It has been a blustery, snowy week here in Anchorage. I was gone for a few days to California for Mom's birthday and came back to more snow - no surprise there.
On Sunday afternoons the Alaska Glass Studio on King Street holds classes/demos in art- glass- blowing. Four of us went this afternoon to find out about this spectacular form of art.
The furnace is always "on", holding the molten glass ready for use by the
skilled artisans.
Color chips are added to the molten glass by rolling the glass through them,
on the metal table. They are then fused into the glass with a few more
seconds in the furnace.
We were just the source of air for the blowing portion of the creation of our ornaments today. And oh they were so beautiful when they were finished... They are now cooling slowly - so they don't crack- and we will pick them up tomorrow.
It is tomorrow now; all the ornaments have been given to their creators. Here is
my Blue Twist:
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