Custom Glass Signs!

www.artapult.com Cameron Smith and Jan Thomas with the crew at Do U Glass Hotshop are pleased to offer custom glass signs. These signs can made wih almost any design or logo.

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[hellorodney]

what is the benefit of casting as in your video, as opposed to filling the mold with scrap or billets and then letting the firing of the kiln do the work,,,thanks,,rodney

[knarfoo]

three reasons to pour the glass vs. packing the mold. 1st is clarity. pouring gets less air trapped and better optical effects. 2nd is the final surface of the piece. Unless you can get the kiln up to around 2300 the glass will not be fluid enough to flow into the details of the mold. last is that we make our glass from batch, so we would have to cook glass, frit it, and then fill the mold. this would double part of the cost of the work. pouring we handle the glass less and have more fun!

[chena3]

big boy toys

too cool..

[ramanglass544]

what materials are your molds made out of???

cool idea with the tilting furnace!!

[doughfield]

It isn't even centered! All that work for a bad sign. Y'all should find a new layout person.

[mrt0991]

hello

[mrt0990]

hello

[kent77777]

Thanks for showing us such an interesting technique. And well done.

[hellorodney]

thanks for the reply,,,how long to you have to anneal those pieces,,,like the signs