We fell in love with Kokomo Opalescent Glass (KOG) quite a while ago. With our passion for Steampunk, it is a perfect match- Art glass still made the Victorian Way. Achoo, Christmas and Dinner Time all had KOG inserts in some of the gears. Nan has custom cut circles that get switched in and out of googles, and we used it as inserts for our Steampunk Christmas Ornaments. When designing this piece, there was no doubt in either of our minds that KOG glass would look just as cool in Stainless Steel gears as it did in Wooden ones. We wanted to do something a bit different than just filling the “spoke holes” with glass, so Dave designed cutouts in two of the biggest gears- at the top and the bottom. This meant custom designing the molds as well, but finally the time arrived to pour the crescents.
First they have to warm up the pouring table:
Then, the pour itself:
KOG has also done a nice write up with photos that include the crescent after it cooled, where you can see the turquoise blue color.
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