Help from the US glass people, please?
I've been talking to the person I'm buying glass from for Mike, and we had a
chat about several things. Once we got the shoes and sealing wax thing out of the way, the talk turned to more interesting things like finding cool glass and frit. They buy Moretti glass but aren't really too aware (since they don't hang out on computers like some people do... *innocent look*) of all the tasty bits of glass available to the US market. It isn't exactly a glass desert here but it's definitely not glass heaven. I'd like to help change that if I can in some small way. *putting on my Glass Enabler badge* So, to give them some idea of where they could look to buy in bulk for shipment to the UK, can any of you lovely lampworkers out there give me some pointers for glass and frit suppliers? It would be a big boost in many ways, as they'd be exposed to more types of glass, and we'd get more types available to us from them, and other people who want glass could see the new and cool things that the US has in abundance, and I don't mean candy corn! Thanks to everyone in advance who can give me some directions to send on to them. I also said I'd send them links to beads using the frits, so I actually have an excuse to surf today! :-D -Su (I'm not doing this just for me and Mike, oh no! I want MORE people in the UK to have access to cool glass. Honest!) |
Su -
forgot to cc you on the message, but I know of a bullseye glass bulk buy going on right now. LMK if you want the info. Barb "Su/Cutworks" wrote in message ... I've been talking to the person I'm buying glass from for Mike, and we had a chat about several things. Once we got the shoes and sealing wax thing out of the way, the talk turned to more interesting things like finding cool glass and frit. They buy Moretti glass but aren't really too aware (since they don't hang out on computers like some people do... *innocent look*) of all the tasty bits of glass available to the US market. It isn't exactly a glass desert here but it's definitely not glass heaven. I'd like to help change that if I can in some small way. *putting on my Glass Enabler badge* So, to give them some idea of where they could look to buy in bulk for shipment to the UK, can any of you lovely lampworkers out there give me some pointers for glass and frit suppliers? It would be a big boost in many ways, as they'd be exposed to more types of glass, and we'd get more types available to us from them, and other people who want glass could see the new and cool things that the US has in abundance, and I don't mean candy corn! Thanks to everyone in advance who can give me some directions to send on to them. I also said I'd send them links to beads using the frits, so I actually have an excuse to surf today! :-D -Su (I'm not doing this just for me and Mike, oh no! I want MORE people in the UK to have access to cool glass. Honest!) |
Barb wrote:
forgot to cc you on the message, but I know of a bullseye glass bulk buy going on right now. LMK if you want the info. Thanks! I'm doing this for the folk that we buy from, so I'll forward the info to them if that's alright? -Su |
The other day Valorie Cox, on her store website, was looking for people
outside the US to be reps for her glass and frits. Maybe throw her an email and see. www.glasspoet.com . -Ellen |
JavaGirlBT wrote:
The other day Valorie Cox, on her store website, was looking for people outside the US to be reps for her glass and frits. Maybe throw her an email and see. www.glasspoet.com . I was going to reply the same thing, but the glasspoet.com site always comes up as not found for me. Here's a link to here andale store, but I can't find a working email for her: http://www.andale.com/stores/sf_home...1&sfUrl=valcox She can also be reached at wetcanvas.com, if you're familiar with that community. -- Lori Greenberg www.beadnerd.com ebay auctions: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...origre enberg |
Lori wrote:
The other day Valorie Cox, on her store website, was looking for people outside the US to be reps for her glass and frits. Maybe throw her an and see. www.glasspoet.com . I was going to reply the same thing, but the glasspoet.com site always comes up as not found for me. Here's a link to here andale store, but I can't find a working email for her: http://www.andale.com/stores/sf_home...1&sfUrl=valcox She can also be reached at wetcanvas.com, if you're familiar with that community. Thanks! I'll pass this on to the people in question. The more they know the more they'll be able to promote new glass in the UK. I really appreciate the help here. -Su |
Thanks, Lori. I missed the original reply, something's very odd today with
the newsreader. And eBay, and my brain! I've sent this off to the interested parties, fingers crossed they'll be wanting to carry a good variety of glass for UK lampworkers. I lurk on wetcanvas, but since I'm only a glass enabler, not a glass artist, I just read and make notes and then lock Mike in the SHED with bunches of glass. -Su |
So, to give them some idea of where they could look to buy in bulk for
shipment to the UK, can any of you lovely lampworkers out there give me some pointers for glass and frit suppliers? http://www.lampwork.net/soozlinkslist6.html#Lampworking ~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce |
You can email Val at
KarenK |
Sooz wrote:
So, to give them some idea of where they could look to buy in bulk for shipment to the UK, can any of you lovely lampworkers out there give me some pointers for glass and frit suppliers? http://www.lampwork.net/soozlinkslist6.html#Lampworking :-) The first link I sent them! I figured I could get as wide a spectrum of ideas and they could take it from there, but I warned them to be prepared to spend hours with your links. -Su |
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