Creative vs. Organized
By Janet Parkhurst
Photo courtesy of Practical Psychology Should the title be “creative vs organized” or “getting your left and right brain to get along?” Your left-brain controls things like analytical thinking, numbers,...
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Janet's Tips: Why the Heck is Lampworking called lampworking??
By Janet Parkhurst
I originally wrote this blog in 2013. I am not sure why we used this picture of unrelated glass, but I was way younger so I'm keeping it. Lampworking is...
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Soldering Iron Temperature control
By Janet Parkhurst
Plugging a soldering iron into a rheostat (or temperature controller) does NOT reduce the temperature. It reduces the amount of electricity coming in but doesn't change the temperature the iron...
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Glass No Longer Available.
By Janet Parkhurst
The tough economy of 2011 and 2012 caused some glass manufacturing to cease. The GNA (German New Antique) factory has now been closed for some time. At first it was...
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Janet's Tips: When is a Jewel Not a Jewel?
By Janet Parkhurst
Jewels are made of stained glass pressed into many different shapes. They are convex and can be smooth, but most are multi-faceted. They have a lot of sparkle. They vary...
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KEVIN’S PYRAMIDS
By Janet Parkhurst
All this info comes from the Epilepsy Foundation site and note that the pyramids rights are protected. I never had the privilege of knowing Kevin, but I know his mom,...
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Modeling Glass
By Janet Parkhurst
MODELING GLASS Ever wish you could get more detail on a project? Modeling Clay is the answer. It was developed by Glass Bird Studios. It is a two-part kit that...
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Know Your Glass
By Janet Parkhurst
(Picture from Brooks Mosaic And Glass -Ebay) Cathedral. Glass that you can see through. Opalescent. Glass that you cannot see through. It allows some light to show through, but not...
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How To: Frame Stained Glass Panels using Zinc Came
By Janet Parkhurst
Intermediate / Advanced How To: Frame Stained Glass Panels using Zinc Came "Came" is a channel made from a variety of metals and is available in various shapes. The two...
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Here's How You Get Shiny Copper Patina
By Janet Parkhurst
(example is from C Rhodes Glass Art on Esty) Don' you love how your piece looks when it is foiled before it is soldered? That shiny copper foil just sparkles. Why,...
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Why Does Solder Bubble and Splatter When Soldering
By Janet Parkhurst
It is caused by flux boiling through the solder you’re laying down. That’s why you notice it more on the second side of a project – by then you have...
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Helpful Items for Cutting Straight Lines
By Janet Parkhurst
Do you have trouble cutting a straight line? If you do, try a tracking head. If you already own a nice Toyo glass cutter and you want to change your...
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Solder Tip
By Janet Parkhurst
Common solders are a mix of tin and lead. The numbers that describe each type of solder refer to their % of each metal in that solder. The melting temperatures...
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Get Reactive
By Janet Parkhurst
Glass is made from sand, limestone and sodium carbonate. To get stained (colored) glass, other minerals are added. Glass Pigments Compounds Colors iron oxides greens, browns manganese oxides deep amber,...
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