Dad came and visited me and we went over to Corning Museum of Glass, which is about two hours from Oneonta. It's a fantastic museum with amazing glassblowing demos, a glass school attached, and an open studio where you can blow glass yourself for a fee. Corning is where most glass technology is developed including the glass for the iPhone screens. Dad and I each made a flower and an ornament with some assistance.
Then we waited a bit to make ornaments.
Making ornaments was a bit less interactive. Sure we blew them out and chose there color/style, but the shaping was done by the instructor. I cannot wait to take glass blowing at Hartwick.
Below is the final pieces. They had to be mailed because they need 24 hours in the annealer to cool slowly at an even rate. If the pieces cool too fast they build massive surface tension in the areas that cool faster and crack, or often explode. My blue and green flower reminds me of Monet's flowers.
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