Saturday 14 May - Ian got an excellent voucher on Groupon whereby we could visit the Bristol Blue Glass factory and make our own blue glass ornament. We took advantage of having a car for the long weekend and made our way over to the factory. We watched and the glass blower adeptly heated the glass and spun it, blew it, and shaped it to make a beautiful pedestal bowl. Then we watched as another couple made their own bauble. It was mostly a lot of explanation about the process and then the participants blew into the tube while the professional glassblower spun it and shaped the glass. When it was out turn we learned that the tools and materials were too hot for us to handle on our own, which is just as well because it looks like it must take a lot of experience to get all the factors just right in order to shape a decent piece. Ian and I each took our turn to blow on a tube and inflate the glass bubble that would become our bauble. Then we watched as the glassblower added a hook to each and tucked them in the cooling oven for us to collect later.
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