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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
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Summary: How to blow and cap color glass 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 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. "
eHow Article: Blowing & Capping Color Glass for Glassblowing
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