Glass blowing photos (Dec 16, 2017)
Dec 17, 2017 16:27:56 GMT -8
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Post by GaliWalker on Dec 17, 2017 16:27:56 GMT -8
Not hiking related, but I thought some of you might find it interesting...
Our Office Christmas party was held at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. They had a glass blowing exhibit which was a lot of fun. Some photos:
The guy had dipped a still to be blown dollop of molten glass into a studded receptacle. That created some holes in the surface of the glass. On top of that more molten glass was slathered. The viscous fluid did not flow into the holes on the inner surface, leaving a lovely pattern of air pockets. This stage can be seen above. Next up was blowing the whole thing into a bowl shape.
Widening the mouth of the bowl
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Shaping the glass as his partner blows into the pipe from the other end
Shaping the mouth
Wrapping glass trim around the main bottle
Heating the end to dislodge the bottle from the pipe
Yeah!
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Our Office Christmas party was held at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. They had a glass blowing exhibit which was a lot of fun. Some photos:
The guy had dipped a still to be blown dollop of molten glass into a studded receptacle. That created some holes in the surface of the glass. On top of that more molten glass was slathered. The viscous fluid did not flow into the holes on the inner surface, leaving a lovely pattern of air pockets. This stage can be seen above. Next up was blowing the whole thing into a bowl shape.
Widening the mouth of the bowl
--
Shaping the glass as his partner blows into the pipe from the other end
Shaping the mouth
Wrapping glass trim around the main bottle
Heating the end to dislodge the bottle from the pipe
Yeah!
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