Very cool, Dave! I used to work with chemistry glassware; bending and joining tubes, and such. I sometimes blew up big glass bubbles just for grins. This looks much more satisfying.
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:09 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some history. > > Back in 1976 i visited some friends i met the year earlier from London > and went to Sweden and Denmark. While in Stockholm i found a park that > had a working glass blower and went in for a look see. I was > enthralled by the process and went back every day until i had to fly > home. I found, in 1981, a college night class for glass blowing and > took that. The years passed and it was always on the back of my mind > do do it again. I found a place in Elora Ont that does classes and > signed up for Sept 17-18 and had a ball. Saturday was watch how i do > this now you do it. Sunday was a quick refresher and what do you want > to make. The orange ball is supposed to be a pumpkin BTW > > My progression is charted below. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/29337878993/in/dateposted-public/ > From Sheridan College in Mississauga 1981 > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/29337878363/in/dateposted-public/ > From the Sat class > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/29850636562/in/dateposted-public/ > From the Sunday class. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
