Glass Blowing

I've been taking an 8 week glass blowing class at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, one of the best places in this country to learn. I plan on taking hot glass 2 and hot glass 3. After taking hot glass 2 I can apply to be a TA. I'm debating the time commitment  but it would be a good way to keep myself around hot glass a little less expensively. Why do I always like doing things that are expensive? In any case, here are some pictures.

A Tale of 2 Plates

I've been spending my time lately learning to blow glass. So i haven't taken as much time doing my fused pieces. Here are two pieces I've done recently. The first one I made was the red and white plate. The inspiration for this piece came from leftover pieces from my curling house bowl projects. I ended up with extra pieces of red that were cut into quarter circles. I thought it would look cool to make a piece where it looked like the pieces where spun around each other. It came out about how I would have liked, however I need to use a lighter red next time around. I'm not completely happy with the amount of light that comes through. I would like the red to be brighter with the white background.

The blue piece came from a picture I saw where someone used pattern bars to make a line down the plate. I tried to do that here with just a couple different types of glass. I plan on delving into pattern bars myself in 2013. I look forward to messing around with that. I have to get some equipment first. Dams, and a wet tile saw.

Until next time...