Glass blowing is something that has always fascinated me. Working and shaping hot molten glass . . . what’s not to love? I enjoyed living in Tacoma, Washington where there is a very large glassblowing community. My parents lived in the same apartment building as Dale Chihuly and his assistant. Now there is a wonderful museum of glass in Tacoma.
A glassblower at KOG was working on a bowl like the ones seen behind the IU awards on this table.
Projects for clients. The red one’s are awards for Indiana University and the bowls are what we saw being worked on in the blowing studio.
Blowing and shaping the bowl.
Shaping the foot
Tapping to remove the bowl
Smoothing out the pontil mark
Next up: sheet glass making