#flameworking

Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2025-07-01

Friends, I'm excited to share that I'm now a vendor at the Las Cruces Farmers & Crafters Market, held in Downtown Las Cruces, every Saturday since 1971. I won't be there every Saturday, but a couple of times per month for sure. And I'll be doing other local markets. Stay tuned. I'll share my schedule monthly. #handmade #glass #hotglass #MastoArt #GlassArt #glassartist #lampwork #flameworking #torchwork #beads #glassbeads #studioglass #studioart #artyoucanwear #newmexico #newmexicoartist

Logo of the Las Cruces Farmers and Crafters Market in Las Cruces New Mexico, showing a red and yellow sun, a red chili pepper and a paint brush.
Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2025-06-29

It may not look very exciting if you're not a hot glass artist, but I'm pleased to have received many of my mandrels, presses, and other tools, with more still in transit. Also cleaning out a nasty little shack behind the house, which will soon be my studio space. I'll share a pic of that soon. With any luck, I'll be back on the torch next weekend! #handmade #MastoArt #glass #hotglass #GlassArt #GlassArtist #lampworking #torchwork #flameworking #studioglass #artyoucanwear #lascruces #newmexico

Image of a range of steel tools used in hot glass art (lampworking), set against a black tabletop background.
Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2025-03-28

I made these beads at the torch using transparent red and topaz glass, arranging the red beads to one side, and topaz to the other. The focal bead is red glass encased in clear, with fused gold mica on the surface. Handmade glass art from my studio.

It's here (copy & paste link): ko-fi.com/s/0e84bd8cdb

#artyoucanwear #artglass #athensohio #buyartfromartists #beads #christofmaupin #flameworking #GlassArt #glassartist #glassbeadsjewelry #glassbeads #hotglass #handmade #studioglass #MastoArt

Image of my handmade lampwork hot glass necklace in transparent red and topaz, with brass spacers and toggle, and a large focal bead at the center, enhanced with gold colored mica fused to the glass, held in my open palm, set against a light wood background.Image of my handmade lampwork hot glass necklace in transparent red and topaz, set against a light wood background.Close up image of the focal bead from my handmade lampwork hot glass necklace in transparent red and topaz, set against a light wood background.
2025-03-28

I made my Mirror World class some bling out of 6mm glass tubulation. We can all laugh and be shiny together now. I actually didn't make myself one though. I guess I can make it tomorrow. I bent it to my handwriting in cursive with a 6mm sharpie :) . lol happened to be an easy an fun 3 letter phrase that flows nicely.

I sure do love mirroring a bunch of little tubes simultaneously :)

I gotta get a few feet of bright colored silicone or latex tubing. They are meant to be necklaces. They may be fragile during hugs.

Its been nice to teach these classes with Kacie Lees in the evenings and decompress from the hectic week finishing up neon work things ahead of an upcoming midwest road trip! Class and show in Minneapolis and visiting artist 2 day at UW, Madison.

We mirrored so much. Its so fun seeing people get it- and run wild with it.

#glass #flameworking #silver #mirror #class #teaching #gifts #students #jewelry #brooklyn #minneapolis #nyc #Wisconsin #Madison #handmade #chemistry

me, wearing red and pink kitchen gloves, with a funnel, and all the fire polished lols attached end to end with latex tubing hanging down. bottles of chemicals and  messy dryer pan are on the table.shiny blinged out lols drying off on the new york times. Other shiny blobby glass objects and plastic things in the background.six lols against a black painted table, with their ends fire polishedThe long tube with all six lols in it... actually I think there was another tube of lols. Box of tissues and red stabilo 8008 pencil and white block on the non metallic table. Student in the background.
Having bit of trouble posting multiple images in one post...
But here's a collab i did with a japanese artist aquariust we spend alot of time and effort into this piece.
Hope you guys like it as much as we do

#glass #flameworking #420
Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2025-01-24

Here's a little something I made recently. A 19-inch long necklace of clear glass beads I rolled in colored enamels while white hot, then encased in more clear glass. It's in my Ko-fi shop, here: ko-fi.com/s/e53cc19c1d #handmade #MastoArt #hotglass #lampworking #flameworking #artyoucanwear #Studioglass #glassart #glassartist

Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2025-01-22

Good morning friends. It's difficult to say those words when we all know what we must stand and confront for the next 4 years, and possibly more. But I must go on making my art at the torch. Here's a piece with lots of little fish I sculpted in the flame. And here's a link to it in my Ko-fi shop. ko-fi.com/s/5d26437cf9#Handmad #MastoArt #glass #beads #jewelry #necklace #artyoucanwear #artglass #glassart #glassartist #flameworking #hotglass #tropicalfish #MakeArtUntilTheWorldBurns

Set against a dark blue background, a handmade lampwork glass bead necklace, featuring fish shaped beads sculpted in the torch flame, and textured beads in a wide range of colors.Set against a dark blue background, a handmade lampwork glass bead necklace, featuring fish shaped beads sculpted in the torch flame, and textured beads in a wide range of colors.
Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2024-08-15

Just a little something for a Thursday. A bracelet in opaque navy blue glass, with applied frit in pale blue, light green, cream, and pale pink. I'll have this and dozens of hot glass necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pendants, wine glass charms, loose beads, and more at the Alonzo Weed Festival in Amesville, this Saturday at 5 PM. #HandmadeGlass #hotglass #glassart #glassbeads #lampwork #flameworking #torchwork #handmade #artyoucanwear #madeinohio #Amesville #alonzoweedfestival #MastoArt

Image of a bracelet made from lampwork glass beads with added multi color frit and silver spacers.Image of a bracelet made from lampwork glass beads with added multi color frit and silver spacers.Poster advertising the Alonzo Weed Festival in Amesville OHIO, Saturday, August 17 at 5 PM.
Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2024-08-14

I haven't been posting much lately, as I've been busy in the studio with multiple works in progress. Here's a sneak peek at one of them. #glassart #flameworking #handmadebeads #HandmadeGlass #madeinohio #artyoucanwear #glassbeads #artyoucanwear #handmade #MastoArt

A handful of handmade lampwork glass beads with feathering and dot surface decorations, part of an ongoing project.
Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2024-08-07

Something recently completed in my shop. I've used 3 shades of green Murano glass to make these beads. If you like green, this is for you! etsy.com/listing/1773552489/ha #MastoArt #Handmade #glassart #glassartist #hotglass #HandmadeGlass #glassbeads #handmadebeads #artyoucanwear #lampwork #torchwork #flameworking #MadeInOhio

Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2024-08-01

Hi, everyone! I'll be set up not far from the corner of State and Main Streets in Amesville, for this year's Alonzo Weed Festival, Saturday, August 17, starting 5 PM, offering my hot glass creations. Hope to see you then. #glassart #glassartist #handmade #amesvilleoh #alonzoweedfestival #madeinohio #hotglass #lampwork #torchwork #flameworking #SEOhio #aryoucanwear #buylocal #shoplocal #hockinghills #athenscountyohio

Picture of the Amesville logo, featuring a raccoon reading a bookCollage image of my hot glass work, including torchwork and fused glass jewelry
Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2024-05-14

In the midst of packing and shipping my life off to Athens, Ohio, I found time to make a proper short video of this lampwork necklace I made a couple of weeks ago.

Despite having sold much of my inventory at recent shows, I have over 40 pieces in my Etsy shop, including this one (Link: etsy.com/listing/1712658082/ha ).

Once I get settled in mid-June, I'll be back on my torch.

#HotGlass #lampwork #Handmade #MastoArt
#torchwork #flamework #flameworking #artyoucanwear #PastPresentArts #ChristofMaupin

Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2023-12-31

Last post for '23, finished on the torch yesterday. 18.5 inch necklace, featuring 2 shades of transparent red, opaque charcoal, sandstone and brown, transparent amethyst and violet. I've sketched out many new works for next year. Enjoy the end of this trip around the sun. See you in '24. #hotglass #lampwork #flameworking #artyoucanwear #glass #beads #handmadeglass #handmadebeads #necklace #handmadejewelry #triparoundthesun #salemoregon #pnw etsy.com/listing/1646627481/ha

Christof Maupin, ArtistPastPresentArts@mastodon.art
2023-12-14

Well, I thought I was all done with markets this year, but here's one last show for those last minute shoppers. I'll be there Saturday only, 11-5, at 1105 Edgewater St NW in West Salem. Drop by if you're in the neighborhood. Definitely the last chance to find me in-person this year. #handmade #MastoArt #buyhandmade #buylocal #buylocalart #artisanmarket #lastminuteshopping #salemoregon #pnw #glass #hotglass #glassart #glassartist #studioglass #studioart #artyoucanwear #lampwork #flameworking
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Announcement that I'll be offering my work for the last time in-person this year this Saturday, December 16, from 11 AM to 5 PM, At The Corner Gallery in West Sale, Oregon.
rowan :nonbinary_flag:storybead@wandering.shop
2023-12-08

Well, the GIFTY craft fair was good last weekend, and now my Etsy shop is open again. I'm going on vacation in another week, though, so it will close after a week for the rest of the year. I have several fancy seashells, ornaments, and other knick knacks.

mapleseedcrafts.etsy.com/

#GlassArt #MyArt #Flameworking #Glass

Glass seashell with fantastical colors - creamy orange purple at the tip, deep green tendrils at the bottom, and an interior that is a creamy white showing some green from the exterior. The shell is about 6 inches long and sitting in a light box for photographing. Glass flamework and photography by me.
rowan :nonbinary_flag:storybead@wandering.shop
2023-10-22

My head is a busy place, but sitting at the torch, working glass is one of the ways I can get closest to meditation and losing myself in the flow. There's still always chatter, lines and sidelines and digressions of thought, but sometimes I can put those in a corner of my head. And then a quiet piece of art like this comes out. A seashell from one of my recent days in the studio.

#Glass #GlassArt #Flameworking #MyArt #MastoArt

Flamework glass seashell, approximately 4 inches long, with striped colors of orange, light lavender, and clear glass. Made by me.
2023-07-31

I had such a blast over the past few days working with Meryl Pataky to push her work further. Been meeting and visiting with many artists in the bay area that I have admired for years and was thrilled to have the opportunity to have an artist residency at BAGI to get Meryl into borosilicate glass and oven pumping.
We gave a public presentation artist talks on Friday and are wrapping things up over the next few days.
#bayarea #glass #sculpture #neon #flameworking #Art #california #neon #residency

Meryl's Getty neon conservation talk format- way cool styling!A system of loose evolving patterns we used for Meryl to describe how she wanted me to bend and change her borosilicate candleholder.Meryl working on adding side tubulation candleholders with a hand torch.Erin Hoffman and Meryl at her studio in San Francisco. Erin in the left and Meryl on the right.
2023-06-08

As the studio was closing down I was able to carry out plans to sneak these pieces into the big kiln and move the manifold over for a proper bakeout. Excited to get these #borosilicate #neon pieces filled. Some #experimental #workinprogress indeed. Studio is closed today #badair, but we should be filling tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

#krypton #argon #sculpture #light #mirror #scientific #urbanglass #nyc #brooklyn #art #glass #annealer #highvacuum #bakeout #flameworking #onwheels #commission

both doors open- I used some of the furniture available and raised the surface of the kiln to shorten all the tubulationsOne door closed and a green viton hose leak checking the big purple tube- its rate of rise test looked pretty goodEmily and I capture the moment of rolling the manifold table down the hall to the hotshop- a dream come true!view with the doors closed and manifold ready. Gotta attach mercury traps tomorrow before vacuuming it all out.

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