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5 Days Later—Still Blowing Glass & The Rains Came Pouring Down

Weather held for longer than expected, so made the most of it. 4-6 hours each day hauling around 2,200° balls of molten glass, 5-8 pounds flopping around on the end of a 5 foot long, 1/2 inch diameter molybdenum and stainless steel rod takes a lot out of you. By the time I was done... I was done. Not much energy left to sit down and post an entry.

Usually, Joy and I alternate the Gaffer and Assistant positions and that gives one time to rest, drink to maintain fluids and grab a snack between operations that

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Why I Like Working in Glass

I've worked in other mediums (media?) but have found a strange quirk in myself that is really irritating - I fiddle. Yes, I play the violin, but I also just keep nerdling on things forever. When I work in traditional oils, I would keep going in and redoing things until all I had was just a mess. When I started reverse painting on glass, I was not able to

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I Get To Blow Glass Today!! WooHooOOOoo!!!

I don't get to blow glass very often, so when I do, it's a real treat.

But wait, if I like it so much, why don't I do it more often? Well, if I ONLY blew glass, I'd do it every day (or most days...). BJ and I are very diversified though. Along with the glass, we paint, build sculptures (out of the glass we blow), build furniture, websites

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Three New Marbles

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This is a wonderful paperweight. It's 2 inches across and is really fun with the little bubbles inside. It was on ebay for just ridiculously inexpensive.

There is also this one which is very pretty with the deep gold and the ivory mixing

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Another Marble

This is a fantastic marble, and it was for sale on ebay.

It's been to cold to blow glass the past week. Our hotshop is in a covered surrounded deck, so it's mostly fine — protected from the rain, wind and can vent through a skylight when it gets too hot, but it doesn't protect enough

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Great Swirly Marble

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This small marble has some great stuff going on in it. I put on a general salmon color over the whole interior, but then I mixed on some deep ruby and let that swirl around the salmon. I then added small opal white frit over the ruby. While it was all hot and gooey, I grabbed sections

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