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Cheers,
-Jesse

Thought I’d kick some dust off the ol’ website. Since the one-post-a-week plan totally up and died, I’ve decided to embrace entropy and update whenever I feel like it, all willy nilly.

(For some excellent examples of these colors, I suggest checking out Annemarie’s shop on Etsy, Glass Heart Studio. I’m sure most of you are already familiar with her work – if not, go take a look. Her use of color is amazing.)

The truth is I’m not very good at working with these colors, mostly out of a lack of experience. But there’s a couple other things in the way. All my jewelry is encased in clear, for various reasons. The greatest benefit of this is that it helps prevent the flame from effecting the color. Somewhat ironic since that’s exactly what needs to happen to create that shimmering effect. The second hurdle is that I work on a punty – basically a glass handle that’s cold-welded to the face of the piece I’m working on, usually near the wearing surface. Sometimes you can see a blemish if I mess up when removing the punty. It helps with symmetry, especially designs like the helixes or mustaches, where each piece needs to be symmetrical to itself. Here’s the crux: If I don’t encase the glass in clear, I can get all kinds of shimmer. But at some point I have to go back and heal the punty (i.e. re-melt the glass where the handle was attached). Doing so would remove the shimmer, leaving a large and obvious color difference. It would take a lot of relearning to work without a punty; it’s sort of an old dog/new tricks type of situation.

That said, I’m still experimenting with some color changing colors underneath the layer of clear. I have a few samples that I’ll be posting this month. Some of them might be just a one time thing, but anything I can reproduce consistently will become part of the palette.

One of my wholesale customers used to misunderstand me when I answered the phone. He thought I was saying “Sodomy Glass” instead of “Somatic…” It became a joke that I thought I’d share with the world.

Unlike the business name, this Plaid color is totally real though. Finally, something to go with all those shirts right? It’s pre-made by Glass Alchemy, and I can order it in a variety of colors. I’m gonna pick up a batch of red and beryl next time. If you’d like to see a particular combination of colors, shout off in the comments!

Cheers!