The Glass Arts
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This is an image I took from a glass blowing presentation at Wimberley Glassworks in Wimberley Texas. They were showing how they make pieces of their new collection called dragon scale vases.
While sharpening my pencils, a piece of blown glass appeared to be a good companion for a few shots.
San Diegan and Master Glass Blower Kathleen Mitchell savors the physical aspect of working and communing with molten glass, which she describes as challenging but earthy.
She currently produces her furnace work at her private studio at the Bread & Salt Center for the Arts in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. Kathleen is an instructor of both glassblowing and lamp working at her private studio.
San Diegan and Master Glass Blower Kathleen Mitchell savors the physical aspect of working and communing with molten glass, which she describes as challenging but earthy.
She currently produces her furnace work at her private studio at the Bread & Salt Center for the Arts in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. Kathleen is an instructor of both glassblowing and lamp working at her private studio.
I have had a few recent shots showing some of our glass birds made by the recently retired Tasmanian glass blowing artist, James Dodson. I thought I would feature them in a nice line-up.
From left to right, we have: - Galah, Eastern Rosella, Gang Gang Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet, Red Robin, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Crimson Rosella, Masked Owl, Azure Kingfisher, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow Throated Honeyeater, Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo, Fairy Penguin, Superb Fairy Wren and finally, the Australian Laughing Kookaburra.
They are pleased to meet you!
The little wren and robin were the two original ones we first bought, and as you can see, over the last 40 years that he has been making them, they gradually increased in size and colours featured. Our two most recent additions for us were the Azure Kingfisher and the Kookaburra. I just went online to see what else I could buy, but they are getting incredibly hard to find now. Very lucky to have this little mob!
(I am entering this image in a lot of bird groups, but if glass bird ornaments do not officially count as birds, I will fully understand if the group administrators don't wish to have the image in your group.)
Happy (Glass) Feathery Friday!
Lisbon is a great town for murals. This one is in Bairro Alto. Many more to come, from many parts of the city.
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(68/365) The final result of all the glassblowing effort is this colorful mug. It ended up a bit larger than intended, holding around 20 fl oz (see the next shot for how it holds a 12 oz beer). This is not precisely how I envisioned things when starting, but it is reasonably close, and I do like how it came out.
"I breathe new life into the old craft."
Built for Bio-Cup 2021 Round 1: Subtheme 3d Art
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And the last photo in the series, this shows the mug in use. This is a 12 oz bottle of beer, in its entirety. This will hold a lot of beer. Not a bad thing. NB, the beer is Alamo Pilsner, from the San Antonio Brewing Co. It is highly recommended.
When I go down the shore, I stay at a hotel about an hour inland from the beach. I know that sounds ridiculous (and it kind of is), but it has a lot to do with how expensive it is to stay close to shore, and the quality of the hotels slightly inland. But it's also because I like to go to a place called Wheaton Arts (formerly Wheaton Village). The hotel where I stay is on the grounds of Wheaton Arts. Wheaton Arts is a place that specializes in glass-making. It's in Millville, NJ which has a long history of glass-making. I believe Wheaton used to create bottles for....hmm, medicine? Not sure. But they were bottle makers. Eventually, this turned into art glass, and now glass-blowing. They make all kinds of really beautiful creations. AND you can watch them create them! In fact, you can even create one yourself. I've created my own paperweight. Here, you are looking at a glory hole (no jokes!) where they are keeping the rods hot. These rods are used to collect a "gather" of molten glass that will be blown into some kind of creation. I really liked the colors here. But I was having a heck of a time focusing on this! It's still a little soft, but I really love the colors in this shot. I don't even mind the soft focus. I kind of like it. I had the camera on a tripod, but I was kind of far away, and the light was not good. And holy cow was it hot in there! Used the zoom lens for these shots. But even with the tripod, there was some blur. Especially when I was trying to get close-ups of the glass and rod going into the glory hole. These were the best shots I got. I may or may not upload a few more.
On a completely different note, I have been working on a special project: MY OWN WEBSITE!!! I'm so excited! I'm stuck on a few things. But hopefully will get it all worked out soon. SO, if anyone has any advice on website creation, PLEASE SHARE!!! Send me a flickr mail. I am using zenfolio, and I like it. Also, if anyone looking at this has their own website, send me a link to it. I'd love to check it out! But I just might steal an idea or two! LOL Right now, I'm scoping out fonts people use for their headings and titles. I think I've chosen one. Now I just have to figure out how to make a jpg or png file out of them to use them. I'm not too good at this kind of thing. But I have to say, the site is LOOKING GOOD so far!!!! It's got a pretty slide-show on the front page. I will be sure to post a link to it on one of my uploads here when I'm ready to "go live"!!! Send me any and all advice you have! And send me links to your own websites!!!!
Taken in Millville, NJ at Wheaton Arts glass-blowing studio.
Click on the pic to see large and on black!
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Went to visit the glassblowing shop in Kjalarnes, the only one of its kind in Iceland I believe. I love watching glass blowers at work.
After all the color pieces have been added and the blob reheated, I used a huge tweezer to pull and twist the outer layer of glass into a series of streaks and swirls. Then the next step is to reheat and smooth things out. [more tomorrow]
These are the granules of colored glass used to create the various colors in the pieces. This red is one of the ones I used, the rest are for others' projects.
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Some men prefer their work to be somewhat different...
A Glassblower, Marcel Vlaminck
A HOT job!
He teaches his daughter, in making beauty from silica.
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