued look? THanks!

[HaisuLove]

:D wow!

i can't do CRAP with glass, but watching this made me feel like i could easily do anything with it!

You're awesome dude!!!! <3

Thanks for sharing! :D

5/5 *Fav*

[psunoiluvu]

As always, Ross, great job! Thanks so much for doing this!

[Studioalamode]

Thanks, very clear demo. I am just a lampwork beginner. Because you take your time explaining "why" or "why not" this was particular helpful, even for refining some of my basic techniques. Lovely result here... can't wait to try it!

[LuluLafayette]

Thank you very much for this video. They are very clear explain. A 10+++

[tsummerlee]

Wow. That was great!

[mangpong62]

first time ive seen a glass bead being made got me feeling all creative ;excellent;*ime going to watch again

[latouralan]

my beads keep coming out the wrong colors for an example i just came in from making a turquois blue bead the bead on the outside was copperish colored on the inside it was still blue what is going on

[torchinwoman]

yout over heating it. turquoise is higher in silver content.. its what gives it its color. if you over heat the color the silver will surface. This happens with copper green rubino oro and tons of other colors that are higher in metal content.

[hailtothechief]

woww i love it

[gingeryo]

Ross, you are so wonderful for doing these great videos! It's really fantastic, because I can revisit if I need, & also for those who can't get to classes. You are so kind to share your knowledge & I applaud your professionalism & good teaching skills. I hope you'll keep up the great work. Do you sell you work online?

[hotglass]

Thank-you, and I'm working on a small online store and glass info site. When I get my act together I will put a link on my hotglass main page. I do not want my videos to become an advertisement for my products. I want these to be fun little independant DIY films and not part of a "business" plan. (I would take donations though...)

Thanks again

~R

[oksmile]

Enjoy watching your show.Thanks. So creative. Cheers

[sophiecdog]

You are a wonderful teacher. Thanks for this. Luckily I have everything I need to make this bead and have been making silvered ivory stringer and raku stringer for a while so off I go to the torch. Again, thank you for wonderful and clear instruction.

[sparkfiberarts]

Ross, You certainly give good information in your videos. In this one, showing how to make a Silver Ivory Stringer, and a raku frit stringer. Very cool. While I enjoy having you as a teacher, it is great to have the videos as a back up.

[brohar03]

I am a professional bronze and silversmith. I learned how to make beads to integrate into my work by watching your videos. I will be showing and selling my art work with beads integrated into it for the first time this weekend! Thank you so much.

[sunfireglass]

Excellent video. Great information.Locked into my favorites.

~Joe

[metal0artist0kyle]

VERY VERY VERY PROFESSIONAL!!!

[abbey753]

Ross, Wow to Noas and you, love watching video, Lampworkers are always so great about sharing , I have learned so much from your videos. I tried the raku tip oh I got such pretty colors thanks abbey

[joddebruler]

Great as usual. I love watching your beadmaking. Very professional and informative. Love them all!!

[jdmorgan310]

I also come here to learn! I am not anywhere near and classes and honestly, I can't afford the classes so this is nice to be able to learn by watching.

I want more though!!!

[nadabunny83]

Ross I think you are awesome! Thank you for sharing and please PLEASE post more! I'm a newbie at this and although I am not up to the skill of some of these beads it gives me something great to look forward to.  Thanks TONS! Can't wait for your next bead!

[uniqueleighgiftideas]

Ross, Kudos to you for taking the time to share. And even bigger Kudos to you for your wonderful personality and workmanship on camera. P.S. anyone with the id ([dickface][666]) surely has way to much time on his hands if he feels the need to whine on.

Ross, I for one hope that you keep sharing.

[dickface666]

of "raised dot" glass beads from ancient societies at museums that prove this.

Ross.. I say show the masses how to create these beads so they will stop wasting their money buying from "the real artists". It's also imporatant to make the point that the ancients didn't have major burners/ minor burners/hot heads. Why is it that some of these beads sell for more than the cost of an already overpriced torch? I apologize if you thought I was trying to insult you. You've shown people that

[dickface666]

they dont need to spend hundreds of dollars on a single bead. Maybe we will all learn to make our own torches, and kilns, and to melt silica into glass? I doubt it because it's too easy to claim all of these things as our own and then start a race war with the Chinese. Now lets all go watch 10,000 maniacs video Candy Everbody Wants. Keep up the great work Ross.

[dickface666]

I wasn't trying to pick on you, and you tube only allows 500 words which is LAME. I think it's great that you share these techniques. A large portion of lampworkers wont share, and act as if their creations are executed by some sort of talent by a higher power.

I think you do a great service by showing this isn't true. I understand that all artists use technique as a means to create...however for people at lampworkers.etc, w/c, etc to claim these as their own is a JOKE! There are examples

[dickface666]

Not to be mean to Amber (Naos), but she didn't develop this technique. Further more..doesn't she use a Hot Head torch? Your finished bead doesn't look anything like hers. I think it's wonderfull to share idea's, but here we come into the question of why lampworkers whine about the "chinese" stealing "their" idea's, and sell for less than their western counterparts. It's also humorous how defensive the comunity becomes when called craftspeople, and not artists.

[hotglass]

WOW! My first troll. This IS a special day.

Lets look at your critique:

1) I only said Amber wrote the tutorial. No other claims were made. However, you are confusing "develop" with "invent". People are making new developments on old techniques everyday. There is a very good chance that Amber did "develop" this technique. Dictionaries are very useful.

2) I gather Amber uses a HotHead.... and your point is?

[hotglass]

3) The key work in your sentence is "Your" bead. My bead looks like I made it... so I guess I gotta give you this one.

4) Here you are projecting other peoples opinions on me and I resent that. "Lampworkers" are a wide and diverse group. I believe in sharing knowledge with everyone, everywhere, all the time. Besides, a master artist/craftsman's work can not be mass produced. Only mediocrity can be mass produced. If you find your style of work is being copied you need to improve.

[hotglass]

5) I consider myself a fine craftsman(or person). If you are buying the beer I will debate the Artist VS Craftsman thing... at least until the beer is gone. The whole argument is stupid.

Thanks for your contibution.

~Ross

[psunoiluvu]

Ross,

Thanks again! You the man!!

[TheZedWord1390]

Ooh! I gotta try this one.

[Margriet1962]

Ross, thank you for this great tutorial. I was looking forward to it AND to the others that will come! I love also the way you show how to make stringers. This are so neccasary to make.

[lindyjb]

Thanks Ross great video of one of my favourite glass artists tutorial

[jeffbrant]

Very interesting! Thanks for showing this.

[NaosGlass]

Ross, fabulous tutorial! Very concise and the quality of the video is great! Your take on the tutorial by using raku is a wonderful addition to the style! Thank you so much for making this video!

Amber

Naos Glass