Sunday, May 16, 2010

BLOWING my own glass globe


this was an awesome expereience: lisa, her son scott and his girl friend laura and i headed to racine, wi. we each paid $35 for personalized instruction as we got to create a lovely glass piece of our choice. some made paper weights, some globes of designs/colors of our choice. i choice opaque violet and transparent blue. i started with a glob of clear glass, then rolled my piece periodically in glass chips to get the effect i wanted. i used a large needle nose pliers to make four swirles.

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