Amy very kindly bought me a birthday present of a glass-blowing class at Canberra's fine new(ish) Glass Works in Kingston.The Glass Works themselves are fantastically situated in an old 1920's power station, so it's really atmospheric being in there during the evening working with hot moulton glass.
It's a four week course, taking us through fairly basic stuff (paperweights) through to bowls and maybe a plate. The two instructors are great and really enthusiastic and the other students are a good bunch too.
Here's my effort from week 1 a (slightly lopsided) glass paperweight. It's also handy having a 2½ year old daughter, who I persauded over breakfast to tell me that it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life!
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