CHIHULY COLLECTION EXHIBITION TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE | Oklahoma City Museum of Art

CHIHULY COLLECTION EXHIBITION TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE | Oklahoma City Museum of Art

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Bad News

I got an email from the folks working on the new crown for the furnace. It is not ready yet. Hopefully by the weekend. We shall see. Looks like we will be down for the rest of this week and part of next.

Are you Experienced?

Have you ever been experienced? Well I have. - Jimi Hendrix

I was not experienced. We needed to fix the furnace. We needed to repair some items in the studio. Time and heat are incredibly hard on equipment.

We turned off the furnace on a Thursday evening. I had ordered what I expected to be the things needed to repair it. A list is needed. The items that are consumable within the furnace and it's workings.

The Furnace - Elements, Gathering Port Casting, Crown Casting, High Temp Bricks, Fiber Frax, Noalox, Wires, Cooling tubes, BussBlocks, Watlow fuse... the folks over at Craftweb are most helpful and with a community of folks with a similar furnace it is invaluable to have assistance of this nature. I too would like to have a guide book or a wiki knowledge base for this purpose.

The Lehr - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehr_(glassmaking) I ordered the new elements from Duralite. The elements are configured by the company and they sent everything needed for installation. They do not send a how to guide. Not having done it correctly in the past we were not really ready. The element pig tails come up through the lehr wall and need to be covered with a mullite tube. We did not do this and had to go back and redo.

Yolks - We have several yolks now. Rollers for the yolks are available from Steinert. It does require a 3" angle iron to get the right spread on the rollers. Old wheels work well for the bases as they are heavy and balanced and can be moved easily by rolling them around.

Pipe Warmer - Still the process of building. Measure twice, cut once.

Glory Hole and Garage - I have purchased these commercially. Be aware that your time frame and the manufactures time frame may be different from one another. His month looks to be like four of my months.

Layout of the studio floor - This is always evolving. With electric lines and oxygen lines, and physical constraints it is difficult to find the best layout. I believe we continue to make good progress and hope it continues to get better over time.

progress

We have been busy in the studio over the past few days. We have gotten everything broken down and started rebuilding. Things are moving along nicely. Good progress moving forward. We plan on tackling the furnace on Thursday. I am not sure if it will be hot and ready for the weekend yet. I will keep everyone posted.

many thanks for all the help.

The Week Ahead

I know I am missing a couple of folks listed below. I will check the schedule tonight and get it all update on the calendar.

Spring Break is quickly approaching. The new glory hole and garage should be here. I am getting three new fans to help move some air. We will be fixing broken things and making things better around the studio. Should be great fun.

Schedule

Today (Mon, Mar 7)

4:30pm

Robin

6:00pm

Ray

Wed, Mar 9

Blue Sage Studios Anniversery - Founded 2003

4:30pm

Brandon and Andy

7:30pm

Dr. John

Thu, Mar 10

6:00pm

Marty

8:00pm

Allison Demo

Fri, Mar 11

Tentative Date for New Glory Hole

buffalo, round barn , glass blowing 012

buffalo, round barn , glass blowing 012
Originally uploaded by cosmosenfold

I was surfing Flickr today and found this old upload. Long time ago.

The Week Ahead

Things are moving along well. I am waiting to hear from Steve but I anticipating being shut down over Spring Break week for maintainance. The studio is in need of some upgrades and work and it should be a good time to try to get a bunch of work completed.
This will be a busy week too. Our friend Scott Young from Dallas is passing through and is planning on working at the Studio on Tuesday afternoon around 3:30. It is always good to see someone new.

The schedule for the week looks like:
Today (Mon, Feb 28)
4:30pmRobin
6:00pmRay

Tomorrow (Tue, Mar 1)
3:30pmScott Young

Wed, Mar 2
4:30pmBrandon and Andy
7:30pmDr. John

Thu, Mar 3
9:00amArt Students Working
4:00pmBriley
6:00pmMarty

Fri, Mar 4
2:00pmPeople are on but can't tell who

Sat, Mar 5

8 Patty
10:00amOKCMOA Class

1Brandon

3 Jeff

4Scott

(those times may be off a bit)

Sun, Mar 6
12:00pmRichard and Denny
2:00pmThe Booth's
4:00pmJason
6:00pmRichard Nelson Lesson

St. Baldrick's - Participant - Scott Wallace

St. Baldrick's - Participant - Scott Wallace

I thought you all would like to know about this and support one of our own. Scott has a good shaped head for sporting the bald look. Me I'm not so sure.

Pricing Your Work - What is Overhead? - Ask Harriete

Pricing Your Work - What is Overhead? - Ask Harriete

I am in the process of reading this article. I found it interesting.

Paperweight Video

distinctly Oklahoma

Blue Sage Studios is featured in the February 2011 issue of distinctly Oklahoma. It is a wonderful article. Thank you Judy so much for allowing us to be featured. Paul did a great job writing about glass and how it is created. The artistic process as well as the mechanical.

Liquid Light Glass Blog

Liquid Light Glass Blog

Elodie has a blog. She has posted up some photos of current work. Awesome stuff.

The Week Ahead

I got this week on the calendar. It looks to be a good one.

Today (Mon, Jan 10)

4:00pm

Robin

6:00pm

Ray

Tomorrow (Tue, Jan 11)

Closed

Wed, Jan 12

4:30pm

Brandon and Andy

7:30pm

Dr. John

Thu, Jan 13

4:00pm

Briley

5:00pm

Piyush

6:00pm

Marty

Fri, Jan 14

4:00pm

Patrick

5:00pm

JC

7:00pm

Urban T-House Art Opening

Sat, Jan 15

8:00am

Patty

10:00am

OKCMOA Class

1:00pm

Brandon

4:00pm

Scott

Sun, Jan 16

12:00pm

R and D

2:00pm

The Booth's

5:00pm

Grant with Scott and Roy

Glass Antlers

NJN - New Jersey Public Television and Radio

I heard about this show over the weekend. Charlotte Potter is making glass antlers. I have not watched it all yet but thus far it is a good show.

The Gallery on Sixth

The Week Ahead

Many thanks to everyone for making 2010 a wonderful year at Blue Sage Studios. Things are really going well. I am not sure when the new Glory Hole and Garage will arrive but sometime this month (fingers crossed).

Today (Mon, Jan 3)

4:00pm

Robin

6:00pm

Ray

Wed, Jan 5

4:30pm

Andy and Brandon

7:30pm

Dr. John

Thu, Jan 6

12:00pm

Chuck

2:00pm

Lindsay

4:00pm

Briley

5:00pm

Piyush

6:00pm

Marty

8:00pm

Scott

Fri, Jan 7

4:00pm

patrick

5:00pm

JC?

Sat, Jan 8

Cafe City Arts Pieces Due

9:00am

Patty

11:00am

Brandon

4:00pm

Bill Mclean

Sun, Jan 9

12:00pm

R&D

2:00pm

The Booth's

4:00pm

Jeff

5:00pm

Richard Higgins

The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet

Before winter closing, GoggleWorks hot shop will rock Saturday night � The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet

I think this news is worth sharing. I am so very grateful to the folks who support our studio. It is an expensive venture and I am pleased I am able to provide a place to watch and learn and create great glass.

Sonarta.com - Fine Art Network Marketplace for Artists, Galleries, Collectors, and Art Enthusiasts

Sonarta.com - Fine Art Network Marketplace for Artists, Galleries, Collectors, and Art Enthusiasts

Found this again.

The Week Ahead

Things at the studio are going great guns. Added some glass to the furnace.

To prepare a bit for the things to come.

Thanksgiving week we will be working off and on. Zack is in town and hopefully we will have some time in the studio. Everyone wants to work some which is great.

The Home Show Weekend is December 3, 4, and 5. Demos going on all weekend.

Christmas - not sure of the schedule during the break but expect to be working when I am in town.

New Year - We are planning on shutting down for a week at the beginning of the year. We need to change the crucible in the furnace. We are getting a new glory hole and garage. Watch for updates.

The week ahead.

Today (Wed, Nov 17)

4:30pm

Brandon and Andy

7:30pm

Dr. John

Tomorrow (Thu, Nov 18)

10:00am

Patty

12:00pm

Chuck and Roy

4:00pm

Briley

4:00pm

Dr. Fisher Meeting

5:00pm

Micah

6:00pm

Marty

8:00pm

Scott

Fri, Nov 19

4:00pm

Morgan

5:00pm

Dave

7:00pm

IAO Senior Capstone Show

Sat, Nov 20

State Sales Tax Due

8:00am

Patty

10:00am

OKCMOA Intro Class

1:00pm

Brandon

Sun, Nov 21

12:00pm

R & D

2:00 the booth's