Friday, June 29, 2012

Marshall Ketchum, the Club’s webmaster is working on and testing the software that will allow registration on the Club’s website for this year’s Symposium. He asks prior participants to send in and share pictures they’ve taken at prior Symposiums to supplement the site.

Alan

I am working on a section of the website that is devoted to the Symposium. I could use any photos that your readers might like to submit that show Symposium activities particularly for 2009, 2010 and 2011. They can send them to mdketchum@yahoo.com.

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Today we’ll begin to layout the beginning of a number of responses about spraying a foam solution to encase glass or other solutions for a major glass move.

First from Charles Sweigart of Reinholds, Pennsylvania

Foam will work well if the object is wrapped completely with a thick layer of paper and bubble wrap [not for breakage but to facilitate foam removal].

The cost of foam is a drawback, as when sold it is in a can which can only be used once as the unused portion solidifies in the application tube. $4 –$10 per can.

Commercial kits cost about $600 and will fill about 48 cubic feet. That equates to around $12 per 12” cube box. That explains why no shipping company uses it commercially.

Also foam can be very messy and hard to control over spray. It sticks like superglue to everything. The expansion created might cause extremely delicate items to compress too much.

All this shipping talk opens up a new question.

How did Fredrick Carder pack glass when it was shipped during his day?

Any ideas?

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Next, from Beth Shaut at the Carder Steuben Glass Shop in Corning.

Years ago Mr. Rockwell sold reproduction Remington statues. The statues were wrapped in a plastic wrap and put into boxes to fit with the foam surrounding on the bottom and all sides then a plastic wrap put onto to make a cover with the foam on top. It worked well for that as none of the statues were damaged and we were able to repack them when they sold for safe travel to their new homes. I really don’t know how well that would work for glass though. Beth

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2012 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 20-22, 2012.