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cultured1 · Member Joined: Jul 07, 2004 Posts: 109

Check out this bit of art.

shroomgal · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:09 am Post subject:

That's amazing! Did you make that?

Funguy · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:26 am Post subject:

awesome
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cultured1 · Member Joined: Jul 07, 2004 Posts: 109

I wish I made it, a FOAF did. I'd give glassblowing a try if my plate wasn't stacked to the ceiling with other hobbies.

mark_h · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject:

I like it- I want one!!

Mark

c · Member Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 144

Haha damn that is nice,
btw the camera has a great macro function.

trickythom · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:34 pm Post subject:

A kid that comes into the coffee shop here is a glass blower. I mentioned the bead and he said he they are easy to make. He could probably sell them to me for a couple of bucks each. I am going to ask him if he could possably make them look like spacific mushrooms a little more.
Maybe a pretty Amanita or something. Maybe even a nice paperweight too.
If he does make them really cheap for me, I will keep you all informed.

mark_h · Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:56 am Post subject:

I love the colours in that bead, certainly an interesting thing to get hold of- there maybe a little market for them.

Mark
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cultured1 · Member Joined: Jul 07, 2004 Posts: 109

I was at a friends place a year or so ago & there was a girl there that made beaded jewellery. She had some glass beads with her made by a glassblower she knows. Some of the beads had a mushroom in them, & some had interesting patterns. I paid $10 for the bead pictured, I thought it was the coolest looking of the bunch. There were a couple others that were exceptionally nice too, it was a tough choice.
Tricky, find out more from that glassblower at the coffee shop. I don't know much about glassblowing, but anything hand made isn't cheap. Maybe there's a trick & once you're set up you can bang them out quick. There was a lot if detail, & several colours in the beads I saw, I'll try & get some more detailed shots of the "mycellium" in my bead.

Psynaut · Site Admin Joined: Jul 12, 2003 Posts: 54

Very nice, I've had a couple pendants like that over the years and I always seem to lose them

whistle · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:57 pm Post subject:

That is a fine example of the Art Form. What can be done with glass always amazes me. The colour and the flow....life

trickythom · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:17 am Post subject:

Ok, The glass blower guy is working on some for me. I think he said he was going to do a dozen or twenty or so. I will let you know when I get them. He was going to wait untill he bought more oxygen and make a bunch of stuff. I asked him if he could make a cool paperweight or something also.
Just thought I would keep everyone updated.
Thom

cultured1 · Member Joined: Jul 07, 2004 Posts: 109

Thanks for the follow-up Tricky'. There's a member at sporelab forums that does glassblowing. There's a pic of one of her marbles in this thread http://www.sporelab.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5342