I was playing here at The Glass Studio with some solo vitrigraph and I have to say I was delighted with the experience! For those of you not familiar with vitrigraph please check out iglasssolutions.com and learn all about it. Larr Cunningham and Leigh Adams have worked together in creating the Turbo Top, which excellerates the heating of the glass, and the Turbo Light, which allows you to change the height of the kiln so you can re-seed the pot or if you need to work at different heights…with them I have witnessed or participated in pulling different shapes and squiggles and swirls and rings. Very cool stuff. You get shapes and colors that just aren’t available. But then when I was up at Bullseye last May a very controlled vitrigraph experience was witnessed. Nathan Sandberg, our instructor, used the vitrigraph kiln to make a wigwag. A wigwag cane twists in one direction, a bit is pulled and then the twisting direction is switched. This goes back and forth and the effect just makes me crazy. I’ve been meaning to do this here in my studio and today I did…and all by myself. I couldn’t have been happier and I have to say, I see so many of these in my future…in both Bullseye and Moretti. Come and get’em!!
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Free Embroidery Pattern – Childhood Cancer Awareness
I really wish there was no need for anyone to download this free childhood cancer awareness pattern, but if you do need to, here is the link to the free pattern.
Design Information:
- Size: 4.7″ x 2.6″ (121 mm x 65 mm)
- Stitches: 3,791
Please spread the word to encourage research and awareness of childhood cancer. There is no charge for this design, and you can use it to show your support. The design is available for immediate download after checkout and includes various embroidery formats for compatibility with different machines.
Freebie: Breast Cancer Awareness
Free from UT: Breast-cancer-awareness design