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One of the most valuable reasons for me going to the GAS
Conference is to visit a variety of studios that I |
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This page includes visits made to open studios on Wednesday morning of the GAS conference. |
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| While some of the studios were spectacularly laid out and superbly neat (see below) this small one in the back of the gallery (below) had a normal scruffy look to it. |
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| The rails are loose with crossbars at the end to keep them in position with the 4 wheel roller yokes. |
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| Just working the piece. |
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| The final piece, flash, showing the blower in full for the first time. |
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| Furnace. The upper door accesses the glass, the lower permits removing the pot. |
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| Full length shot of the gallery from the door of the hot shop. |
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| Franklin Sankar known to a number of us from messages on CraftWeb and Yahoo glass groups. |
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| Enough annealers and buckets? |
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| These are actually lampworked little figures, photographed because of the detailed cuteness. |
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| More of same. Also included figures climbing inside large light bulb. |
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| Very nice all metal backyard studio in northeast Seattle. |
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| Salmon on the barbee |
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| Totally Blown Glassworks, a downtown studio in older long narrow building (shown below) with an industrial rubber coating all over the floor. http://www.totallyblownglass.com/ |
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