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Learn how to make hand blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free video series.
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Learn tips for making glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about safety precautions when blowing glass when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about how to cane glass when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn how to blow glass when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about adding colors to glass when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn more about adding colors to glass when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about melting colors for glass ornaments when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about sealing a glass ornament when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about how to attach a tube when bailing glass ornaments when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn how to finish sealing and bailing glass ornaments when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn how to make candy cane ornament when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about twisting colors for a candy cane ornament when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about bending a candy cane glass ornament when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about bailing a candy cane glass ornament when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about making an icicle when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Learn about making an icicle when making hand-blown glass ornaments for Christmas in this free holiday video.
Glassblowing is the art of creating glass structures such as simple utilitarian vessels or delicate works of art. The process involves gathering molten glass on a hollow steel rod, rolling the “gather” on a slab of marble or flat piece of steel called a marver, and then blowing into the rod creating an air-bubble in the center of the gather. The glass is shaped continually using the marver and wet blocks made of fruit wood and is reheated several times throughout the forming process. A rod with a glass bulb at the tip, called a punty, is attached to the piece to allow the glassblower to finish the work. At the end the the punty is removed and the glass is placed in a final cooling furnace to slowly cool the glass. In all there are three furnaces the glassblower uses: the first furnace is just “the furnace” which is used to melt and hold the molten glass, the next is “the glory hole” which is used to reheat and “flash” the glass being worked, and the third and finishing furnace is called “the annealer”. The glass can be worked clear or with an inexhaustible array of colors added to suit the working artist.
At Christmas time, one of the most popular gifts in glass ornaments. Everybody loves and appreciates these gifts. If you are looking for something unique to give people, why not make them hand blown glass ornaments? While this may not be the perfect gift to give for the beginner glass blower, it is a great talent to learn about. Let our expert, Tom Wright, show you how to blow glass Christmas ornaments. He shows you how to make a traditional ball ornament, a candy cane ornament, and a icicle ornament. So, take some time, and learn how to blow glass Christmas ornaments today!
Tom Wright Tom Wright is the owner of "Ginger Bread Glass" and has worked in the warehouse of Delphi Glass. He has over two years of professional experience in fashioning glass ornaments.dkdk
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