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TAG Borosilicate Glass


Trautman Art Glass is committed to making the highest quality product, by hand, and in small batches. We don’t want to be the biggest, just the best.

Immersed in both the arts and sciences, Paul worked with neon and played with the artistic side of lampworking, including the art of hand mixing colour. At one point in his career, he even made lab equipment, but Paul was thinking big. By the mid-1980’s, Paul Trautman had conceived, designed, and built the world’s first commercial operation to manufacture coloured borosilicate rod glass. Northstar Glassworks set the standard for modern boro colour production, and now several small companies are using Paul’s techniques to manufacture coloured glass. These companies also use recipes pioneered by Paul, which expanded the borosilicate glass palette from a few red and blue transparent colours into bright opaque jewel tones and highly reactive metallic colours that shift their hue depending on the atmosphere of the flame.

Paul sold Northstar in 2002, intending to return to art and his own lab, but the urge to mix colour (and requests from his fans) lured Paul back to manufacturing on a smaller scale. After perfecting his recipe for a self-striking ruby red—the now hugely popular Red Elvis—Paul started working on both a new palette and on improving some old favourites.

 

Mai Tai Pink 2Q Rod 250grms

Mai Tai Pink is colourless in the rod, but it changes dramatically in the kiln after being flame worked! Flame strikes to barely amber yellow, but it’s designed to change considerably during longer annealing at 1050. May be kilned repeatedly for more colour, or ramped up to 1150 to speed the strike. Can also be un-struck in the flame after the kiln cycle for interesting colour-fade effects. It is virtually impossible to over-strike this colour. Burn off haze for more pinks or leave the haze for more purple effects.

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Green XLT TAG Boro Glass

1 x full length of TAG Boro rod measuring 5-8mm dia x 510mm long

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Green XLT TAG Boro 125grm

A 125grm pack containing an average of 3 rods.
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Pink Proton TAG Boro Glass

1 x full length of TAG Boro rod measuring 5-8mm dia x 510mm long

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Pink Proton TAG Boro 125grm

A 125grm pack containing an average of 3 rods.
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Honey Badger 2nds 250grm

A 250grm pack.

What is Second Quality?
This glass came out with some flaws from the production process. Typically, this means a few inclusions in the rod or tube, and usually these can be picked out as you work the glass. Luckily for us we don’t have a lot of seconds, but they can be a great deal for the cost-conscious glass worker.
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Secret White TAG Boro Glass

1 x full length of TAG Boro rod measuring 5-8mm dia x 510mm long

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Secret White TAG 125grm

A 125grm pack containing an average of 3 rods.
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Secret White TAG Boro Glass 250grm

A 250grm pack containing an average of 6 rods.
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Double Mai Tai 2nd 250grm

Double Mai Tai is a member of the amber/purple family, but with less amber and more pinks and purples. It can gain more colour in the kiln, but it strikes well in the flame, with lots of pink - especially over a base of white. Double Mai Tai is hard to over-strike.
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Blue Stardust 2nds 250grm

This is a transparent aventurine sapphire blue with big, glittery dichro-like sparkles. Great for layering. In the images you can see a pair of marbles featuring the Blue Stardust over Pink Cadillac (033-018) and over Super Canary (033-022, temporarily out of production.) The usual cautions against long, hot garaging technically apply since this is an aventurine colour, however it is highly stable in implosions, encasements, and virtually any application.

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Light Red Elvis 2nds 250grms

A lighter and more transparent shade of our popular self-striking red.

What is Second Quality?
This glass came out with some flaws from the production process. Typically, this means a few inclusions in the rod or tube, and usually these can be picked out as you work the glass. Luckily for us we don’t have a lot of seconds, but they can be a great deal for the cost-conscious glass worker.
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Red Blizzard 2nds 250grm

Red Blizzard is a transparent to semi-opaque red glass shot through with flecks of white glass “snow” Rough rods that smooth out in the flame. Red Bliz should be worked in a neutral or oxidizing atmosphere to keep the white bits from boiling but its a pretty flame tolerant glass. The “snow” of the Blizzard line resembles stone or old-fashioned speckled enamel-on-metal dishes
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Orange Elvis 2nds 250grm

The Just as the name implies, Orange Elvis is a mix of the self-striking Red Elvis and the lightly reactive amber/purple type Yellow Elvis. This makes it an easy-strike colour that will flame strike a lighter reddish orange, or can be brought back to clear in the flame and then kiln strike for a darker reddish-orange look. Layer over clear to make a more true transparent orange. Oxy flames bring out brighter tones, reduction gives softer earthier colours due to the a/p component. In the images you can see the same pipe before and after kiln striking the Orange Elvis.

What is Second Quality?
This glass came out with some flaws from the production process. Typically, this means a few inclusions in the rod or tube, and usually these can be picked out as you work the glass. Luckily for us we don’t have a lot of seconds, but they can be a great deal for the cost-conscious glass worker.

 

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Dwarf White 2nd QLT 250grm

250grms is an average of 6 rods.

What is Second Quality?
This glass came out with some flaws from the production process. Typically, this means a few inclusions in the rod or tube, and usually these can be picked out as you work the glass. Luckily for us we don’t have a lot of seconds, but they can be a great deal for the cost-conscious glass worker.

 

 

 

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Green Stardust 2nd QLT 250grms

Transparent light green aventurine with big, glittery dichro-like sparkles. Great for layering sparkle over other colours, like amber/purples, without adding much hue. Green Stardust is a light leaf shade. The usual cautions against long, hot garaging technically apply since this is an aventurine colour, however it is highly stable in implosions.

A 250grm pack containing an average of 6 rods.

What is Second Quality?
This glass came out with some flaws from the production process. Typically, this means a few inclusions in the rod or tube, and usually these can be picked out as you work the glass. Luckily for us we don’t have a lot of seconds, but they can be a great deal for the cost-conscious glass worker.

 

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Atomic Stardust 2nd QLT 250grms

A 250grm pack containing an average of 6 rods.

What is Second Quality?
This glass came out with some flaws from the production process. Typically, this means a few inclusions in the rod or tube, and usually these can be picked out as you work the glass. Luckily for us we don’t have a lot of seconds, but they can be a great deal for the cost-conscious glass worker.
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Red Blizzard TAG Boro Glass

1 x Full Length of TAG Boro rod measuring 5-8mm dia x 510mm long.
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Red Blizzard TAG 125grm

A 125grm pack containing an average of 3 rods.

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Red Blizzard TAG Boro 250grm

Purple Lollypop TAG Boro Glass

1 x full length of TAG Boro rod measuring 5-8mm dia x 510mm long

Purple Lollypop TAG Boro 125grm

A 125grm pack containing an average of 3 rods.

Purple Lollypop TAG Boro 250grm

A 250grm pack containing an average of 6 rods.
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Atomic Stardust,Off-Colour Dark TAG Boro Glass

1 x full length of TAG Boro rod measuring 5-8mm dia x 510mm long

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Atomic Stardust, Off-Colour Dark TAG 125grm

A 125grm pack containing an average of 3 rods.