Thunderstorm and Electric furnace

We had a very strong thunderstorm last night from 8p.m. -12 a.m. and our electric furnace controller was damaged. We tried to find out the problem and fix as talking with the manufacture in USA on phone from 1 - 2 a.m. In the end, a little smoke came out from the back of controller panel. So we have to send the whole controller box to USA to get fixed.

It is very bad luck, but it happened luckily today. We would shut down our furnace from today anyway for next few month.

The bottle with bird stopper

When I look back, I saw some cute bottles which my partner was finishing. Beautiful sunshine and green grass give a nice touch to the glass.

The twisted blue paperweight.

This is not new, but I have not made for long time. A customer's order made me a chance. I will explore this style in December.

Foamy bowls

I have made some new works for the exhobtion, Lovedale Craftfest 09 which starts from this Friday.

Hanging ball

It is normally hanged on near window. I just put on the table before putting away or hanging. But it looks good together like this.

Yellow Heart

I made some yellow hearts for a special order.

Cutting dichro glass

I had a trouble to cut sheets of glass for long time. Now I have mastered with right equipment.

1. Set the glass Dichro colour face down and width including cutter tip width. Push the glass from left.
2. Push and pull the cutter straight from top at once. Do not go back or do twice.
3. When I store the oil cutter, I have to close the screw, put the tip in oily cloth and keep vertical.
4. When I use the cutter, loose the screw. Add more the singer oil as needed.