Colonial Market Museum: Glassblower
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Hello
my name is Mark. I’m a Glass Blower. Right now I’m making a glass vase.
I just made a roaring fire in my furnace. I made my furnace out of bricks
and clay. Next I have to pour a mixture of sand, potash, soda ash, and
lime into a crucible. A crucible is a fireproof clay pot. Then, you have
to put the crucible [with the mixture inside] into the furnace. You have
to let the mixture cook for 16 hours. Then I take my 6ft. long iron tube
called a blowpipe. I dip my blowpipe into the mixture. Then I take my
blowpipe and I blow into the cool end of my blowpipe until the mixture
[that is now a glob] turns into a bubble. As the bubble starts to cool I
can start to cool the bubble with these tools: 1. Calipers are used to
measure the piece of glass. 2. The battledore is used to flatten the
piece of glass. 3. The pucellas are used to twist and turn the piece of
glass. 4.Shears are used to cut the glass off the blowpipe. If you want
to make different colored glass you have to put different metals into the
mixture. Silver makes yellow glass, copper makes red glass, chrome makes
green glass, and cobalt makes blue glass. Good day! Hi my name is Isaac. I’m a Glass blower. I’m blowing a glass bowl. First I have to boil soda ash, potash, and sand. Then I take a glob and put it on a pipe. Then I blow until it turns to a bubble. Then I let it dry. I use a blowpipe, a shaper, a fire, a clipper to clip of the hot after it is blown, and a giant pot. I hope many people like my work. |
