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	<title>Cynthia &#187; Glass projects</title>
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	<description>My life, my sculpture...and other things</description>
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		<title>Favorable (glass) reactions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you mix frit colors--as all pate de verre and frit painting artists do with abandon--you quickly learn about reactivity between colored glasses. Try warming up the chill BE Salmon Pink with a little BE Medium Amber, and the resulting sludgy grey-brown will stick in your mind forever.

Or so I thought. At a beginning casting workshop recently, one of my students complained that it was tough to simply remember what reacted with which. Or worse, when they combined glasses from two manufacturers, they couldn't find any reactivity info at all, which apparently resulted in some unpleasant surprises.]]></description>
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		<title>Pate de verre in a hurry, Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you give non-casters a taste of pate de verre making..in less than four hours?

That was the assignment, anyway. It was the Portland chapter's turn to host the Oregon Glass Guild's annual state meeting, and we wanted to do something a bit special.

We decided on a theme of Stretch Your Wings, and gave it multiple meanings. First, we meant "stretch your wings by reaching out to the community." Instead of focusing on personal enrichment, this time we'd make art for the community, a glass quilt to be installed in a local hospital. Everyone who came would make at least one 6x6 inch tile for the quilt.]]></description>
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		<title>Coldworking Glass without Machines (book)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lemme borrow a writer&#8217;s proverb for a sec: I hate coldworking. I love having coldworked. More particularly, I love having coldworked by hand.* I&#8217;ve so far found nothing to match the incredible, silky finish you get with hand-coldworking a piece of glass, so I was really interested in Paul Tarlow&#8217;s new book, Coldworking Glass without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fusathon 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We came, we fused, we laughed.

That pretty much sums up this year's Fusathon which, when you think about it, means a pretty good time was had by all. Fusathons, for those of you who don't know, are the Oregon Glass Guild's annual charitable fusing parties.]]></description>
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		<title>Touchable glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glass may be one of the most untouchable of artforms--its strong relationship with light and color makes it extremely visual anyway, and its fragility and razor-sharp fractures most likely reinforce the "eyes only" notion.

But what if that's not an option? Why can't artists create glass that speaks to the visually impaired?

This is something ELSE I'm learning from this little informal teaching stuff I've been doing. (I gotta wonder if the whole reason you teach is to be able to learn more.)]]></description>
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		<title>Playing in the sandbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fun little project that&#8217;s worth investigating, one which started with my urgent need for about 600 glass cabochons. I wanted to get as many cabs as possible out of scrap, so I began cutting up dozens of failed projects and refiring the pieces. Sometimes the results were spectacular, sometimes not&#8230;but my absolute favorites came from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murrini cane in a kiln: Sandwiches, Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2011/latest/murrini-cane-in-a-kiln-sandwiches-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When does a cane stop being murrini cane and start being pattern bar? Beats me. I can find only two differences. In fact, for many types of murrine you start with a huge pattern bar, then heat and stretch and compress it until it becomes...murrini cane. 

So... if I use the same techniques I use to make pattern bars, then experiment with ways to stretch and distort those bars in the kiln, and then cut "cane" bars from the resulting stack...I should have murrini, right?]]></description>
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		<title>Kilnformer’s murrini (you can buy)</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2011/latest/kilnformers-murrini-you-can-buy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do if you want good-looking, kiln-fusing murrini that you don't have to make yourself?

The vast majority of murrini makers are using 104COE (Moretti/Effetre) soft glass, which is NOT compatible with the most popular fusing glasses. Some will custom-produce their designs in 90- or 96-COE glasses if you ask...but you gotta ask.

There are a few artists producing (and selling) traditional murrini using Bullseye-compatible or Spectrum 96-compatible glass, and there's some impressive stuff out there. It's consistently-sized, it's repeatable, you can buy as much as you want to cover large areas...and some of it is absolutely gorgeous.

I thought it'd be useful to keep a running list of such places on my blog.]]></description>
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		<title>Murrini cane in a kiln: Jellyrolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time around, I talked about murrini cane, and the most obvious way to make them in the kiln: A murrini rod mold, AKA &#8220;rodpod.&#8221; As I&#8217;ve said, I&#8217;m not pretending that anything I discuss here is my invention or brand new stuff: Murrini-making is one of the oldest glassmaking techniques. This is just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murrini cane in a kiln: The rod mold</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2010/latest/making-kiln-cane-for-murrini-the-rod-mold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FINALLY I'm back in the studio, messing around, after a six-month hiatus. And I figured I'd start with something easy: Making components for bigger sculptures. Then it turned into this bigger thing, i.e., exploring how to make murrini in a kiln. I'm trying several methods here, and this will probably be a three-parter. Sorry about that.

So...I've got some ideas for cast, figurative sculptures and vessels that incorporate murrini, bronze and other things. First order of business: Make enough murrini for easy playing.]]></description>
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