After the demo was finished, she set us loose to play around and get familiar with the tools and equipment. While I was doing that I made a paperweight. Then she had me try blowing air into a project. I was doing great until I pinched off the air pocket in my project. So rather than scrap the whole thing she had me blow it as big as I could and then stick it back in the glory hole to shrink it back in on itself. So the picture below is the big bubble I blew.
Then I put it in the glory hole and it shrunk back in on itself and made lots of cool air bubbles.
Here is the finished product. I think it's pretty cool, even though it really isn't functional.
After all that messing around it was time to get down to business and start on my big project. So I picked out some colors and started to work on it. I gathered some glass then touched it in the color I was using for the piece (white, blue and green).
This is called blocking...it's where you use the wooden tools to center the glass on the pole.
This is just a random picture of me with some glass.
Here I am blowing the air into my vase. It was tricky to know how much to put in at a time. So thankfully the instructor was there to tell me when to stop.



4 comments:
That.is.awesome. !!!!!
I love that you couldn't sleep the night before... like a little kid before Christmas, or Pierce when it's snowing.
Your big project turned out great! I love it! If you can't find it one day, just come over and see it at my place! :)
Ok, that is amazing! I can't believe you did that. And your stuff looks so great. No amatuer looking stuff for your first time, you go straight for the goods. I really wouldn't expect anything less of you!
I can't wait to see your stuff in real life
That is so awesome Tracy! I meant to ask you about the class on Sunday. Looks like you are a pro at that too!!
Very cool, and amazing that you were able to do it all in one day, smart & talented girl!
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