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Lauscha Styx Back in Stock and Available at www.firelady.com

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:23:52 -0500

Ah yes, it seems like only yesterday (it was!) when the FedEx truck pulled out of the driveway, leaving my beloved batch of Lauscha Styx there on the front porch.

And so, they’ve been unwrapped, fussed over, inventoried, and are available at www.firelady.com under Glass Rods/Lauscha.

By the way, this photo is taken with them in transmitted light. In reflected light they look like a shiny clear with a reflective coating. Just FYI.

I’ll be bringing them up to the International Flameworking Conference next week.

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New Batch of Lauscha Styx en Route from Coatings by Sandberg.

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:50:59 -0500

It’s true! They’ve shipped! And not a moment too soon. I confess that we’ve been out of Lauscha Styx since before Christmas. It took us it seemed like forever to get our clear rods from Germany, and then we did our Miami magic in the kiln, and got them out to California for coating.

They’ve already been shipped back to Miami and we are anxiously awaiting their arrival. We’ve got both the wide and the narrow Styx in this batch.

These Styx are the perfect solution for your dichroic needs. Due to their design they resist scumming, are quick and easy to apply, and save you a step because they are already encased. With the best dichro coating and a legendary clear, you can’t miss!!!

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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:46:45 -0500

I discovered this video this morning on YouTube, posted by my friend Lothar Birth, who happens to be the local tour guide we use in Lauscha for private tours.

It really gives you a nice taste of Lauscha. And while it IS in German, it doesn’t seem to matter!

This 5 minute video features Thomas Müller-Litz, one of my video artists, as well as Michael Haberland, who’s Christmas ornaments I import. (Watch for Michael’s DVD later this year!)

It might make you want to come to Lauscha with us this summer. DO come! It’s such fun!

See an excerpt from Thomas’s DVD, “Master of Montage”.
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Watch Michael Haberland Making a Christmas Ornament
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New Podcast: “Paul Stankard: My Life So Far”

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:14:21 -0500

Paul Stankard's contribution's in glass span more than four decades. You'll enjoy this candid and revealing interview with one of the world's foremost and well-loved paperweight makers. FInd out about his thoughtful and provocative book, "No Green Berries or Leaves", and see what's happening at his alma mater, Salem Community College. Their new Glass Center fuels it's furnaces using methane from a nearby landfill while turning extra gas into electricity. An ambitious undertaking! (Recorded at the 9th International Flameworking Conference.)

Turtle Button Tutorial with Pati Walton

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:26:53 -0500

You know, I try to have a “Try Before You Buy” movie snippet available for most of my DVD’s. They are typically full tutorials in their own right, and we offer them free. They’re fun, and I love giving people something for nothing.

Well, all of a sudden I noticed that there wasn’t a tut next to the www.firelady.com listing for “The Aquarium Bead”. To think I’ve had the Turtle Button tut up on www.fireladyproductions.com all this time, but not linked to the DVD where people could find it easily....

It’s really about Safari, which is my principal browser. It does a lot, but won’t let me edit html code on my website. So I have to go into Firefox, which is not my favorite, and do it there and it’s kind of a pain.....

Anyway, as soon as I realized that Pati was tut-less, I remedied the situation, and now it’s much easier to find her Turtle Button Tut right in the DVD section at www.firelady.com. Forgive me Pati!

Shane Fero Article in Profitable Glass Quarterly

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:22:31 -0500

Profitable Glass Quarterly Spring, 2010, has just been published and is being mailed out even as we speak. I was so happy to see the lovely layout of our print version of Shane Fero’s Glasscaster podcast. It’s on page 26-27.

Eventually there will also be an online version, and I’ll keep you posted when that goes live.

Meanwhile, if you want to learn more about Shane’s work, we’ve got a Free Video excerpt from his “Fire in Flight” DVD. It’s got a nice intro from Paul Stankard, and then a quick tutorial on pulling points from tubing.

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Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:08:01 -0500

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