I got a notice for a two hour glassblowing class at 1/2 price, right in downtown Sonoma. I had NO idea such a thing existed!
Alex, the owner and our teacher.
We bought the vouchers and signed up for a private (well, two person) class one beautiful January Saturday morning. We were greeted by Alex who was verrrrrry patient with us and our complete rookie-ness. "Oh, look at that, well, let me see if I can help make that a little more symmetrical. Well, the lopsidedness makes it unique." Thanks Alex. I wiiiish I had taken pictures of us with our sunglasses and ghetto arm heat protectors, etc. But I was busy trying not to get burned and wasn't sure if we could.
Nick and I were such good learners, that we were able to complete the beginner's piece:
Pulled, not blown, flowers
It was really hard (and hot!) to pull the hot glass fast enough to get the "petals" even.
The second "more advanced - actually blown glass" piece:
Our glasses, I included one of our normal glasses to show the relative size of the ones we made (aka, tiny and super duper thick). We've tried to use them for drinking, but it's really tough! I'm proud though!!
AND since we were so awesome, we got to make an EXTRA piece each:
A bowl and a vase - can you tell which is which?? :)
It was NFL playoff season, so the bowl is in 49ers colors and the vase in Packers colors - we're so cute.
The combo glass sits on our modern art wall!
Well, that's the kitchen counter, but you get my drift.
And then one week later we went to Las Vegas with the multiple Chihuly exhibits...
The lobby of the Bellagio - Source
Let's just say I appreciate the beauty of this even more (and my poor little flower hangs its head in shame!!)
And to item #97 - do fun things on LivingSocial, I say (1/3) CHECK!
Have you ever wanted to try glass blowing? What's your favorite piece we made?
sooo cute! looks very fun. I want to take a glass blowing class! never would have thought of it. did the instructor say it was a popular thing?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it's popular, the classes are a new thing for the owner of this studio... he admitted he was still learning how to teach - but he was really good at it! They were offering a series of classes, like 5 in a row, that would progress in skills. His work was AMAZING and it was kind of tempting to learn such a fun, random, cool new skill...
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