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Make a Magic Mushroom with Michael Haberland from Lauscha, Germany

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Uploaded by on Jan 4, 2011

Want a magic mushroom? A hot glass Christmas mushroom, to be precise. Michael Haberland is a fourth generation Christmas ornament maker from Lauscha, Germany. Watch as he transforms clear tubing into a beautiful ornament. Not only do you get to see his talent at the torch, but you'll also be treated to a demonstration of hand silvering, whereby the inner wall of the ornament is mirrored with silver nitrate and a reducing agent. This is an excerpt from "Deck the Halls with Michael Haberland." Like it? You can purchase the DVD at www.firelady.com. You can order his ornaments there as well. Ho ho ho....

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  • nice finish! is it posible to reuse the silver "stain"? does it not have to be brought up in temp to set the mirror?

  • The silver solution and reducing agent have to be made batch by batch, with a very short shelf life. Depends on the mixture. His recipe needs heat for the silver to precipitate properly, and it seems like his solution is in a rather large batch, but then again, he does this wholesale. I have used a formula that does not require heat, but works for only one hour and that's it! So you make enough for a couple of dozen ornaments. It all depends....

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  • Not what I was looking for

  • the mushbrooms x)

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