[TheForge] Re: Slump glass. was Demos

Wed Jun 19 07:51:00 2002

Ralph,
What is your process for "slumping " glass into the opening on the cross?
Do you melt glass into it while the iron is hot?  Please describe in more
detail.  I make these crosses out of RR spikes and the glass in the center
sounds like a nice option.

John
Florida, where its getting a little too hot to work all day at the forge :>)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Demos

> At 07:22 PM 6/18/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Damn, I cant get more than $15 for them at shows. Now my large ones with
a
> >dogwood and cross coming out of the center, I get $150 for.
> >
> >mike
>
> I have not tried selling these yet. But my little twist to these is to
> slump a small piece of glass into the opening. and mount whole thing on a
> hardwood base.
>
>
> Ralph
>
>
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