Glass Chain Necklace 2
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Chain necklace carefully made from glass rods. Color: Sparkly Blue Star Dust. Learn how to make your own glass pieces at home! Watch my videos to learn what you need to know to start blowing glass.
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Hello, I'm Matt Jasa. If you are interested in learning about Glass blowing or Lamp working my channel offers a lot of advice on the techniques, tools, and general safety. Make Artistic pieces (animals, marbles, pendants), scientific items, and blown functional glass. Put your mind to it and with practice you can make anything!
Some more specific projects you might find on this channel are Glass Chain Necklaces, Glass Pendants, Marbles, Magnifying Glasses, Glass on Glass Fittings ( GonG ) and Blown Spheres. I also use small explosives from time to time for scientific tests; however these eplosive projects should never be attempted at home, safety is my highest precaution! Never attempt glass blowing without proper ventilation and eye protection.
Check out my videos on setting up your glass blowing torch along with how to adjust for the right flames; such as neutral, oxidizing and reducing flame before you begin. Learn how to cut, clean and prepare your glass for future projects.
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Thank you soooo much, soo many great tips, I was hesitant to start making one of these but you’ve given me a ton of confidence, definitely my next project, keep up the great work!
Your welcome Violent Vegan. This one does take some patience. A full chain might take 4 to 5 hours. It's also easy to make a mistake and break it. Remember you don't lose that practice even if it breaks, the experience stays with you.
Lol I started making em and I'm actually pretty good at it I've made about 6 so far and sold 2 of em already and got an order for 10. 😊 thanks for the help, also something I started doing is rubber banding the second link to the punty (so it stays still and doesnt drop in the heat) and when the chain gets long I carabiner the end into a bracelet so I don't have to hold it
Dude you videos are the best for distressing!
Made my first glass chain last night, much thanks for your videos. 23 links cause I have a small head lol
Very cool Dawson! You'll get a lot of attention with a glass chain. You can take it another level and do different colors or add a small pedant with links in the middle. Let me know how it's going.
Good to see you!
Weird, yesterday I was just wondering when you were going to post again.
Excellent demo and love the music 😁
Hey thanks :D. Ya you might be psychic, you felt me working so hard on the video lol. But seriously I'm going to work on upload frequency, you might see some more shorter videos popping up in-between my larger projects. Still will be high quality though.
Thank you
Can you post few new vids on the chains perhaps a bit longer with out skips would show us how to really put things together
Awesome!!
Thank's Matt. My questions about how Boro Chain is created have been answered! And Wow! That is a beautiful chain, and love the one you are wearing. Which glass is that? This is a lot of work to do, and definitely requires skill. And now I think that the prices I've seen for them are too low! Looking forward to watching your other videos! Great Job!
Hi Nina! It does take a lot of practice, but its very rewarding to shape your ideas in glass even if the profits aren't. The green chain was from an experimental batch of green from Glass Alchemy, but 'Green Stardust' from TAG would be a good choice to make a green chain. Thanks for the great comment and watching the show! Stay melty!
Hi Mat! Im from Argentina! Love your videos!! Is the glass chain made of COE104 or Borosilicato?
Hello Iklo! The chain is made of Borosilicate. All my projects are made from Boro except for 2 which are soft glass (COE104) and sugar candy. Thanks for watching!
Would love to have the time and money to learn how to do stuff like this
I spent a year saving to get myself started; then about 3 years after that I quit my day job to pursue glass. You can too, just stay focused. :D
Love the videos. You may have said it, and I missed it, but how many links do I need to make to create something of similar size to yours?
HiCan you do this chain in exactly the same way in soft glass COE 104 instead of in Borosilicate COE 33? (I reposted as I was not sure if you saw my question/comment)
Hey Matt! Great videos, keep it up! I was curious what ramp up time you use for the cold start on the kiln?
Hello Grand Master Glass, I normally go full speed. I'll ramp it down slower when It's done annealing if the glass is thick.
@@MattJasa Awesome! Thank you for all the tips and advice! Keep crushing it!
Can you do this chain in exactly the same way in soft glass COE 104 instead of Borosilicate COE 33?
Hi Matt very great videos you are helping beinginers all over the world 🌎 ! Heaven awaits you 😇 so I read allot of comments and I 2 am having the same problem with everything cracking. It always happens after my third link, I tried waiting 5 min before adding new links I even started making single open link wil waiting. But sill it always seems to crack crazy frustrating. Any thoughts?
Hey Justin, I believe this is one of the more challenging projects for a beginner. Each link will retain stress from where it was warmed and cooled. It takes a lot of patience to keep the heat off the old links. You could try using a thinner rod as thicker ones may retain more stress. I believe you'll get it in time, consider working on another glass project and come back to glass chain later.
Hey Matt! Got a question, so I’m making one of these necklaces now and when I put it all into the kiln, one of the colder links will crack. Any suggestions? I’ve tried warming it all up then fixing it but it still cracked after annealing.
Hey Gabe, there's thermal stress left over from the bending, so reheating any cold links might cause them to crack. Did you set the chain in a cold kiln and ramp up the temperature? That is what I did, I never set it in a hot kiln. Also, you might be able to anneal the open links before you assemble the chain, bend #1 and the punty attachment are contributing factors to the stress.
Lastly this is one of the hardest challenges that most of my students eventually face. Symbolic to scaling a treacherous mountain to retrieve a flag as indication of your abilities, but here it's a glass artifact to wear proudly. Best of luck on your glass journey Gabe!
OK Matt I have a question for you if I’m working with only clear glass Well I have a problem with cracking cooling it down without a kiln since it’s only one color because I notice you’re not putting any of that work in the kiln to keep it hot while you still are going on other pieces
Hey Mike, the faster the glass cools down the more destructive it will be. As your cooling down your work without the kiln try flashing some heat into the outside to slow down heat loss. It's also good to avoid touching hot glass to anything cold like graphite, metal, or cold glass.
For Glass-Chain I let each link cool almost completely before attaching another. I edited out those 'cooling periods' from the video or else it would be a couple hours long.
There can be some other factors such as glass thickness and shape of the object. An object with a lot of edges or small points attached might cool off unevenly.
Hi Matt, where did you get that Kevlar fire pad? I’ve seen a few but want to make sure I get one that can be recommended. Thanks, Mike
Hey Mike, Mountain art glass has some. www.mountainglass.com/tools-and-equipment/safety-equipment/heat-defense-pads
Does he have a store?
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Hey Matt! Love your videos. Wondering if you're using borosilicate glass for your chains? Thanks :)
Hey Beth. The chains are borosilicate. I use Boro for mostly all my work. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Could you bend the glass around a woods dowel to get the shape. Almost like a chain jig
No wtf lol glass is hot bud .
What length rods do you cut for each link? Planning on giving this a go this week.
3" Inches long with a 7mm diameter rod. If your rod diameter is smaller you'll want to cut it shorter.
How much do the finshed chains weigh? Im trying to figure out how much color to order!
I'd assume up to half a pound. I always order a full pound to be safe.
Hi.can i buy necklases? So lovely! Thank u
Nice Demo!
What length is your reference rod for the chain links?
Thank you. 3 inch in length, it rod diameter is 7mm.
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Wicked chain! Do you sell them?
Thank you. Sorry but I don't ship them as I'm afraid they'll break in the mail. I've been wanting to practice beads. If I can get together some bead necklaces I would ship those.
How do you get started in something like this?
A lot of people prefer an in-person instructor to teach them while others prefer to teach themselves using videos like this. That's how I started, watching/learning everything I could while I saved for my first torch. It takes a little bit of money and a location to set up your torch. But once you get started its Practice, Practice, Practice like a music instrument. Check out some of my other videos to see if your interested in trying it out yourself.
what would you sell one of these chains for? im looking to build a few myself and wanna price them accordingly. any information would be awesome. love your videos man.
Since its such a time consuming project I normally just do it for family as a gift. I would say no less then $100 but you should check Etsy.com i've seen a lot of glass chains priced on there. Some from $150-300
@@MattJasaJasa that's kind of what I was thinking. I had it at about $210 for time and materials. but I would sell it for the cost of the glass just to be able to make another. learned a lot from you so far and will forever be grateful my dude.
Hey Matt! I've been working on trying to make a chain, but I keep running into cracking problems. When I bench cool my links, they crack eventually as I work on the chain. I've been sticking the whole thing into the annealer between putting links on (I've also been making the links one at a time because of the same cracking problem) I'm using 8mm clear. What am I doing wrong and what can I do better? I'd like to start premaking the links like you do. I feel like I'm wasting a lot of time lol.
Should I try flashing the links in the propane flame when I'm pre-fabricating the links? They cool down fine, but when I start adding more links, the previous ones will crack
@@kamaji666 Hey Kyle, awesome to hear your working on chains, sorry your having some trouble.
It sounds like your previous links are getting too hot while your finishing your current link They might be soaking in some torch heat or hot glass heat. After I close each link I give it a full minute or two to return back to room temperature before I add the next link.
Don't worry about mistakes, any time spent on the torch is practice, so its never wasted.
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Thank you for the quick response! You're right, it's all practice. It gets frustrating at times, but that's the game! I definitely haven't been giving it enough time to cool down. Once the links were fabricated, I was just going at it. I'll have to give that a try. Constantly taking it in and out of the annealer was not the right way and I knew that lol.
It's only my second week on the torch, this has been a great learning exercise! Thanks!
do u sell your chains?
Hiii
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