Your Ass is Glass

SO AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, I SPENT THIS PAST

SUNDAY NIGHT WATCHING ERNIE'S FRIEND MIKE BLOW

GLASS AT HIS HOUSE.  IT WAS SO COOL TO WATCH! I ONCE
SIGNED UP TO TAKE A GLASS BLOWING CLASS AT PIMA BUT
IT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT. 

THERE WERE GORGEOUS PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS

SCATTERED ALL OVER.  I CAN'T IMAGINE PUTTING

SO MUCH TIME INTO SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL

AND THEN SEE IT BREAK SO EASILY.

BUT THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF GLASS ART.

MIKE'S KILN

MORE BROKEN GLASS SHARDS

I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A USE FOR THE PRETTY

BROKEN PIECES THAT AREN'T REUSABLE TO MIKE.  

LIKE A MOSAIC OR SOMETHING.

LOTS OF SPECIFIC TOOLS

GLASS RODS THE WAY THEY LOOK BEFORE THEY

ARE MADE INTO ANYTHING.

THE BLOW TORCH THINGY

YOU HAVE TO WEAR PROTECTIVE GOGGLES WHILE
WATCHING BECAUSE THE FLAME CAN DO DAMANGE
TO YOUR EYES, KIND OF LIKE LOOKING INTO THE SUN.

WE RAN OUT OF GOGGLES THOUGH SO ERNIE
WORE THESE COSTUME SPECS.

I HAD WORN MY GLASSES SO I HAD TO MAKESHIFT
A BIFOCAL SITUATION.

THE PROTECTIVE GOGGLES HAD SIDE GUARDS SO
I COULDN'T PUT MY GLASSES UNDERNEATH.

PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ERNIE WHAT'S UP WITH THE
SNAILS?  I'M NOT EVEN 100% SURE, BUT FROM WHAT
I CAN GATHER, HIM AND STU WERE PLAYING AROUND
ONE NIGHT AND CAME UP WITH A SNAIL HANDSHAKE.
THE REST IS HISTORY.

SO MIKE VERY KINDLY OFFERED TO MAKE ERNIE
A SNAIL PENDANT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

 

THE VIDEO BELOW IS KINDA LONG, BUT IT
SHOWS THE PROCESS WAY BETTER THAN THE PHOTOS.

NOTHING DOES IT JUSTICE LIKE WATCHING IT
IN PERSON THOUGH.

HOW CUTE IS THAT?!?!
NOW FOR THE SNAIL BODY!

I ENDED UP RUNNING OUT OF CAMERA MEMORY
(SHOCKING) AT THIS POINT.  THIS LAST PIC I TOOK
OFF MY PHONE OF THE FINAL PRODUCT SO
THE PICTURE SUCKS.

THE NEXT STEP WAS THE KILN FOR AWHILE.
I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IT COMPLETELY DONE
YET.  I WANTED TO HOLD HIM!  I KEPT WANTING
TO TOUCH HOT GLASS THINGS EVERYWHERE!  BAD!

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THAT'S A SNAIL, BTW.