Short History and Photo Exhibit of Glass-Making Process
at One Eared Cow Glass in Columbia, SC - Continued
- Page 2
This image shows hot glass being blown into a mold to create a desired pattern.
You can see the resulting shape caused by the mold. Another tool is being used for more shaping.
Lockart is blowing into the rod to expand the shape of the glass.
And, as always, more shaping with wet newspaper.
Here we see the piece after it has been swung like a pendulum to elongate the shape of the glass. A process very hard to capture with a camera.
Mark Woodham has gotten another piece of molten glass on another rod and it is being added to the end of the existing piece which Lockart is holding. During this process the artist who is making the piece has total control over the motions of the other artist and their piece of glass.
Moments later you can see the attached piece of glass. Notice how quickly the glass cools from red hot to near clear. But, make no mistake, you wouldn't want to come in contact with this "cooled" glass.
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