So today we went to Urban Glass in Brooklyn. I've been waiting a long time for this. First I want to say that we did not get to make any glass, BUT it was still amazing to watch! It looked like glowing honey.Our instuctor made a bead, later on we watched two artists making a bowl with a clear glass fish. It took a long long long long long time to make the bowl it was sort of purple and red and with the fish it was a work of art :)
This photo is the small ball of lava.
They have to keep twirling and blowing to keep it's shape. Then they keep reheating and shaping, and blowing. It is about an hour process.
This photo is of the finished bowl with the glass fish melted onto it. We couldn't get a good picture because they had to run off and put it into a 1000 degree oven to cool. THe fire they were working with was 4,700 degrees!!!! While we sat and watched our faces lit up and the fire made our cheeks red, like a sun burn. We wore protective glassses to protect our eyes. This was an amazing experience. I can't wait to make my very own!!!!!!!!!!!
5 comments:
That sounds really fun. Wish I could have been there.
P.S I just wanted to tell your doing a good job in German and to keep up the good work. Do not forget to get a notebook and write the words that I want you to memorize.
P.P.S Get plenty of books out at the libary.
Ihr deutscher Lehrer Melissa
Wow! Very descriptive blog today. It looks like you had a lot of fun at glassblowing.
Wow! I think that urban glass place sounds really cool, and you actually got to see this happen! Lucky!
Sky and Angel, It was really fun to see people make art. It's ordinary things like cups,bowls,perfume bottles and beads :) But they cost hunderds of dollars because of the time and skills it takes.
We saw glass making down in Williamsburg. It was lovely. Jo Ann
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