Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Glasswork: using hot glass

A snowball, made by spinning the glass in a hoop on the floor, to get air into it, and then the glass was gathered up and rolled into a ball using kevlar gloves.



I then had a go at gathering glass from the furnace, and using the jacks to cut into the glass, to create a blob which would snap off neatly from the iron.


I then made an icicle, by pulling the blob out with tweezers, and then sticking the end back on itself. I then put one side of the tweezers into the loop and twisted the iron whilst pulling out with the tweezers to create a long icicle.


I then made some flowers, a bird (or attempted to make a bird) and another small animal which i'm not sure what it is. I experimented getting used to using the tools and using water to make a weak part of the glass that would break off to get the piece in the kiln.















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