Blowing & Capping Color Glass for Glassblowing

"Hi! I’m Jim McKelvey with Third Degree Glass Factory in St. Louis. You can check us out on the web at www.stlglass.com. Today, we’re going to be learning about glassblowing for expertvillage.com. Okay, so I’ve reheated the piece of glass, and I’m going to continue distributing that blue glass that I’ve put over my post. I roll the back, and you can see how the bottom is sort of uneven. I’m going to take care of that in a second by rolling it. It’s a really good idea, when you’re working with color, to use the marver, because the marver doesn’t stick to the color. If you were to use newspaper or even the block it might. So, once I’ve got the color distributed, I can put a little air in there. Again, it’s really important to know how to cap at this point. So, if you don’t know how to cap, go back to one of the first videos in this series and we’ll teach you. I can see that bubble inflating, and I’m just watching the way it inflates to make sure that it’s nice and even. See if there are any dark spots or light spots, to see if it’s coming out off center. This is blowing out beautifully, and that’s all I need—a nice basic casing of color over clear."