Glass blowing art Renton of creating glass works by manipulating molten glass. It may look to be difficult when first looking into it, but once you get the hang of it, it really is quite easy and very satisfying. If you are interested in learning how to blow glass here are some quick steps of what is involved.

First is gathering. This is when you collect the glass from the furnace by turning it around the pipe. Next is the marver, which is the steel table. The glass is rolled on the marver into a cylinder. Capping is next. This is when you blow into the pipe and then cover the hole to trap the air inside the pipe. The heat of the glass with then causes the trapped air to expand, which will begin to inflate the glass. Next, we gather it again. More glass is collected around the glass bubble. Keep repeating these steps until you have enough glass required for your project.  Shaping. Shape the glass into the desired shape using the marver, paddles or wooden blocks. Add a neckline. A neckline is adding to ease the removal of the glass from the blowpipe. Next, finish the shape and flatten the bottom. Then you need to transfer the piece of glass onto a punti to finish the top part. Using tweezers drop some water onto the neck line and lightly tap the blowpipe which will disconnect the glass from the pipe. Heat the lip and flare open. Knock the glass piece off the punti and put it into an annealerfor slow cooling.

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