After purchasing a 1/2 priced glass blowing class via Groupon, Walter, Melinda and I met Cindy at Antonius Studio on Saturday, August 18. The studio had a special "artisit" look that some might not find appealing. I thought it was interesting! Some glass art, a hanging baby doll, an armored soldier, a broken glass pile and other "junk" strewn about the yard or hanging from trees.It was hot when we entered the studio. The owner,Tim, and his assistant Jordan, were working on a prototype for a large glass installation for the October Studio Art Tour in Prescott. Kind of looked similar to the Chihuly installation pieces. As a result of their working, we got about a 15 minute late start on the class which had us rushing at the end of the class. But it did give us a chance to watch them use the ovens and look at some of the work in the studio. This studio did look intimidating...
We were told we could make two pieces of glass; paperweight or flower. Cindy expressed her desire to blow a glass xmas ornament and they were fine with that. Jordan demonstrated the flower making technique and then Walter started us off. We got a fair amount of assistance on each project; some more than others. It did seem like one could get burned very easily so the assistance was probably warranted.
After they demonstrated a paperweight, Melinda took the chair. Only one person could work at time, but it wasn't boring watching someone else work. It really was a matter of safety. Hot glass and tools must make a nasty burn!
After two hours we were done and our works of art were in a kiln to slowly cool. I picked up the pieces on Monday and took them down to the Valley the ext weekend. All in all our pieces turned out pretty good....
1 comments:
Looks and sounds like it was a interesting time. You'll get to see a big Chihuly piece when you come east (at the casino).
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