Hollow Form Ornaments

A couple of types of hollow form ornaments which are easy to make.

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[shineonlampie]

Hi

Just found your video .. can I ask is this soft glass or boro you're working with please. I've jsut got some of these in soft glass and wasn't sure how to warm them up before use? Also did you anneal before you made the loop?

Thank you!

Trudi

[TimiaGlass]

@shineonlampie I use boro in all my vids. You can use soft glass too although it might work a little differently. You will want to heat soft glass slower to prevent it from breaking. I add the loop immediately after blowing and then anneal.

[azschneid]

Thanks so much for all your wonderful videos!  Do you anneal the ornaments in a kiln?

[TimiaGlass]

@azschneid I anneal pretty much everything including ornaments. Ornaments are so thin they probably don't need annealing but I do it anyway.

[glassjb]

33mm 2mm wall am i right

[TimiaGlass]

Good eye. I think it was 33x4 though.

[boksaboki]

top of the game , as usual

[R1J1D]

that is awesome, I will have to go start drilling holes immediately.

I have some wire bread racks that I turn upside down they sit about 2" off my table and I use them to hold hot tools I should be able to weave point of the ornament into the wire to hold it up...(just another idea)thanks a bunch hopefully I can get a good video posted of the ornaments when finished!!!

[TimiaGlass]

Well, you'll love this. I have a 16" section of fence post that I drilled 1/4" holes in. I use it to put freshly pulled points and things like the ornaments in it upright so that the glass cools evenly. If you lay it on a surface it will chill one side and introduce strain. So this lets it air cool evenly. An ornament doesn't take long to cool because the glass is thin. Maybe 5 minutes. Points can take 20 minutes. It all depends on the volume and thickness of the glass. Hope this helps.

[R1J1D]

Thanks for the instruction it is priceless.

how do you let the ornament cool? and for about how long?

I have some unused welding leather gloves could I set the ornament on them to cool?