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The making of "May The Force"

The making of "May The Force"

Posted by BernGlass on 7/5/2006
Ok So what we have here is so in action shots of the making of our new rather large masterpiece.. this piece has somewhere in the vacinity of 250 hours flame time.. between 4 glass blowers... Eli s.. the sculpting genius who made yoda and darth vader head.. absolutely the sickest parts of this whole piece.. then we have Tito , jon, and jason gordon "live free" who made the 50+ section double bubbler, and the plasma attachments.. this piece has uncountable hours of thought time incorporated into it.. seen as I have been dreaming up this pipe for almost 3 years now.. if not more.. this is by far the biggest piece of art i have ever worked on..thanx to all who worked on this and made it a reality.. you will all have to wait to see this thing glowing for it is in route to be filled... so thanx for looking and definately keep your eyes out for the final pics.... and a big thanx to jason lee,marcel, ease,steve gelb,and so many more for opening the grounds to go bigger and bigger..
hot
hot
hot hot
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And it starts
And it starts
the first tube cane of what would be seven..
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#2
#2
jon making his first
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Titos 1st
Titos 1st
melting it in...
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The first section
The first section
blow ......
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the beggining of the bottom ball
the beggining of the bottom ball
ended up being 5 3/4 inches across when all said and done..
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mmm..disco outline
mmm..disco outline
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green and black disco divider
green and black disco divider
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end of the first night...
end of the first night...
hmm seems so long ago now..lol..
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a new day,
a new day,
with some more added to the first can..
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sweet..
sweet..
the 5 plex window was done by jon.. the face was done by tito..
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pretty much done
pretty much done
the first can almost done.. finally...
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dichro dichro..
dichro dichro..
dichro bowtie in a dichro reversal..
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shes a biggen..
shes a biggen..
she still gets the cap after this point..
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the beggining
the beggining
tito mastered the fillachello after this one.. had some trouble with the first few though..
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heres the bling stick..
heres the bling stick..
cyan sunset.. so so pretty..
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mmmmm. gold..
mmmmm. gold..
cyan sunset.. backed with ninja...
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ohhh thats hurts
ohhh thats hurts
looking good.. but wait is that a little crack there.
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the second can
the second can
the infamous second can..
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loving this section
loving this section
the disco looks so sick.. i love that color..
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odd bowtie..
odd bowtie..
live free
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double dragon bowtie
double dragon bowtie
lol.. yeah yeah looks sick though..tito style here..
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disco and dichro
disco and dichro
disco and dichro disco and dichro...
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little size refrence
little size refrence
thats a mirage.. just to show size..i didnt think a lighter would be a good idea for size when the piece was still hot..lol..
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jump a few steps
jump a few steps
finishing up with the bubbler..
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finally in the kiln..
finally in the kiln..
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the first battle over with..
the first battle over with..
but the war has just begun..
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the final fillachello.
the final fillachello.
check spelling.. sorry if wrong..
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penetrated donut..
penetrated donut..
this actually snapped off almost done with the piece over all and snapped it.. so it is no longer..lol
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shes perrty..
shes perrty..
lol
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i was grumpy..
i was grumpy..
funny stuff..
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the plasma attachments start
the plasma attachments start
the millenium falcon # 1
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millenium falcon #1
millenium falcon #1
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star cruiser
star cruiser
only one plamsa explosion so far
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ahh the bubbler can got to big
ahh the bubbler can got to big
so we used it for a bench...lol..
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boom
boom
explosions for the star cruiser
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boom boom
boom boom
bang
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yoda
yoda
eli is super skilled at sculpting
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the x-wing fighter
the x-wing fighter
haha...
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up close before the bubble
up close before the bubble
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first half of the bubble..
first half of the bubble..
disco and opal background with black behind it..
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yoda
yoda
lol.. yoda ..lol
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sealing the bubble
sealing the bubble
now we have and x-wing fighter in bubble..
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see..
see..
two of the guns are hollow so the plama will shoot at you..i think...lol..
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faceting..
faceting..
getting all wet..
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haha.. make shift hand torch
haha.. make shift hand torch
mirage on stick..
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to much stuff.
to much stuff.
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random
random
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the light bar
the light bar
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some stuff
some stuff
its getting there..
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more stuff
more stuff
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and some stuff
and some stuff
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this thing got so big
this thing got so big
there was no moving it by a blow tube.. it was all gloves, and never more than 6 inches away from the kiln door..
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TIME!
TIME!
no doubt about it no doing this with only one person.. it took three at all times...
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oh nice fix..
oh nice fix..
mouth piece snapped off.. this is us fixing it..
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lol...
lol...
we are about delirous at this point..lol..
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i need new gloves..
i need new gloves..
but they did it..
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muuhahhhhhh..
muuhahhhhhh..
lol
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team work
team work
its how its done..
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say hello to my little friend..
say hello to my little friend..
double fistin..
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thats all folks...
thats all folks...
yeah we wish... still had another day of stuff after this.. plasma dont allow no pinholes.. and we had one..thanx for looking.. we will soon have the finished product.. so stay tuned...peace live free.. bern glass its fun..
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Bern Glass
Northeast---Plasma Pipes since 2000

George
Jason "Live Free" Gordon
J. Fletch
Tito
Jonny K
Elijah Schwartz

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cant wait to see this bad boy finished.
» Posted by Coe-33 on 7/5/2006 4:30:13 PM.
///
way to push yourselves. 250 hours.... nutz
» Posted by EA on 7/5/2006 5:58:10 PM.
are you funkin kiddin me?!?!
you guys are too insane.
what an undertaking.

more pics now please...i'm waiting.

» Posted by JasonLeeGlass on 7/5/2006 6:15:02 PM.
WOW
that is so intense. NICE WORK. i can't wait to see the finished piece.
» Posted by E.Ross on 7/5/2006 6:27:17 PM.
That was a nice ass walk trough
Yoda looks mean as hell!!

very nice piece

the X- wing fighter was sick man peace...
» Posted by GlassHopper on 7/5/2006 7:40:31 PM.
nice guys
looks like a good ol time.
» Posted by Bearclaw78 on 7/5/2006 8:19:17 PM.
illl...
like the face of revesals on the can...
» Posted by Ryno on 7/5/2006 11:28:04 PM.
lol.. thanx guys..
We had alot of fun...and alot of very disheartining moments.. this piece was straight up a war.. battles lost and battles won.. all with a great feeling of accomplishment... there were at least 3 nights of not leaving till 9 am or later.. when starting at like noon or earlier the day before.. i personally have somewhere around 150 flame hours in it.. sorry that the pics arent here yet of the finished product.. i was so stoked about it that i had to post pics now..lol.. thanx again for all the comments.and for the inspiration from all of you.. peace...live free..
» Posted by BernGlass on 7/6/2006 6:07:15 AM.
Smack!!!
thank you Sir May I have another!!!
» Posted by TheGoAt on 7/6/2006 8:47:32 AM.
yo nice job guys...
cant wait to see that thing filled...x-wing shooting lasers....awesome!!
» Posted by ManifestGlassworks on 7/6/2006 8:49:39 AM.
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sick!!!!
Thats a hell of a piece you got there, good job on the team work.
Peace
B
» Posted by Boroburner on 7/6/2006 9:32:06 AM.
Very cool
dude
» Posted by dubbs on 7/6/2006 12:09:52 PM.
unfuckingbelevable
cant wait to see that baby arcing with plasma
» Posted by IslandInTheSky on 7/6/2006 12:35:45 PM.
don't count yo chickins
too bad about the pin hole. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you guys. BIG TEAM WORK IS THA BOMB!! great doccumentation of the evolution of this peice. can't wate to see the finished pictures. may the force be with you
» Posted by Bronx on 7/6/2006 10:51:29 PM.
Have you got this back yet
want to see it lit
» Posted by GlassHopper on 9/8/2006 6:31:47 PM.
Very impressive
Those pictures are super inspiring!!!! Great team work fellas!!! Guidance and motivation, Jordan...
» Posted by SheepdawgGlasscraft on 5/16/2007 11:11:47 AM.
ah ha....
thats the sickest thing i've seen in a while! keep up the good work...stay lifted
» Posted by U.G.S on 8/21/2007 4:47:03 PM.

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