Signore, Alessandro. The maestro I mentioned, I've always tended to refer to him by title over name given our age difference.
Sand casting is where you use wet sand, sculpted into a form or mold, and pour the flux (molten glass) into it to cool and set. I suppose some people view it as cheating or giving up a certain amount of control in the final look of the piece but I have my reasons for wanting to use this method of sculpting here. What I typically do, or have done in the past, is work with gathers of flux on a pontil, which is a hollow steel rod, and through spinning and blowing I would shape and form the glass that way.
In either case, I mix the silica myself to make the flux and I still make use of other tools to refine and contort the glass, adding detail or taking it away.
And now that I've gone on and on about myself, what is it that you do?
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Sand casting is where you use wet sand, sculpted into a form or mold, and pour the flux (molten glass) into it to cool and set. I suppose some people view it as cheating or giving up a certain amount of control in the final look of the piece but I have my reasons for wanting to use this method of sculpting here. What I typically do, or have done in the past, is work with gathers of flux on a pontil, which is a hollow steel rod, and through spinning and blowing I would shape and form the glass that way.
In either case, I mix the silica myself to make the flux and I still make use of other tools to refine and contort the glass, adding detail or taking it away.
And now that I've gone on and on about myself, what is it that you do?