#cadmium glass

[dozydawn]

Glass Bird Signed Ron Ray, Glows Under Blacklight.

#glass animals #cadmium glass

[lilibat]

Opera length necklace in Halloween colors made with vintage Czech and Swarovski, uranium glass, cadmium glass, jet, and purple velvet crystal.

#Halloween necklace #Swarovski #Cadmium glass #uranium glass #crystal

[faggotslime]

my current uranium glass collection

#personal #personal photography #uranium #uranium glass #cadmium #selenium #selenium glass #cadmium glass #fenton glass #fenton #collecter #vintage #antiques #antique #special interest #actually autistic #glass collection #glow aesthetic

[shadyufo]

Finally getting some decent rains here again so I took another quick stroll around the creek the other evening to see what washed up between floods. Found a ton more awesome fossils—bryzoans, brachiopods, and some nice crinoids—some neat bits of melted metal, and lots of pretty tumbled pottery and glass, including a pretty unique piece.

I always check glass I find under a black light to see if it is uranium glass which will glow bright yellow or green. I’ve found a few pieces over the years and it’s always exciting to find! I had a feeling that big yellow hunk of glass would glow but it didn’t glow the usual uranium glass color…

…it’s orange!

Turns out there are other kinds of vintage glassware that will glow under a black light—this is most likely cadmium glass but manganese glass and a few others will react to a black light as well. Pretty neat!

Here’s a piece of tumbled uranium glass next to it for comparison.

#fossils #uranium glass #cadmium glass #tumbled glass #vintage glass #vasoline glass #creek treasures

[uraniumglasspoisoning]

Couldn't find any uranium glass that I wanted to buy the other day but I did find this Fenton cadmium glass shoe 🧡❤️🧡 I love how it looks under the UV✨✨✨

#kisa's personal collection #cadmium glass #fenton glass #i did find a creamer with uranium glaze on it #but it was kind of plain :/ #same with the uranium glass cups that have been at replays the last 3 times ive been there #$20 for a single cup with no design or pattern :/ no thank you

[s4m1-lamby123]

I FINALLY BOUGHT SOME URANIUM GLASS PIECES

The orange and yellow glass is cadmium and the purple is selenium 🌞🕊

#uranium #uranium glass #collection #cadmium glass #selenium

[swords-and-chaos]

I got a black light and found a

cadmium secret!

#UV glass #Antiques #Cadmium glass

[whosayscrimedoesntpay]

((Time for another update!

Got these on Facebook marketplace and ebay!

This is way bigger than I expected, but I love it.

And cadmium glass! Some of them are clearly normal glass replacements but it's so fun?? And it pairs with the green one I have.))

#uranium glass #cadmium glass #((ooc))

[shiftythrifting]

I finally found them... The lead Garfield cups! Did not buy them because as tempting as it was, getting lead poisoning for the bit didn't seem like the best idea. Also found a very cute margarita glass and a whole bunch of TNG collectable plates. And finally the crown jewel, my fish box! Went in looking for a trinket box and he is everything I dreamed of im obsessed

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #garfield #star trek #collectable plates #lead cadmium etc #that's the margarita glass issued to every restaurant #alcohol mention #fish

[dozydawn]

Amberina Grape Goblet with Cadmium Glow

#amberina #cadmium glass #glassware #goblet #chalice

[kply-industries]

#animated gif #animated gifs #gif #gifs #old ads #old advertisements #retro #80's #vhs #glowing #drink #cadmium #cherenkov radiation #glasses #red #delicious

[ms-demeanor]

Oh for the record if you're starting to get into collecting uranium glass and you're going on etsy avoid the seller StoneVeinStudio. She's using an atypical wavelength blacklight to make other types of glass glow in photos so that it looks like uranium glass and has "uranium" in the title so it shows up in searches, but almost none of the stuff in her shop is actually uranium glass.

At least she's got the CYA "you acknowledge that this isn't actually a blacklight" checkbox, but this is something she could avoid if she stopped baiting uranium collectors and cluttering up the search results. But people don't search for manganese glass or cadmium glass or amberina as much so she puts "uranium" in the title.

Thanks! You've fucked the entire search!

[vanessagillings]

I love your art so much!!! I've also been starting to paint with gouache, and I'd love to know a little more about your process! What kind of paints do you use, do you sketch first or start with paint, do you paint in layers over several day or all at once?

Hi and thank you! I hope you don't mind me answering this publicly and apologies for length, but:

MY ART PROCESS!

Supplies: I use winsor and newton gouache and arches cold press paper blocks, usually 140 lbs (the lime green ones) and sometimes 300 lbs (the teal green ones). Even though this paper comes pre-stretched in blocks, I actually take the sheets off and stretch them myself because I've found arches' glue isn't as strong as it used to be. This is how you get watercolor paper to lay flat! I recommend youtubing some videos on how to do it -- there's a lot of great tutorials out there. Also, I use princeton brushes, and kraft paper tape and these boards to stretch my paper. (these aren't affiliate links, I just shop at blick)

A word about art supplies: these are the exact tools I use but everyone uses supplies differently and two people with the exact same supplies might get different results! A lot of it is about what works for you and what you like, so I always suggest that gouache/watercolor beginners just buy a few tubes from a couple of different paint companies and some small pieces of paper from different manufacturers to see what you like. Just changing one ingredient in the above has created massively different results for me, but maybe that'll end up being something you'd like! The first step in learning a new medium imo is to play. Just have fun!

ALSO: gouache isn't super light permanent, check your tubes for which ones hold up to sunlight. Here is winsor and newton's color chart explaining which ones will fade when exposed to sunlight -- all manufacturers will give you this. I only use the colors rated A and AA, and I still frame my pieces with UV glass just to be safe. Not all gouache is re-wettable, but winsor and newton is. I just put it in my palettes and refill my palettes if it runs low. AND SOME PAINT IS TOXIC. A lot of paints have cadmium and cobalt in them. I don't use any of the toxic colors, but if you do, make sure you don't eat while working and wash your hands thoroughly afterwards. This information is also usually available on manufacturer's websites. As more people are rejecting cadmium paint, you'll see more tubes labeled things like cadmium-free yellow. This is why. More artists should be aware that their tools can be dangerous. You don't need that many tubes of paint to begin, just a warm and cool red, warm and cool yellow, warm and cool blue, white and black. I have around 50 colors and use 20 regularly. I always mix all my colors myself, and never use straight tube paint. Most of my colors have about 5-6 different tube colors mixed together. If you use re-wettable paint a tube of paint will last you years; even as a professional I only buy new paints every 5 years or so.

Process: I ALWAYS start with a sketch first. Not everyone has to, but because I do illustration work -- where sometimes a client gets input on a drawing -- I always do a lot of preliminary work before I even begin to paint. At this point, even my personal work usually involves the exact same process:

I start with a 3" or so thumbnail that I scan (left; I traced it quickly digtally for clarity to myself here) and then either clean up digitally or print out and clean up traditionally with tracing paper (right):

Then I scan the cleaned sketch in and color rough it digitally (left, this was for a gallery show, so no one had to approve my color roughs, so it's messy!) then I transfer my sketch to my paper (with either carbon transfer paper or a light table), stretch my paper, and paint (right):

I obviously changed my mind about the color of the ribbon in the trees, ha, and made everything a lot more vibrant. The benefit again of gallery work is no pre-approval!

You are correct, I paint in a series of washes, going from lightest to darkest, where I apply the same color beneath all shapes that are the same warmth (cools under all upcoming cools, warms under all upcoming warms). I paint a piece usually in one or two days, depending on complexity. I didn't take pictures of the above painting, but here's a different painting to show you a little bit what I mean:

I painted the peach color under everything (and twice for skin tones), and the gray color of the sky under everything that would be grayish (the rocks, trees, her pants, her skirt, and coat). I do this to stop me from getting darker lines where two different colors butt up against each other, and also for color harmony. I have step by step photos of this in my process stories highlight on my instagram; also check my FAQ and tip highlights for more info on all this stuff. Most pieces take around 25-30 washes before I start adding in the details (sometimes I add in face details early though because if I mess those up it's not worth finishing the rest of the painting! 😅)

All this might seem like a lot of work (...it is) but I do it so that I can show clients previews of the final piece and so I don't have to repaint the finals. I also used to pre-test all of my washes on scrap paper like this:

I still recommend doing this if you're just beginning! But at this point I only do it when testing techniques because I know my paints really well. (the above was my test for the pine boughs in this piece)

Painting by far is the longest part of the process, so I do more work up front to not have to do it twice. Every piece takes about 6-24 hrs of actual work time to produce. Stretching watercolor paper takes about 24 hrs to dry, and because I sell most of my originals in galleries, they need to be flawless, so planning ahead is useful and in the end saves me time.

And to conclude this novel of an explanation, don't be overwhelmed by all the information I've given you! I put it here so that people at various stages of their artistic journey can maybe find something useful in it. But seriously, the first step to learning how to paint whether it's traditionally or digitally is just to have fun. Try it out, see what's working and what isn't, and then try to solve specific issues that you're struggling with. I've been doing this for a loooooong time at this point, but here's my first watercolor piece from when I was re-teaching myself how to paint traditionally nine years ago:

Obviously, I was destined for greatness. Ha, yeah, no. If you scroll back through my tumblr archive, you can see me learning how to use these paints in real time. And keep in mind that I'd been working digitally for years before then, and years before that where I didn't post my work online at all.

So for anyone who needs to hear it: there's no such thing as talent, just hard work, patience, and trying again and again and again...and sometimes again. What I do is a skill and anyone can learn it. Sometimes, progress is slow. I'm 38. I only really feel like my art was half-way decent starting a few years ago, but I've been making art my entire life, and I went to art school at 18. 20 years later I'm kind of figuring it out.

The best advice I can give, whether it's about art or not, is find the thing you love so much that you'll keep at it even when you suck at it, because most skills you'll suck at to begin with -- and perhaps for a long time. I sucked at art for yeeeaaaaarrrrs. On top of the usual learning curve, I struggled with fine motor control and dexterity. But I loved it so much I kept trying every time I failed. If I can do it, so can all of you, no matter what stage of art you're at now, and no matter how old you are.

Anyway, thank you to those still reading this deep in. I wish you all the best on your artistic journey. Art can kick your butt sometimes, but it's also pretty dang rewarding 💛

#art tips #process #art tutorial #asks

[uraniumglasspoisoning]

I've finally finished my display case! The first version of it, anyway. I decided I wanted 365nm UV lights and not the more standard 395-405nm, and I didn't want to spend $80+ on 365nm LED strip lights that had no reviews online, so I went with a pair of Sunlite bulbs with good reviews. The lights are good, but my cabinet is too tall for them, so the light is very weak on the bottom shelf.

Now to wait until my cat is distracted so I can open the cabinet to take detail shots without Soshimi climbing in....

#kisa's personal collection #uranium glass #vintage glassware #cadmium glass #custard glass #the clock in the bottom middle isnt radium btw its just a cool clock that fit the space for balance #not that you can see it in this picture but still #i should move something weaker into the top middle because the light is so strong there #but i like the balance of my current layout

[amygdalae]

btw the shrek drinking glasses i got from a family friend are 100% from the line that got recalled due to hazardous levels of cadmium in the paint lmao