Today I made snow flakes out of rods of Pyrex glass! A flame torch mixing gas and oxygen, glass cutters and a pair of safety glass. Yikes - was I scared, but I did okay despite a few 2nd degree burns on my fingertips from not waiting long enough before picking up my works of art.
The process involves fusing rods of glass together under extremely hot temperature until it is glowing white. Then you let it cool and move onto the next point to fuse. Not so hard to build a star shape out of glass rods - except before I knew it five hours had gone by. In seven hours I made two.
The instructor is my friend Ashley, a glass artist who teaches at UrbanGlass on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn. I think I've found a new addiction.
The process involves fusing rods of glass together under extremely hot temperature until it is glowing white. Then you let it cool and move onto the next point to fuse. Not so hard to build a star shape out of glass rods - except before I knew it five hours had gone by. In seven hours I made two.
The instructor is my friend Ashley, a glass artist who teaches at UrbanGlass on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn. I think I've found a new addiction.
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