I live in a city that is know for glass blowing, and has a rather prominent museum dedicated to glass, glass making, and the history of glass throughout history. One of the best things you can see at this museum is people who work there blowing glass to make some amazing looking pieces. Just recently I took my daughter there, and we watched as they made some blown glass vases. It was very interesting to see how they were made, and how quickly they could blow and form an amazingly beautiful piece of glass art.
What is always surprising is how a small blob of colorless glass can be made into blown glass vases, and it does not take very long to do. It was less than twenty minutes when we were there. They started by super heating the glass and blowing out a very simple shape. They then used various tools to spin and shape the beginning of the vase. It was very interesting to watch, and you could tell that it does take years and years of practice to know just what you are doing and how to do it right each time.
There is a stick of glass that comes from the bottom of blown glass vases while they are being made. They stick out from where the bottom of the vases will eventually be. This is what they can use to spin and shape the glass vases and make them into the desire shape. Once they have finished the top part, they again use heat to remove the stick of glass from the bottom. The hot glass is then put on something flat and the bottom is shaped to be perfectly flat.
If you ever get the chance to see glass blown vases made, or any other type of glass art for that matter, I would recommend that you do so. It can be very hot in the areas where glass is made, but you will think it well worth it once you see what they can do with it.
You dont have to make your own blown glass vases to enjoy them, and you dont have to go to a glass maker to have some, but you can get some of the best pieces at such a place, and many will make one unique to your specifications when you visit. You will then have a vase that no one else in the world has. - 15252
What is always surprising is how a small blob of colorless glass can be made into blown glass vases, and it does not take very long to do. It was less than twenty minutes when we were there. They started by super heating the glass and blowing out a very simple shape. They then used various tools to spin and shape the beginning of the vase. It was very interesting to watch, and you could tell that it does take years and years of practice to know just what you are doing and how to do it right each time.
There is a stick of glass that comes from the bottom of blown glass vases while they are being made. They stick out from where the bottom of the vases will eventually be. This is what they can use to spin and shape the glass vases and make them into the desire shape. Once they have finished the top part, they again use heat to remove the stick of glass from the bottom. The hot glass is then put on something flat and the bottom is shaped to be perfectly flat.
If you ever get the chance to see glass blown vases made, or any other type of glass art for that matter, I would recommend that you do so. It can be very hot in the areas where glass is made, but you will think it well worth it once you see what they can do with it.
You dont have to make your own blown glass vases to enjoy them, and you dont have to go to a glass maker to have some, but you can get some of the best pieces at such a place, and many will make one unique to your specifications when you visit. You will then have a vase that no one else in the world has. - 15252
