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Show and tell - Mdina Tricorn bottle
chopin-liszt:
;D 8) ;D They do "match" and look absolutely stunning together. Better than my 5-cylinder line-up sculpture... :P
glassobsessed:
Not the simplest items to photograph, being dark they reflect any light source like a mirror, I tried to back light them to get some light passing through and all I got were silhouettes.
They look to be made from a layer of amethyst with bubbles and presumably silver chloride worked in, then all covered with a much thicker layer of clear.
chopin-liszt:
:) I've been trying to work out what is going on in my "new" tricorn, which is also rather thick glass with loads of layers. I have concluded that silver chloride must have been added to two layers, not just one. When I can get it strongly back-lit, I get lovely greens appearing from bits of clear amber layers over the deep teal.
Some pieces of glass are just not amenable to 2D images. It's very frustrating!
The inspiration for Aurene may have started directly in your pieces here, John. And like you, I prefer yours. ;D
glassobsessed:
Yes there is more than a hint of Aurene about them, you see it too.
The other short Tricorn in my first post has similar layers to yours by the sound of it, here it is backlit and the green streaks show up but there are also purple spots in there that don't.
chopin-liszt:
Does that one have slightly concave surfaces where it has been marvered? My "new" one does, which makes me strongly suspect there might be some cooling and shrinkage of the air inside happening when the metal is in contact with the marver, meaning the object might require a tiny puff of air to expand it fully again.
I hadn't thought of that before, but it does make sense, to me. ;D
The pale tricorn I showed here does not have concave sides - and there is very little evidence left of the marver rings. It has definitely been puffed after flattening. ;D
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