Crackle Glass Cylinder?

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Crackle Glass Cylinder? brrian 10-11-2006
Posted by Cactus Bob on October 12, 2006, 3:34 pm
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>>>try Blenko in West Virgina. They make crackle vases as part of their
>>>regular line of products
>>
>>I seriously doubt that Blenko will stop their production line to create
>>four custom cylinders! Or if they did, it would cost thousands of
>
> dollars.
>
> Maybe they already make that diameter, which could
> simply be cut off to the required height.
>

A quick check of Blenko's catalog shows that they do not make the size
he needs. That is why I said what I did. Even if he were willing to
change his size requirements, the vases looked like they have paddled
sides anyway.


>>Since the poster did not divulge his location,
>
>
> Sure he did. It's right there in his headers:
> "somewhere in or near Philadelphia."
>

If that is so, then my bad.

I see nothing in the "header" that mentions Philadelphia. All I see is
"Crackle Glass Cylinder." Maybe my software does not display all of the
information he submitted. I am using Mozilla Thunderbird.


Non the less, I think his best bet is still to contact a small artist
glass blower. Contacting a large factory setting like Blenko is
unlikely to be productive.

--Cactus Bob

Posted by Steve Ackman on October 13, 2006, 4:19 pm
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-0400, Cactus Bob wrote:
>
> A quick check of Blenko's catalog shows that they do not make the size
> he needs. That is why I said what I did. Even if he were willing to
> change his size requirements, the vases looked like they have paddled
> sides anyway.

Ahhh. Well, if you'd said it that way to start with,
I wouldn't have written what I did. (I don't have a
Blenko catalog.)

> I see nothing in the "header" that mentions Philadelphia. All I see is
> "Crackle Glass Cylinder." Maybe my software does not display all of the
> information he submitted. I am using Mozilla Thunderbird.

Yes, I know you're using T'bird. It's in your headers;
an old windoze version of it at that. ;-)

> Non the less, I think his best bet is still to contact a small artist
> glass blower.

Yup. No disagreement there.


Posted by Cheryl on October 13, 2006, 4:17 pm
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Contact this company
I have been to their production site - and their glass blowers are
capable
of this -- they also have the large cylinder edge cutter.. uses
gas jet flames to cut around the bubble - creating a rim...
(saw them use it to cut the tops off of very large handblown
triffle bowls -- very cool!)
These old time glassblowers can certainly handle making
what you want -- just a matter of if they will bother with a small
order.

West Virginia Glass Speciality, Inc.
P.O. Box 248 107 Main St.
Ellenboro, WV 26346
Phone: 304-869-3374
Fax: 304-869-3375
Cheryl Keggan
www.dragonbeads.com


brrian wrote:
> I'm in need of four crackle glass cylinders, nine inches in diamter by
> about 9 1/2 inches tall. They'll be used as lenses for a lighting
> project. Even better--I need them in three weeks.
>
> I'm wondering where to start? I guess glass blowers, because if I
> understand the process, they'd be blown, then dipped hot to create the
> crackle effect. I found two blowers on the web & have emails in to
> both.
>
> I'll take any suggestions that will help me get these pieces made. I
> have almost no expericence in this sort of thing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian


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