Well, you can kinda scrape some off and get scary newspaper-flavored snowcones. :) But it doesn't seem to chip in the sense of "hit it and a large piece flies off intact."
The Seattle area is a huge glass-art mecca. You can take a weekend seminar or two in glassblowing for $20 and hour or so, and rent a studio to use the equipment you need. Most of us can't manage a gas-fired furnace with a hundred pounds of molten glass in our basements, alas.
For tiny little things like the turtle (he's a bit under half an inch long), I just bought a plumber's torch, a head for it, and some glass rods. It's something I can do in my apartment, and I find it calming and meditative. Should you find yourself in my area, I would be honored to introduce you to the joys of small-scale glassworking. It's the sort of thing everyone should do at least once. It's very difficult to make an ugly piece of swirly multicolored glass. :)
ack! one more thing on the list of reasons to maybe move to seattle. d'you know anything about access to glass/metalworking studios in portland, by chance?
(i'm sorry i didn't manage to catch you on my way down the west coast. hopefully i'll make it up that way again before long, since i've got friends around there and it's a neat area...)
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I'd tell my brother about the geyser of doom, knowing he'd do it, but I don't want to get yelled at when our front yard gets covered in soda and ants.
PS- I'm ecstatic to see more random posts from you!
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(Though now I want to experiment on the difference in height of geyser acheived by sugar v. diet soda.)
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Also, fwoom! [grin]
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For tiny little things like the turtle (he's a bit under half an inch long), I just bought a plumber's torch, a head for it, and some glass rods. It's something I can do in my apartment, and I find it calming and meditative. Should you find yourself in my area, I would be honored to introduce you to the joys of small-scale glassworking. It's the sort of thing everyone should do at least once. It's very difficult to make an ugly piece of swirly multicolored glass. :)
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(i'm sorry i didn't manage to catch you on my way down the west coast. hopefully i'll make it up that way again before long, since i've got friends around there and it's a neat area...)
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Also, the soda-fountain picture is particularly awesome, but this entire post is excellent with the neatness.
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