Today I was able to receive my first pressing from one of my molds to help fund getting this studio put together Ik it’ll be a marathon not a 100 meter dash but this is a big step for me as of now.
Hey everyone,
I’m 17 years old, currently working as a cashier, and glass art is the only thing I’ve ever been truly passionate about. It's the only career I can see myself pursuing long-term. My ultimate goal is to launch a glass pressing business (heavily inspired by traditional factories like Boyd and Fenton).
Right now, my biggest bottleneck is the upfront capital for industrial machinery. Specifically, I need to raise funds to build a melting furnace and purchase a proper annealing kiln.
I’ve been researching Kickstarter as a way to get this off the ground, but I wanted to come to the actual community first. Have any of you successfully crowdfunded studio equipment? Is a pressing business a realistic pitch to the broader glass community, or should I be looking at alternative routes to get my foot in the door?
Appreciate any advice, realities, or insight you can share!
The other day I posted this gorilla asking if it would glow and today I received this…. Image 1 what I bought and image 2 is what I received.
To say the least the image was misleading.
Iv been trying to get into glassblowing/pressing over the past year and a half or so but I’m not really sure where to begin when it comes to building my furnace and a kiln when iv got limited funds available to start this whole project (been searching for jobs outside of glassblowing without any luck as a 17yr old), any help would be greatly appreciated this is truly the career I am dedicated to following.
I got these with my press, molds, and punty rods but am not sure what they were for besides maybe picking pieces up once out of the mold but the other one seems not to be finished or for another purpose???? They’ve got buttons on the bottom for opening the tops but obviously one doesn’t have anything to open, Any help would be appreciated!
I got this today and couldn’t find any examples online and I couldn’t find the maker either so any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!