I've been working on making and teaching vessels a lot lately. I think I'm getting better at teaching and have worked out a simpler small vessel style. For these tiny (for me) pendant vessels, I don't use my pivoting roller stand. And instead of coiling off the end of a tube, I wrap color up the tube. This gives a much stronger and even walled base to work from, which is a great advantage for beginners.
I just finished about twenty of these for a vessel exchange on Lampworketc. I have also finished the final prototype of my stopper-making tool. This works fine for boro, but I don't know how it would work for soft glass. I need to find a lampworker who works in both media to try this out.
-Don- the fyrsmith
