Then, just the front half of the bubble was heated, and we inhaled through the pipe…or sucked… to invert that front half of the bowl.
This was expanded until the glass bubble was around 5 inches in diameter.
But, that’s exactly what they were…after gathering the glass and adding color, a bubble was introduced into the pipe. The second thing we did were called…suck bowls. We started out with a paperweight, just because it’s easy and we needed to get the feel for the glass back. All four people in the class were experienced, so the instructors allowed us a little more free rein…rolling the glass in color, and reheating, as well as working the glass. The results? The color spiraled around the glass! And when I made the pendants, the spiral appeared in the center, like a vortex! So, needless to say, I am exploring this technique!Īnyway, last week we had our blassblowing workshop. To try and smoot out things a bit, I rolled the hot glass rod with the color on it on the graphite block. I got thinking, “what if we put the color on the rod directly, cover with clear and then make the teardrop?” Well, somethng unexpected happened. We decided to try this with plain clear teardrops, with some added color.
There were three skills we decided we needed to work on making the pendant loops, attaching two rods together, and pulling ‘stringers’ of color. We have been practicing our lampwork with the borosolicate glass in preparation of another round of workshops in April. Chihuily Art Glass installation at the Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC This year, we are taking more glassblowing and borosilicate workshops, travelling to Chicago and potentially Vermont. Last year, we did some glassblowing and borosilicate lampwork workshops, as well as took a trip to Asheville, NC. We have decided that instead of exchanging things for the Holidays, we are going to exchange experiences.
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