In Pittsburgh, fall is about to end.. and the dreadful winter is on its way.
Grad school had kept me busy for a while...and didn't want to miss out on any of the festivities..so my friend Mindy and me took a trip to the Pittsburgh glass center for their fall event . Their fall event was about glassblowing pumpkins and making Halloween decorations. This was my first experience with glassblowing and I totally loved it. Although it maybe a little dangerous, because you are constantly playing with hot... flaming... molten glass, it was loads of fun !!
Take a visual tour below..
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| A house made out of glass |
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| A glass book |
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Pittsburgh glass center  Here you can see the molten glass being dipped into these bowls of bright colors.  That is me blowing into the glass...;)  That is not the final color yet... and see how beautifully the stem is being coiled onto the pumpkin to give a natural feel... And here is what I created...    My little blue pumpkin...:)..Why blue..coz I just love the color ;) Do you think glassblowing is your thing..? learn more about glassblowing here. xoxo |
Interesting things you do, amidst all your busyness my pumpkin pie ;)
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Oh, the little blue pumpkin is adorable and gorgeous in equal parts:) I love that you chose to shade it in a color diametrically opposite to orange...
ReplyDeleteI remember visiting Venice years ago and seeing how glass objects were created - fascinating to see how the glass changed colors during the process. Would love to try glassblowing myself!
Hey the blue pumpkin & the book looks just awesome...by the way, which one did you create???
ReplyDeleteThank you... all you wonderful people...@bebo..it helps to take away the stress I guess ;)
ReplyDelete@ Priyanka.. You should give it a try.. it is kinda freaky to begin with coz you have everything so hot around you.. but fun.. !!! That is what I had in mind when I was thinking of blue :P... lets do "not usual"
@ Ben.. I made the blue pumpkin..!! the book was super cool... but all that was made by people taking advance classes!!! :(.. I will get there one day :)