Air twist Lampwork
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- In this video I show you some air twist stringers that I’ve made using an ancient technique that glass blowers used to produce air twist stems for drinking glasses. I intend to use these stringers to decorate glass beads that I will make and I will use some for glass fusing work. It’s important not to overheat the stringer when applying it to a bead or fusing as the twist of air will resolve itself into several large bubbles and the effect will be lost.
I'm at the early stages of my experimenting and it may all come to nothing but hopefully I'll be showing you some more results, subject to moving house soon. I was inspired to make this video as I talked about ‘air twist’ on the ‘Frit-Happens’ website but I couldn’t find any videos showing this particular technique. Frit-Happens is a very helpful, friendly website for folk interested in all creative things relating to glass as in bead making, jewellery making, stained glass, glass fusing and lots more. www.frit-happens.co.uk
You may notice that I’ve made over 100 videos and I have had a lot of pleasure out of UA-cam I used to reply to every comment made on them, more than 10 a day, more than 3600 a year! but when they changed the comments notification system it rather killed it for me. So please feel free to comment on the video but please forgive me if I don’t get back to you. Thanks for the interest and have a look at the Frit-Happens website, check out the gallery, and maybe ask those questions about glass that may just get you into the hobby.
Thanks for watching.
Kind Regards . . . Andy
Blunting the point of a finish nail is the the best way to attach delicate wood trim without drilling a pilot hole. It has been used by craftsmen and furniture for decades.
73,
Mick
This is a knowledge breakthrough ! Very many thanks for sharing this vital information with us, it goes some way to explaining how the wonderful air twist stems were created on our 17 th century glasses were created. Chris B.
thats really interesting - wish I was there to have a personal lesson - please put some more clips up for us all to see.
thank you for sharing your tek. exelent vid mate
thank u for sharing
very nice. Thanks for sharing
Though I am not into glass making, I did enjoy your video and look forward to your many pursuits.
Hey Andy, that was very interesting and fun to watch. I've never seen air twists demonstrated before, thanks for posting this video. Some of the art glass I've seen over the years has made me wonder how they made it. Rick
AMAZING!!!
Good work, beautiful and instructive!
I guess I can't spell. Andy. 102 degrees in Jacksonville, Florida today. UK is cool I hope.
Merry Christmas Andy, please keep your very intresting videos coming.
Very much appreciated. 73s
Andy, a very interesting technique with some excellent results. Back in my school woodwork lessons, we were taught to place the nail on solid ground and then to tap the pointy end, just as banjax66 stated in his feedback. Thanks for the video. Regards Bob (Leeds)
You do have some interesting hobbies, I did find this interesting. Thank you.
Carl
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it has been quite a while since I have heard anything from your workshop. I hope all is well with you and your family!
73 de Mick - WB4LSS
Very interesting Andy and nice to see you back. I have greatly enjoyed watching your 'back catalogue' as well. Kind regards Miles.
Most of your technical knowledge, particularly on the videos involving electricity and radio, go way over my head. That said, I have found them all to be very absorbing and you have a particularly engaging voice and mannerism when explaining things. I hope you make some more soon.
Hi Andy.
Glad to have you back on youtube. I missed you and your videos a lot and would look forward to see more in future. Btw, what about radio? ;-)
Thanks & Regards
Adrian
Hi Andy, it has now been six months since you uploaded a video.
I wondered whether you're sick or something?
Glad to see you again
very interesting work thanks for sharing
Thank you!!
Wow, looks interesting. So is the idea to shine an LED up the glass rod for a lighting effect?
As a side note about the nails... When I was a kid in the 70's I remember my granddad teaching me to flatten the pointed end of a nail before hammering it into the wood, by holding the head of the nail on concrete and hitting the pointy end with a hammer.
I wondered why he did that and 40 years later I find the answer. It stops the wood splitting. Thank you Andy.
Best regards to you and yours....
Ian.
Yep you’ll find this really useful if ever you need to nail a floorboard down. The old floorboard nails (look up 'floor brads') were square cut in length and the end was also square cut, they never split the wood even when you nailed down the end of a plank. And yes, I always strike the pointed end of a nail while supporting it on a hard surface; it takes the sharp end away and leaves a flat edge that cuts the fibres. I was taught that as an apprentice electrician three or four lifetimes ago. Man I'm getting old.
All the best . . . Andy
Hi Andy. Are you using soda glass or borosilicate glass for your stringers and beads?
Hi the glass I'm using is ‘Effetre’ glass form the Italian island of Murano, it’s a soda-lime glass that is very widely used by hobby/craft bead makers. It has a controlled coefficient of thermal expansion (CoE 104) and it’s available in a wide range of colours and special mixes/types that can all be used together without fear of cracking, as long as you anneal it correctly.
I got into glass as all I wanted to know how they made flowers with delicate petals inside a clear glass bead.
Kind Regards . . . Andy