

While we were in Lincoln City, Oregon, Steph arranged for us to learn how to blow glass at the Jennifer L. Sears Glass Studio.
I’ve been interested in learning more about glass blowing for years, so this was a chance to finally have some hands-on experience with the process.
We both made hanging glass floats, and had a great time learning how the basic process works.
Afterwards, I wrote the following story about the experience for our 3 1/2 year old granddaughter, Nakeya:
http://www.hackneystravel.com/writing/2007/glassballoon.pdf
For the details of how the process works, please read Blowing the Glass Balloon.
Some photos of Steph’s experience follow.
Steph’s gather of molten glass
Adding colors to the gather
Heating the gather in the Glory Hole furnace
Melting the colored glass in the Glory Hole furnace
Using wet cherry wood tools to form the work
Forming the initial air bubble
Blowing to form the float
Happy glass blower
Adding molten glass for the hanger
Finished hanging glass float
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