Recently, Tim took a week-long masterclass with Edward T Schmidt (
Glass Mountain Studios), a legend among American glassblowers. Ed wrote the book on glassblowing every glass blower has to have a copy of,
Advanced Glassworking Techniques. His class covered the history of glassblowing from Greek and Roman times to the present.
Here are some photos from the class:
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| Ed Schmid working on a bottle |
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| Ed Schmid starting a piece |
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| Katrina Hude (assistant for the class) |
A couple of the pieces Tim made in the class:
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A Stangenglass, a historical drinking glass from Germany.
The colored bits of glass are there to prevent fingers from slipping
when the drinker's hands are greasy with mutton juice :) |
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| A bottle |