![]() ![]() Make sure you are shopping in a craft and hobby or art specific store. ![]() Diamond Tech has a whole section of their website devoted to KraftyBlok projects in the Creative Corner and their creative team is always working on new project to add. You will find that many manufacturers only offer a few ideas on how to craft with glass blocks. Check out the manufacture’s website for project ideas.Who wants to clean before you craft, I sure don’t! Other blocks have labels that require soaking, scraping and scrubbing. KraftyBloks have easy to peel labels which are especially convenient if you like to start your project immediately. If you can easily peel up the corner, then you are looking at the Original KraftyBlok, if you tear the corner, oops walk away and pretend it never happened. Peel the corner of the label on the glass block up.There really isn’t much you can do with a glass block if you are missing a hole. Other glass blocks are not drilled, which means you need to be equipped with glass drilling tools and a ton of patience to add lights or images to the interior. Look for a glass blocks with a pre-drilled hole. The Original KraftyBlok has a pre-drilled hole.The others have a rippled, bumpy surface – just like the industrial building blocks look, this is only a great quality when you need to distort something or if you are going for the ice cube look, if you want craft a vase, frame, shadowbox, mosaic, or even adhere anything to your glass block without it looking distorted or bumpy. Look for the glass blocks with a smooth surface to get the most use out of your block. The Original KraftyBlok has a smooth, flat surface.Here are a few tips to help you sort out the glass blocks that are far off from being craft quality and choose the glass block that is right for you – aka The Original KraftyBlok. I know that nowadays there are a few choices when it comes to picking out a glass crafting block, however, most of them are exactly the same and not very far off from the thick and heavy industrial glass building blocks – sure they are great for building structures, but let’s get real here, most of us aren’t building walls and windows with our glass blocks are we! ![]()
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