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Pittsburgh Glass Center
In January and February of 2003 I took a flameworking course from the the
Pittsburgh Glass Center.
I had a lot of fun in the class - and only one minor burn! :) Here's a gallery
of many of the pieces I made during the class.
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Gallery
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Paul and I attended the Valentine's Day party at the Glass Center and
got some photos of an artist doing a Flameworking demo.
The torch we used for working with Moretti glass
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Demo of making a bead.
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In this demo, a glass bead is being made. The artist melts glass
rods in the flame and shapes the molten glass over a steel mandrel.
When the bead is finished, it will be placed in the kiln that you
see in the background. The kiln will keep the bead hot (about 940
degress Fahrenheit) to anneal it. Then the temperature will be
brought down slowly until the bead is cool. This prevents cracks
in the bead due to stress as the bead cools.
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of Jeanie Komarek unless otherwise noted. If you would
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Composed by Jeanie Komarek
jeanie.komarek@gmail.com
Last modified: Sat Mar 22 17:55:04 EST 2003
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