Blowing
Glass Floats
On Channel 2 morning news I
heard about glass blowing in the Taft part of Lincoln City.
Elaine and I went and I signed up to make a glass float. I
choose the colors and, put on gloves and glasses and blew away.
My teacher was Kelly Howard and
you can see her work and gallery at
http://iwww.kellyhowardglass.com/
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Setting out the colors
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Firing up the blass blob in the "Glory Hole"
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Mashing in the color granules
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Twisting the glass into swirls
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Nearly done
The end result, the next day. The glass ball stays in the kiln
for 10 hours.