And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
This is Kokomo Art Glass in Kokomo IN. I've been a leaded glass artist for over 50 years and have been to this factory to select my glass. Once. There were(are) much better art glass manufacturers than Kokomo. However they have been making glass since the 1890s.
Tiffany Studio, run by the greatest glass artist to have ever lived IMO, made the most spectacular and to this day, unmatched art glass. However he bought and used Kokomo Art Glass frequently in his windows not because it was great glass but because it was so cheap.
I also roll my own sheets for my windows. jabrwok says Kokomo looks old fashioned but compared to my process, it's high tech. I roll a 700 pound solid steel cylinder, about 30 inches wide, over my molten glass to flatten it. No water cooled table or rollers and after 3 or 4 sheets, I have to cool it down with some water or the molten glass begins to stick. My sheets are about 2 sq, ft.
I've had a few wholesalers that want to sell my glass but than other studios would have it and the only way for someone to get my glass is to commission a window. And I'm old now and very selective about how I spend my time.
I melt and anneal electrically. I use electric resistance coils which are called elements. Each one of those Kokomo crucibles holds ~1,200 lbs of glass, mine holds 40.
Very cool video. Thanks for posting. Maybe look into making float glass. I remember a while ago where they were tearing down a glass factory. An old one. They got to the furnace and found there was a huge block of glass in it. Like 10 by 10 by 4 feet. Had slowly accumulated over the years.
Is this a boutique glassmaker? The whole process looks remarkably old-fashioned.
ReplyDeleteThis is Kokomo Art Glass in Kokomo IN. I've been a leaded glass artist for over 50 years and have been to this factory to select my glass. Once. There were(are) much better art glass manufacturers than Kokomo. However they have been making glass since the 1890s.
ReplyDeleteTiffany Studio, run by the greatest glass artist to have ever lived IMO, made the most spectacular and to this day, unmatched art glass. However he bought and used Kokomo Art Glass frequently in his windows not because it was great glass but because it was so cheap.
I also roll my own sheets for my windows. jabrwok says Kokomo looks old fashioned but compared to my process, it's high tech. I roll a 700 pound solid steel cylinder, about 30 inches wide, over my molten glass to flatten it. No water cooled table or rollers and after 3 or 4 sheets, I have to cool it down with some water or the molten glass begins to stick. My sheets are about 2 sq, ft.
I've had a few wholesalers that want to sell my glass but than other studios would have it and the only way for someone to get my glass is to commission a window. And I'm old now and very selective about how I spend my time.
What is your power source? Heat source?
DeleteI melt and anneal electrically. I use electric resistance coils which are called elements. Each one of those Kokomo crucibles holds ~1,200 lbs of glass, mine holds 40.
DeleteVery cool video. Thanks for posting. Maybe look into making float glass. I remember a while ago where they were tearing down a glass factory. An old one. They got to the furnace and found there was a huge block of glass in it. Like 10 by 10 by 4 feet. Had slowly accumulated over the years.
ReplyDelete