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Wood Mold for Glassblowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 3: Blowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 3: Blowing
After the mold has been sucking up water for at least a few hours, it's ready to use.
Blowing is done by collecting a few gathers of glass onto a blow pipe, blowing a bubble, necking in with the jacks, and then gently blowing into the mold while rotating.
The first few pieces wont be perfect, but as the mold burns in, any imperfections in the slats will burn away, it forms a layer of carbon, stops burning, and the rest of the
pieces will be relatively round.
Make sure the glassblower knows to TURN when blowing into a mold like this. If they don't turn, the glass will just bulge out between the slats.
When pulled out of the mold, the glass cools down a little bit and is knocked off into the annealing oven, where it slowly comes down to room temperature so it doesn't
crack. The pieces can usually be removed the next day, unless they're very thick. Giant glass telescope lenses, for example, can take a few years to cool down
completely.
The last steps are to fire crack the top off and then polish the rim.
Hot Glass Courses and Resources in the Bay Area:
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spunk says:
spunk says:
BTW
I think I would have been banned from school if I would have tried to wear open shoes while working at the oven... ; )
jessyratfink says:
What beautiful pictures - I've never seen a wood mold used like that before!! :)
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