Diary of a Demented Store Owner

Monday, 19 September 2011

Uroboros Heads and Tails

All the wonderful folks at Uroboros (and Kat) have heard about the great success of the Heads and Tails we brought in a couple of months ago. 
But, we still gets lot of puzzled looks as what can be done with them. 
The most obvious is to use it as you would any art glass, but with these pieces having the most interesting colour mix. 
We've also heard about how some are using the rolled edges for the open end on a candle chimney or box lid. 
Theresa (one of our instructors) has brought in some stuff she's made with her own unique take on these heads and tails.







To sweeten the pot and get some creative and competitive juices flowing Uroboros is sending some aprons, and t-shirts for us to give out to those who inspire us the most.
Bring in what you've made or send us a pic- you could be the talk of the town with your Uroboros branded swag!

(Uroboros apron not even close to this depiction)
On another note, we have a group from a charitable organization that make fused jewelry, Xmas Tree ornaments, garden stakes, business card holders, etc (many samples around the store) who have had great success using the ends and capping them with Spectrum Sys96 Clear (smaller pieces).

While we can't vouch for the 'correctness' of doing this, Uroboros does make Sys96 glass, and we might assume that their non-fusible art glass would at times have a c.o.e. close to 96?

1 comment:

Doris said...

thank god. I thought I was the only person who didn't know what to do with these!