TAG COLOUR RODS

TAG Blackjack rods #006, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Black Jack goes almost clear when hot, but self-strikes back through brown to near-black depending on how thick you use it. BlackJack likes an oxidizing flame, but does not reduce with grey streaks like most black boro colours. In the curls shown here, we had to get the glass right on top of the light to see the brown where it’s thinner. Black Jack is not suitable for thin stringer work where you want the stringers to look like a dense black, but it’s the perfect colour for very specific things, like sculpting without the greying.

TAG Blue Blizzard rods #013, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Blue Blizzard is transparent to semi-opaque cobalt shot through with flecks of white glass “snow” that we make especially for the Blizzard colours. The white bits remain distinct, even after working the piece, and rough rods smooth out nicely in the flame. Should be worked in a neutral or oxidizing atmosphere to prevent greying. Blue Blizzard most resembles the stone Lapis Lazuli or old-fashioned speckled enamel-on-metal camping dishes.

TAG Blue Slyme rods #062, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Blue Slyme is a variation on our popular Slyme green. It ranges from transparent where thin or heated more, to translucent with a milky strike where it’s worked cooler. But instead of an ectoplasmic green, this glass is a beautiful light-to-medium blue. Like other Slymes, this glass likes a soft flame, especially when starting cold. We prefer a bushy soft neutral flame with this colour. Generally speaking, if you get scuzz on the surface, turn down the oxygen and go a bit slower. If you are getting any greying, turn down the gas a little.

TAG Blue Stardust rods #031, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

This is a transparent aventurine sapphire blue with big, glittery dichro-like sparkles. Great for layering. The usual cautions against long, hot garaging technically apply since this is an aventurine colour, however it is stable in implosions, encasements, and virtually any application.

TAG Champagne Sparky rods #050, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Champagne Sparky is a smooth champagne rod with silvery sparkles, and may be worked from the rod without re-mixing. Great for layering when used thinner as it adds nice sparkle. Champagne will strike a tad bit darker in the kiln, an effect that is particularly noticeable when it’s used thicker.

TAG Dark Blue Slyme rods #063, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Dark Blue Slyme has everything you know and love about a Slyme: finished work can range from opaque to translucent to transparent in the same piece from the same rod of colour. You can bring out a milky strike that gives visual depth, and you can pull out rich colour where the strike is burned away.
Unlike the regular Slyme, the Dark Blue Slyme keeps more of its colour under clear encasement. But the biggest difference between the new Dark Blue Slyme and regular green Slyme is the flame - you will want to use a slightly reducing to neutral flame. Like most colours in the Slyme family, this glass is a little bit soft, meaning the COE is a little bit high, maybe a point, point and a half. This is the same as Slyme, Dense Slyme 3, Satin Slyme and Pink Slyme, and all the opaque candy colours, Pink Caddy, Wisteria and Kiwi.

TAG Dark Red (Black) rods #002, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Dark Red Elvis is very saturated, and is a great choice for a red in thin stringers and thin blown work. Dark Red Elvis self strikes as it cools but gets a little bit darker with kiln striking, or flame striking. It will flame strike in a neutral to oxidizing atmosphere, at a slightly lower temperature than most rubies.

TAG Double Mai Tai rods #039, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

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.

TAG Dwarf White rods #035, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Very smooth and creamy. Dwarf White is a bit translucent, and is perfect for those times when you don’t want much density – if you are making clouds or teeth, for example. Resists boil once brought up to temperature in the softer upper flame. Dwarf has a fine, smooth texture and is not sensitive to atmosphere, but many people like to use a lot of oxy with white boro to reduce the chance of boil.

TAG Europa Star rods #057, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Europa Star is a mix of Heavy Blue Stardust aventurine with reactive silver. This is the most dense out of the striking stardust formulas with both silver reactivity and sparkle saturation.

TAG Fade to Black rods #058, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Fade to Black is a unique striking colour that has the ability to flow through shades of black, blue, green, and white as the glass is flame struck. This is a refined version of our earlier experimental batches, and this recipe is the most colourful, stable and compatible yet.

TAG Green X rods #044, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Blue in the rod, Green X will come out of the kiln a dark, dense green. Green X is reactive and can strike with a milky bluish bloom. This bloom can be trapped under encasement. Not atmosphere dependent.

TAG Heavy Blue Leprechaun rods #030, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Heavy Blue Leprechaun uses a more stable aventurine technology produces very densely saturated aventurines with large, dichro-like sparkles. Not sensitive to flame atmosphere, but reduction should be avoided on any aventurines before implosion. Please limit long, hot garaging. This is also a good choice for mixing down with other colours to add rainbow sparkles, although it will leave traces of blue.

TAG Heavy Blue Stardust rods #032, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Transparent darker blue aventurine with big, glittery dichro-like sparkles. Great for layering or backing, also mixes down with other colours to add sparkle. Heavy Blue Stardust is darker blue sapphire with a higher density of sparkle, than the regular Blue Stardust. The usual cautions against long, hot garaging technically apply since this is an aventurine colour, however it is stable in implosions and encasements.

TAG Heavy XXenon rods #048, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Satiny shimmering sparkler that shifts greener in the kiln. Heavy XXenon is quite opaque with big, glittery dichro-like sparkles. Heavy Xxenon can bloom with a light blue haze, especially where encased, like our Green X. The usual cautions for an aventurine colour apply: limit long hot garaging and encase with care.

TAG Honey Badger rods #052, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

TAG’s Honey Badger is a nice, non-reactive transparent amber, perfect for honey bee themes. What You See Is What You Get kind of colour. Not atmosphere dependent but prefers to be worked in a cooler, softer flame. The high concentration of colourants in this glass can promote boiling if you work it too hot and too fast.

TAG Io rods #056, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Amber/purples, with flash! A mix of the stable Stardust aventurine with reactive silvered A/P: Io Star is medium saturation with a greener base. Io Star was cold worked and sculpted, quite successfully, by Etz (Merc’s Minions) during field testing. TAG-033-56

TAG Knight Rider rods #037, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Smoother than BlackJack, and much darker. You can pull it quite thin and still have a good, solid black stringer. Like most standard black boro glasses, Knight Rider is a dense black that likes an oxy environment, and can grey out a little with reduction. However, batches since 2012 have been more resistant to the graying that is inherent to blue-based blacks. 

TAG Mai Tai Pink rods #038, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

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. 

TAG Mega Mai Tai rods #040, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Unlike the Mai Tai Pink, the Mega Mai Tai gives massive colour in the flame, not the kiln. It also tends more toward purple and blue than pink. Strikes and reduces. It is a member of the Mai Tais amber/purple family, which tend to feature less amber and more pinks and purples. May also be kiln struck if you prefer. 

TAG Mighty Moss rods #041, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Mighty Moss features Paul’s newer aventurine technology, which has greatly improved the stability of glitter boro colours. This glass is a very densely saturated aventurine with large, dichro-like sparkles. Mighty Moss may be safely imploded into marbles, within reason, meaning you should limit the time you "garage" your work. Do not go above 1050 in the anneal cycle, and anneal as short a time as you can for the size of the piece. Not sensitive to flame atmosphere, but reduction should be avoided on aventurines before implosion. 

TAG Orange Elvis rods #051, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

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. 

TAG Parallax rods #069, Torchwork only, 33 coe.
Rods are approximately 508 mm (20") in length with approximately 12 - 14 rods per pound.

Priced per pound and sold in .25 lb. increments.

Parallax is a stunning magenta-purple with a powerful colour shift. Under natural and non fluorescent light Parallax is a smokey grey, but transitions to bright fuchsia when brought under a fluorescent light source. Unlike some other fluorescent light reactive colours out there, this shift is obvious and brilliant! 
Parallax is an easy working colour that is not reactive to flame atmosphere- artists enjoy how this colour behaves is the flame!