Sr. Verde's: ROLLITUP GLASS INDEX [Post your collection here]

actually they do. if you read about the vin pin it says it will put little fracture spots where the air is trapped inside. thats why they usually use it on marbles, not bongs. the glass would be thinner in the spots the bubbles are and inconsistent in thickness. which is fine for marbles. but the wall of a tube would sketchy. and you have to implode the air into the marble. would be hard to do to tubing. especially consistently in a pattern.
 
purposly done air bubbles in marbs like that look boss!..but air bubbles in like a heady glass pipe or some shit is most likely from the artist boiling the glass, not a good thing lolol.
 
GNOME GROWN said:
purposly done air bubbles in marbs like that look boss!..but air bubbles in like a heady glass pipe or some shit is most likely from the artist boiling the glass, not a good thing lolol.
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Not quite true, but it could be true...... If you take a pastel color (like orange or red crayon) and just introduce it into the flame, that's bad. You want to kiln the rods for a minute or two, then apply the rod to whatever your doing, and then re-kiln it for a few minutes again. Then you can work the shit out of it. Additionally, some people cover their pastels with clear (encasing), to prevent any boiling. This practice, oddly enough, can cause you to trap air bubbles while layering the clear down.

Air in a really heady piece doesnt mean that its made from a poor glass blower either. It could be air trapped in pre-made tubing that the artist purchased, it could be a stone or imperfection in the glass, etc..... Of course, an artist making that really heady piece wouldnt sell it after seeing the bubbles develop while making it, either. :)

The worse way to continually get bubbles in your glass is to use the first 4mm of the glass rods on either end. Those are the pieces that are going to bubble the worse. Heat that up, pull it off, then apply the rods and you'll find great success..........
 
I remember that bowl :)

It was blown around the same time I bought my sunface bowl


you should do some more sweet galaxy stuff like that :hump:


I want some marbles! :eyesmoke:
 
definitely eyeballin' that double bubbler, and the illadelph 8)


i will eventually add an illladelph to my collection.... a clean straight tube, no coil funny business. :D
 
Sr. Verde said:
definitely eyeballin' that double bubbler, and the illadelph 8)


i will eventually add an illladelph to my collection.... a clean straight tube, no coil funny business. :D
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The double bubble is a really really nice piece. It took over a month to get it with no word from the site I ordered it from at all... but when it came it was like damn so worth the wait.
 
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