Spectrum Black 1009

[Lou Ann]

I met a girl on Tuesday to pick up her Morton Safety Break and we got to talking and she asked me if I wanted her glass as well so I said sure...

Little did I know I was going to end up with over 5 lbs of Spectrum Black 1009. I bought the 1.5 lb (12x12) sheet I am still using over 3 yrs ago and still have at least a 1/4 of it left...

Previously I've used it as accent pieces -- teddy bear eyes and nose; dog nose, pansy centers... anyone have any good ideas on what to do with all of this? I have 2 sheets that are probably 12" x 18" and the rest is big scrap pieces...

thanks
Lou Ann

[Kev]

Looks fantastic as a border...it really sets of the center panel design.

[Rebecca]

It can look really dramatic in a lamp.  It makes the other glass pop.

Rebecca

[Tre V]

I've used it combined with opal glass in making frames for mirrors.

[Graham]

There's a lot of black things in this ol' world.
Think about them and make a list.
Then try to work some of those thoughts into your designs.
1) tires
2) asphalt
3) tiger stripes
4) zebra stripes
5) skunks (mostly)
6) railway engines..................................................... + whatever

[Lou Ann]

I've used it combined with opal glass in making frames for mirrors.

I thought about that -- I just bought an octagon piece of mirror... do you just frame the mirror or do you overlay something on the frame?

thanks everyone else for the ideas... I think I just went brain dead when I realized how much of it I ended up with...

Lou Ann

[Kev]

You could do either Lou Ann.

[Tre V]

Yup, you could do both. It was my second piece and I had no clue what I was doing. I just used the mirror piece like another piece of glass. I'd never heard of hinges, so it may fall apart at any moment, and you could use the solder for sandpaper it's so rough.
 

[Graham]

I've used it combined with opal glass in making frames for mirrors.

I thought about that -- I just bought an octagon piece of mirror... do you just frame the mirror or do you overlay something on the frame?

thanks everyone else for the ideas... I think I just went brain dead when I realized how much of it I ended up with...

Lou Ann

Overlaying totally avoids the rotting at the edges problem. That makes it preferable to me.

[Vic Rothman]

It looks cool with etching cream to give it a mat finish

[Lou Ann]

It looks cool with etching cream to give it a mat finish

Thanks Vic, I need to do a little research on etching cream... haven't tried that yet

Lou Ann

[BentPedals]

anyone have any good ideas on what to do with all of this?
I have 2 sheets that are probably 12" x 18" and the rest is big scrap pieces...

  Grin.  What's the rush with using it up all at once Lou Ann? 

Unlike chip dip, beer, and ice cream, glass won't go bad after sitting around unused
for a few years. 

Everytime you go to the glass shop, a deal pops up, or a sale takes place,
buy a few extra pieces of glass.  Sooner or later you'll build up your own private
supply of of glass you like. A rainy day comes along, you've got material on hand
to build a whimsical project on the spur of the moment, without having to go to the
bother of visiting your local glass shop.

Grin . . .  glass, like men, improves with age and idleness.  Ten years down the road
you'll find you have glass that's not made anymore. Almost a collectors item.

I think a lot of us have our own little supply of glass to draw from.  It's the
only way to fly . . . .

[Tre V]

Unlike chip dip, beer, and ice cream, glass won't go bad after sitting around unused
for a few years. 


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 beer and icecream go bad? ...

[Lou Ann]

  Grin.  What's the rush with using it up all at once Lou Ann? 

No rush, in over 3 years I haven't managed to use a fraction of what I got and was trying to get some ideas instead of the small accents I've always used it for

Unlike chip dip, beer, and ice cream, glass won't go bad after sitting around unused
for a few years. 

Everytime you go to the glass shop, a deal pops up, or a sale takes place,
buy a few extra pieces of glass.  Sooner or later you'll build up your own private
supply of of glass you like. A rainy day comes along, you've got material on hand
to build a whimsical project on the spur of the moment, without having to go to the
bother of visiting your local glass shop.

Grin . . .  glass, like men, improves with age and idleness.  Ten years down the road
you'll find you have glass that's not made anymore. Almost a collectors item.

I think a lot of us have our own little supply of glass to draw from.  It's the
only way to fly . . . .

Believe me I am already  practice that concept (hence how I ended up with the black to begin with)... I buy most of my glass because I like it; not because I need it... my shelves are so well stocked that if I plan accordingly, with the exception of a few colors that I use all the time, I probably have enough glass to last me until at least next year without buying any more new sheets which we all know isn't going to happen especially when DH is picking up some ring mottle for me in the morning...


Lou Ann

[Kev]

The addiction is strong why try to fight it...give in to the glass.

[Tre V]

Be the score, grasshopper.

[Lou Ann]

The addiction is strong why try to fight it...give in to the glass.

Believe me there is no fight in this girl... I have more glass, nuggets, bevels and other supplies than I will need for at least the very foreseeable future and no intention of not buying more as I see good deals...

[Kev]

LOL...you go girl!

[ct4mom]

Cant pass up a great deal you gotta have it.....

[Lou Ann]

Cant pass up a great deal you gotta have it.....

no hypnotism required here, just point me in the right direction and I'll buy it...