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Gather Practice for Glassblowing
Making Gather With Glass for Glassblowing
Starter Bubble for Glassblowing
Blowing & Capping for Glassblowing
Getting Rocks Ready for Glassblowing
Second Gather for Glassblowing
Blocking Glass for Glassblowing
Reheating Glass for Glassblowing
Centering Glass for Glassblowing
Using a Marver for Glassblowing
How to Blow Glass for Glassblowing
Using a Jack Tool for Glassblowing
Jack Lines for Glassblowing
Creating Jack Lines for Glassblowing
History of Glass Blowing
Working with an Assistant for Glassblowing
Making the Cylinder for Glassblowing
Process of Making a Cylinder for Glassblowing
Attaching Punty to a Cylinder for Glassblowing
Finishing a Cylinder for Glassblowing
Flashing Glass for Glassblowing
Removing Punty for Glassblowing
Introduction to Glass Color for Glassblowing
Getting Gather Ready for Glassblowing
Color & Gather for Glassblowing
Blowing & Capping Color Glass for Glassblowing
Shaping Gather for Glassblowing
Preparing Gather for Frit for Glassblowing
Adding Glass Frit to Gather for Glassblowing
How to Even the Glass on the Marver for Glassblowing
Placing Glass on an Optic Mold for Glassblowing
Jack Lines Using a Marver for Glassblowing
Blowing Out Glass for Glassblowing
Adding Punty to Glass for Glassblowing
Preparing Lip for Wrap in Glassblowing
Adding Lip Wrap in Glassblowing
Open Glass for Glassblowing
Spinning Glass For Waves in Glassblowing
Placing Glass in Annealer for Glassblowing
Summary: Techniques such as getting the second gather in glass blowing; learn these things and more in this instructional arts and crafts video series on glass blowing.
Jim McKelvey began teaching glassblowing in 1987 and has taught thousands of students how to safely use glass and fire. He is co-founder of Third Degree Glass Factory...read more
" Hi! I’m Jim McKelvey with Third Degree Glass Factory in St. Louis. You can check us out on the web www.stlglass.com. Today, we’re going to learn about glassblowing for expertvillage.com. Now, getting a second gather is just like getting the first gather, except in some ways it’s easier because you don’t really have to look for the glass. You’ll see the glass and feel it as soon as you start to touch the surface of the glass. You’ll feel that glass gathering on to the surface. Make your 2 rotations, and just like before, come up level so the strand breaks off, and you come out of the furnace. "
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