2012 Glass Blowing Demonstration
by Albert Young of Michigan Hot Glass
- The grand finale!
- Necking the top
- Opening the goblet
- Necking the parison
- Jacking the first gather
- Taking a much needed break from the hot furnaces
- Question and answer time
- Truing the foot
- Adding detail
- Blowing the foot open
- Adding glass for the stem
- Adding a button for a stem
- Assistant blowing while Albert works the glass
- Transfer to kiln
- Warming for transfer
- Truing the edge
- Using tongs to pinch in details
- Blowing through a puffer to expand the glass
- Explaining the process and equipment uses