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(April 11, 2006)
Greetings from Stained Glass Stuff, where our 19th Anniversary Big Spring Sale is still in effect until the end of the month. Thanks to everybody who made the drive up to Chris's glassblowing Open House in Pakenham yesterday afternoon. If you made a ball or some other blown piece of art, Chris should be dropping them off tomorrow afternoon at our store.
One of our employees has returned from Las Vegas and brought back a few interesting items, details below. Some of the new things at the show which were not available yet were Spectrum's new System 96 "Spirit" line of glass. That's the clear glass base with the cats' eye streaks of colour on the surface. It should be out in the summer, if the boys at Spectrum can iron out the wrinkles. Uroboros has a new System 96 colour, Cherry Blossom, a 2 toned pink opal, very nice, also due from release this summer.
Don Abel from Morton Glass Works was demonstrating him newest toy, a circle border segment cutting system. The system will be a few more parts for your Morton Maxi Board and Portable Glass Shop and a CD with a computer program that you input the details about what you want to cut out, and it will tell you exactly how to set it up. He was showing it off, and it works as advertised, very cool! Great for fused plates or bowls.
A more detailed report on the 2006 Glass Craft & Bead Expo will be posted in the near future on our website, with pictures.
New Stuff from Las Vegas!
19" Diameter Circle of Rainbow Dichroic Uroboros 1135 Green & Yellow Fracture Streamer, $399.95, Dichroic by Coatings By Sandberg (CBS), the package has "96" on it, but Uroboros doesn't make 1135 in System 96 yet. The most expensive piece of glass in the store!
CBS Dichroic "Icon" Pack, 3/4" clear glass pieces, $3.50 each. COE 96. Similar to their "Pinwheel" pieces, but with funky little iconic images
Pacific Art Glass COE 96 Dichroic Scrap Packs, 4 oz., $39.95 each. Clear and black smooth glass, various designs sandblasted into the dichroic finish.
4" x 4" Dichroic Decal, Clear/Rainbow, $13.95
ProFusion Decal Magic
- 4" x 8" Celtic Designs I, Black, $22.95, Hi-Fire, $22.95
- 4" x 8" Celtic Designs II, Black, $22.95, Hi-Fire, $22.95
- 4" x 8" Celtic Designs III, Gold, $29.95, Hi-Fire, $29.95
- 4" x 4" Japanese Kanji, Low Fire Ultra Luster, 22k Gold, $22.95
- 4" x 4" Snowflakes, Low Fire Ultra Luster, 22k Gold, $22.95
Spectrum System 96 Cut-Ups, $9.95 each
Various shapes, Maple Leaf, Butterfly, Seahorse. They made many shapes, but not all made it back from Las Vegas intact. They also made a 4 piece, 8 inch diameter circle border in Spectrum 1009SF Black Hi-Fire Iridescent, $29.95.
Feng Shui & Art Glass, by Stu Goldman & Grace Parrish, e-book (CD-ROM), $15.95
We got an advance copy of Windows of Mystique, Volume 8, in Wardell's series of fancy window books. All the windows are by one of the top stained glass studios in India. Tons of custom beveling, large domes, residential and commercial work. Take a look and we can pre-order a copy for you. They should be out in about a month or so.
EZ Fuse, CD-ROM computer program for Glass Fusing and Slumping. Another advance copy picked in Las Vegas. Looks promising so far.
Other New Stuff from not so far away:
Ying/Yang Bevel Cluster, $13.95, 3 pieces, clear glass
Aanraku Twofers 1/8" Diamond Core Drill Bits, $15.95
Miner49er Stainless Steel Pot Melt Stand, $99.95.
Holds three 4" clay pots, which you can get from Home Depot, Michael's, etc. One fits in a Evenheat 14.6 kiln,
and at least 6 can fit into a GTS25.41 kiln.
Elevate with kiln posts, put shelf paper underneath, fill pots with scrap System 96,
and fire to create wild Rondels.
You can also slice up the stem to get milliforie to refuse into future fusing projects.