Got to go glass blowing with my mother-in-law a couple weeks back! SO much fun! We had gotten a Groupon back in January and the company was willing to postpone the expiration date so I could get back in the same hemisphere to play with hot, molten glass. :)
So, glass blowing is WAY labor intensive. It took about 15 minutes to create a piece (we got to make 3 pieces each) and by the end of each piece, I was totally exhausted. Our instructor was so good and patient with us though. He would give us the rod with a blob of melted glass and we would mix it in broken bits of colored glass....
Melt the glass bits into the blob, spin it and then blow it....
For this piece (a bowl) I spun the glass after blowing it and then flipped it over to create waves in the rim.
The finished product....
Was such a fun experience and thankful for the opportunity.
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