Field Trip: Glass Blowing Studio
Tue, June 19, 2012 at 12:00PM 
reheating while working the glass
blowing into the glass
lots and lots of serious tools
xmas ornaments
a flame torch is involved
a finished piece in the gallery
We took the girls to a glass-blowing studio and got to watch artists in action. The furnace on the left {at 2000 degrees, the cooler of two} is for reheating the glass as it is being sculpted. The furnace on the far right is never turned off and holds all of the clear raw glass. The guys start at 5am to beat the heat and they were kind enough to answer a bunch of questions. One of the artists had been a painter and then did ceramics before moving to glass. He said that sculpting glass is a total rush. The heat in the studio was amazing, and temps outdoors were only 85F. The handmade kaleidoscopes in the gallery were amazing!
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Oh my gosh wow! That is seriously cool!!
Saw a glass blowing studio in action when I visited New Zealand - seriously one of the most awesome things I've ever seen! You're so lucky to have one close by - jealous! :)
If you are ever up near Corning Glass Museum- go and do a make and take!!! You'll love it.
Do you have studios that you can do flamework at and make your own beads? My boys and husband made me beads for mothers day this year.
Glass blowing is so amazing to watch. We had a glass studio at the college I attended. I never wanted them to explain it to me, just to watch and be amazed. It seemed like having a magician explain his tricks!
I love watching glass blowing in progress...what an amazing process!