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Here we are enjoying stories about our adventures
into the glass world.
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Our demo started off with Kerry showing us
an "imploded" or "inside out" bead. She starts
off heating up a clear rod
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Next Kerry begins winding a disc onto the
mandrel. You'll notice Kerry is using a hot head torch.
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Straightening the edges of the disc with mashers.
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Kerry now adds dots of colour to one side
only of the disc.
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More Dots
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Using alternating colours
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Once all the dots are added, start heating
the disc.
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You will notice the disc is starting to form
a ball, surrounding the coloured dots.
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Eventually a round bead is formed, the clear
enveloping the coloured dots.
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After adding a wind of colour to one end of
the bead, you have the finished product - beautiful! Thanks Kerry,
good job!!
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Next, Joanne was testing a new tube of glass.
She heated one end until she had a gather. Here you see her blowing
into the tube, to expand the gather.
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After applying some coloured dots, Joanne
punties up to one end,
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heats the ball , and gently starts to
pull
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Joanne melts off the original tube and works
the opening into a smooth hole.
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After adding handles and removing the punty,
you have a really nice vessel. Sorry, no picture of the finished
product but you can be assured Joanne did a great job, as always.
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