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Glass at the daikon radish farm

PaGlenn

PaGlenn

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Location
New Milford Penna
Asked by a few to post some glass from the radish farm. Right now it is sculptured glass since I don't have a helper to do blown vessels. Ring holders, flowers and ashtrays are the output for now. Jeff the owner of the glassworks (New Fislerville Glass Works) is a glassblower in his own right. He is a retired teacher and has blown glass at Wheaton Village in Millville NJ. He just retired after twenty years going around with a portable glassoven to do fairs. The glassworks is located in Clayton NJ. Jeff is the guy with the beard next to Kobota tractor. Iam pictured making a flower.
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Just for giggles. Do you ever make any Prince Rupert drops? Those things will actually take getting hit by a bullet! If you break the little tail, POOF! You would never think a glass droplet can be so strong as to be hit with a hammer or a bullet and it just hangs there.
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Always impressed with any kind of glass done that way. Used to watch at the fair all the time. Beautiful work. Does this mean you have a "Glass Thumb"?
 
Beautiful work, thanks for posting the photos. I especially like the flowers. Does the glass stock come in different colors or do you add something for color?
 
What the owner offers is clear glass only made from melted silica batch. He fills the oven from 25lb bags. I am not there and don't want to be when he fills pot. Has to melt and settle for 12hrs. the glass has no bubbles because he has people who come in and make 400.00 art glass. They don't want bubbles. He has a wall with shelves of colored glass frit if you want to add coloring. The frit has the consistency like grape nut flakes. I do go and scavenge in the pipe buckets for discarded colored glass that the other gaffers bring with them. I use the glass for the ring holders.
 
Thanks for the reply, just fascinating process working with such an unforgiving material. I remember during college days visiting Venice, which is apparently well-known in the glass-making world. They had a demonstration for us tourists and the skilled artists made it look easy. If I remember correctly, they were doing hand-worked pieces for the demonstration--not blown.
 
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