The Next Chihuly . . maybe??

I've always wanted to take this glass blowing class and thanks to LivingSocial, they had an offer I couldn't refuse.  Of course, it was the HOTTEST summer day in Washington that the beginning class was scheduled. The ovens were 900+ degrees. Yikes, it was hot, hot, hot!

Piles of chipped glass, I chose blue!

Rolling the hot pipe into the chipped glass . . .

still rolling at a 45 degree angle, then the tip . . .

then placing and rolling the pipe in the oven . . .

using the cupping tool . . .

next, the giant tweezers . . .

notice Bubble's as my blowing helper . . .

 tweezering and Bub's blowing

ornament ball almost complete.

The teacher takes my ball off the pole and places in the cooling oven,.

Beautifully done!

It was sooooo much fun that my next piece of art will be a bigger challenge . . . so stay tuned.  Hmmm, maybe during the winter season.