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"Mike's" Sitting Float

Photo shows colors in the "optic mold" pattern.

Mike ran a honey shop a ways down the coast from us, and badly wanted some Orange Floats to give to his daughter.  Bob put together the brightest oranges - both transparent and opaque - that were available, and Mike's mix has been one of our standards ever since.

Hand-made by glass artist Bob Meyer of Seal Rock, OR

Float Color Patterns: "Swirled"

The "swirled" pattern is acheived by making small swirls or twists in the glass with a hand tool like the shears.  It creates a nicely random movement of the colors.  Multiple examples are shown below to illustrate not only the effect, but also how varied it can be.

Float Color Patterns: "Swirled after Spiraled"

The "swirled after spiraled" pattern, then, is acheived by twisting the entire piece of glass on the pipe to create a spiral through it's entire length.  Once accomplished, small spirals are made with the shears, resulting in a random movement of lines of color.  Multiple examples are shown below to illustrate not only the effect, but also how varied it can be.

Float Color Patterns: "Optic Mold"

The "optic mold" pattern is acheived by placing the glass briefly into a cast-aluminum, finned "optic mold".  The use of the mold typically results in darker lines of color running through the piece, as well as some varied movement of the color between those lines.  Multiple examples are shown below to illustrate not only the effect, but also how varied it can be.

Float Color Patterns: "Optic Mold after Spiraled"

The "optic mold after spiraled" pattern, then, is acheived by twisting the entire piece of glass on the pipe to create a spiral through it's entire length.  Once accomplished, the glass is placed into the optic mold, creating a repeating, symmetrical, scalloped sort of movement in the colors.  Multiple examples are shown below to illustrate not only the effect, but also how varied it can be.

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