Happy Pride Day

Nathan Michaels - June 9, 2019, 6 a.m.

tags: bits blown solid pint-glass starfish

We got a late start today, since the annealer was off when the class ahead of us got in so they were still finishing up when we got in. Lucas helped catch for Caleb.

Glasses were blown.

opening a lip

Stemware was lost.

stem on a blown glass

Since it was the same day as the Pride parade, Lucas decided to make a rainbow.

rainbow prep

The thing with rainbowy stuff on it ended up...not getting used.

He also tried out a new block-and-blow technique, instead of using the marver to cool things when blowing.

Jen made an adorable little starfish.

starfish

It didn't exactly come out as planned.

I think this one broke.

Big flat bottom

It looked nice while it was being worked, though.

Here's a shot inside the annealer. You might be able to see broken bits of a paperweight from earlier in the day.

Annealer shot

Tags

class blown solid paperweight swedish-bowl pint-glass flower bowl vase bits cane mold pineapple-mold optic-mold grinding starfish wrap glass-camp