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DaewonS
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Hey do any of you guys and gals blow glass? We should get an Official Glassblowers Cult going if theres enough of you out there.
Feb 14 2006 6:22PM
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crooks
Posts: 14693 - Karma: 786
haha i saw that on a field trip last year

this hippys were blowing into a pole and there was like liquid glass on the other side
Feb 14 2006 6:22PM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
haha. yeah thats the jist of it
Feb 14 2006 6:22PM
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sKILOve07
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Yeah Glassblowing is pretty cool, but i haven't seen it in a while. Years ago i went to the Corning Glass Museum.. pretty sweet.
Feb 14 2006 6:24PM
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crooks
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haha woah and i just realized u have hippy in ur name
Feb 14 2006 6:24PM
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lowtech
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glass blowing is pretty sick. it would be fun to try
Feb 14 2006 6:25PM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
So, no actual blowers eh? Thats cool. Atleast theres some interest! haha
Feb 14 2006 6:26PM
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STAUSS
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id love to get into it, but i think classes are more expensive than just buying a piece
Feb 14 2006 6:33PM
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PimpDaddySkier
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duh but imagine the sweetness of making your own pieces!
Feb 14 2006 6:34PM
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Ghst
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If you want to make a sick piece just grab the pole deally and inhale, you've have a quintupple bubbler in no time!
Feb 14 2006 6:40PM
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Jaskittin
Posts: 5606 - Karma: 195
Glassblowing would be so sick.
Feb 14 2006 6:41PM
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cgregg
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in science class last year we were doing glass bending and i heated it up, covered one end and blew into the other. it made a bubble
Feb 14 2006 6:50PM
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WIfreeskier
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i have a couple friends who blow glass for a living, they're some cool cats for sure... always fixing my broken bongslides
Feb 14 2006 6:52PM
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waterville_NH
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i heard those guys die really early because it puts like really bad stuff into your lungs....true?
Feb 14 2006 7:17PM
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skitolive123456789
Posts: 1465 - Karma: 10
well... i have trouble blowing up a baloon... think id still be able to blow glass?
Feb 14 2006 7:20PM
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skierdudeguy
Posts: 6574 - Karma: 81
well, im going to next year... i'll take an invite so i can have some background
Feb 14 2006 7:23PM
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pwallstreet
Posts: 1627 - Karma: 41
what the hell is glassblowing??
Feb 14 2006 7:49PM
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EastcoastAR5
Posts: 2721 - Karma: 15
just went tonight, my 2nd time, im def gonna keep doing it. heres what i made...

Click for larger image
Feb 14 2006 8:01PM
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jib-unit00
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thisangelicrage does im pretty sure
Feb 14 2006 8:57PM
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laduderino
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I know a guy that went to Black river falls college or something and has a degree in glass blowing. His creations sell for hundreds in gallerys.
Feb 14 2006 9:21PM
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shrEddie
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 65
you realise that in that word are the words "ASSblowing". that jumped out at me.
Feb 14 2006 9:41PM
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Polar_Bear69
Posts: 110 - Karma: 10
u can blow my glass anytime
Feb 14 2006 9:46PM
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fizzlefry
Posts: 4662 - Karma: 15
im gonna have to go with a no on this one.
Feb 14 2006 10:30PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,622
glass blowing is sick
Feb 14 2006 10:34PM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
Alright guys. Ive started the cult. Send me a message if you want in!!
Feb 15 2006 3:48PM
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ThisAngelicRage
Posts: 8681 - Karma: 54
i blow glass... i just started a few months ago but i've sold some glass in the shop already! it's fucking awesome... i've got to get my camera functioning and put some photos up.... you all have to see some of the shit my boss has glown.... he did a dub bub octopus... it is fucking instense... he sold it for 750 to some rich college kid... we were all bummed when it sold we were hoping it could stay in the case forever.
Feb 15 2006 5:27PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 732
i wish i could blow glass thatd be so ill. I would make the SICKEST pieces and then smoke outta them all
Feb 15 2006 5:28PM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
AngelicRage, i sent you an invite. When you say "your boss" are you implying you work at a glass factory of some sort? Thats pretty sick if so.
Feb 15 2006 5:31PM
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LauraAnn
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i do. its fun. havent really had time while being at school but thats what teh summer is for
Feb 15 2006 5:34PM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
Yeha, its crazy fun. Just out of curiosity, how much do you pay to use the facility? If anything...I ussually get to use everything for free, if my old teacher is working.
Feb 15 2006 5:43PM
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newschooler7
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I know what this is but no clue how to do it. Generaly how do you do it?
Feb 15 2006 6:02PM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
this is basic. and i mean REALLY basic. Gather glass on blow pole, marvyr, blow, marvyr, then shape, glory hole every once in a while(heat up your subject), back to shaping, then put it in the anhealer when youre done. thats the basic jist of it. any disagreements? corrections?
Feb 15 2006 6:10PM
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ThisAngelicRage
Posts: 8681 - Karma: 54
i work at an independently owned glass studio and head shop. we only sell glass blown in our studio- most head shops... half the pieces in their cases are most likely shit they bought on the internet. all our blowers work exclusively for us, there's 10 of us who actually work at the shop but my boss is very chill and we let regular customers and chill locals come into the shop and learn the ropes and whatnot... i love it, it's the best job in the world. it's definitely not a good source of income... i spend more on gas getting to work than i make in my paycheck.... but it's fun.
Feb 15 2006 6:55PM
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Deafboy
Posts: 643 - Karma: 52
making a cult on glassblowing would die pretty quick.
but on the otherhand ive seen some fucking amazing glassblowing sculptures and shit, they had some sweet little shop with guys working on stuff in some mall way back in the day when my family owned a nice little house(cottage steez) in the bahamas.
Feb 15 2006 6:58PM
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yojimbo
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does the place you work at hook you up with like the tools for glass blowing or did you have to buy that shit yourself? cuz i bet that shit is super expensive.
Feb 15 2006 7:02PM
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Peetri
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haha i went on a field trip like that in 1st grade. it was rad.
Feb 15 2006 7:10PM
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Ghost
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my grandpa was one of the pioneers for glassblowing. He ended up doing alot of work for the military, and was a professor at caltech university or MIT.

definitely would be cool to learn some of that stuff.
Feb 15 2006 7:48PM
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highfive
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yea man.... go ahead and make it. Invite me.
Feb 15 2006 7:58PM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
Pioneers? So, he is from like possibly earlier than Medieval times? haha
Feb 15 2006 8:14PM
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Ghost
Posts: 7116 - Karma: 339
hah. something like that. I forget all the details but he made alot of advances and breakthroughs, which changed the way people do it still today.

He had passed a way a while back, but I should def. read back into the info and find out more about it.
Feb 15 2006 8:25PM
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snoopy
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thats awesome
Feb 15 2006 8:27PM
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DaewonS
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Thats cool man I wish i was a glassblowing pioneer... do you have like a bunch of stuff he made or no?
Feb 15 2006 8:30PM
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