Charles Lowrie Sea Turtle honu maui hawaii green

Master Glassblower Charles Lowrie sculpts one of his signature sea turtles in hot glass.

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• Charles
• Lowrie
• glassblowing
• sea
• turtle
• glass
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• chihuly
• extreme
• lampwork
• bead

[FunWithGlass]

wow that's amazing. What was the white stuff that they were sifting on? An enamel? I'm not sure how all that works yet.

[mauiglassblowing]

powder !

[Rho48895]

Loved it! I just starting making turtles this summer, Since I live in Michigan they are more box turtle and much smaller

[tigermonkeydragon]

I wonder how much that thing weighed!

[ezeefrautoes]

Why is the vid called "honu maui hawaii " it was filmed at Glass Axis in columbus ohio.

lolz

[summersuxx]

Ok.... So you're wrong...  it's powder.

[baggedchevys]

First off im not going to get into a pissing match nor do i feel the need to "redeem" myself, but watch the video again 30 seconds in you can see him giving the piece a water bath. the overlay of color a gather of clear covered in a slightly contrasting colored glass powder then dunked in water gives the crackle effect, Roger Dale and his wife use the same tech. as far as specific " white glass" possibly R61, R103 or G100.

[baggedchevys]

First off im not going to get into a pissing match nor do i feel the need to "redeem" myself, but watch the video again 30 seconds in you can see him giving the piece a water bath. the overlay of color a gather of clear covered in a slightly contrasting colored glass powder then dunked in water gives the crackle effect, Roger Dale and his wife use the same tech. as far as specific " white glass" possibly R61, R103 or G100.

[synedra21]

powdered frit is a more correct term for saying powdered glass buddy. and the desired result is a crackle effect. powder frit acts many different ways when different techniques are applied to it. thanks for your grandiloquence there pal but sorry to say it was merley an echo. ;) tell me precisely which kind of "white glass" aka frit is most commonly used for this specific process and you just may redeem yourself. heh.

[baggedchevys]

no its just plain ol powdered white glass the crackle comes from putting the piece into water while it was hot and cracking the surface.

[mypearls]

damn; i think in this turtle is so many work & money in it, that it can swim!

nice, thank you

[drivensimple]

your concepts, shop and ohana are all very inspiring... thanks for sharing..