On Friday Deedee, Brecken and I went to Wildfire Glass Studio in Bothell for a drop-in session. The photo above shows us in the shop and also a few of our final pieces. First we decided on a project and picked out our favorite glass colors. While in the studio we had to wear protective eye wear (notice the chemistry lab glasses in the photos below). Somehow the sunglasses that the artist wore counted as safety gear...It was amazing to see the flames leaping from the vat of molten glass, it felt a little bit like "fire & brimstone". When turning the rod and melting the glass in the oven, the heat from the fire was so hot it felt like my arm hair was going to start burning- luckily it didn't. Blowing the glass was fun, and it was cool to see the bubble grow into an ornament as you blew into it. We had a great time participating in the glass blowing process, we'll definitely go back and do it again.
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