Trying to make customer wine glasses

[mk2davis]

I’m a newbie with absolutely zero experience, and only the slightest bit of knowledge.

I’m trying to make about 100 custom wine glasses out of a mold.  It seems like cast fuzed glass is the way to go, and it sounds like the molds should either be clay or plaster.  Can someone verify this for me, and suggest where to take the molds once I’m done.  I just want to make sure I’m looking in the right direction before I start my journey.

Thanks for your help!

[Stephen Richard]

Save yourself a lot of time and trouble.  Get them blown.  You could do tiny roll-ups if you want multicoloured.

Stephen Richard

blogs at: http://www.verrier-glass.blogspot.com/   and  http://www.glasstips.blogspot.com/

[Anonymous]

What Stephen said.  Casting is hard to do well.  A wine glass is a difficult shape to cast.  If you want them to be shiny, you’ll spend the rest of your life cold-working them.

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Paul
FusedGlass.Org
Helios Kiln Glass Studio
PaulTarlow.com

 

[mk2davis]

Can I have them blown into a mold?  The shape of the glass needs to be very precise.

[Stephen Richard]

Sounds to me like you want an industrial process rather than a craft one.  Experienced glass blowers can be very precise, but not perfectly identical.

Stephen Richard

blogs at: http://www.verrier-glass.blogspot.com/   and  http://www.glasstips.blogspot.com/

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