Hey, the delightful M&M, and the effervescent T-Jones-
I am still kicking myself in the ass for not mentioning the show earlier. It'd be great to see all of you!
Next year I'll put the word out as soon as I get it.
I don't know if there are any of the tiki tribe in upstate NY, but if there are I hope this event brings 'em out of the woodwork.
Meanwhile, I'm posting a couple of photos of the past day's warm up session with the museum's hot glass show gaffers: Eric Meek, George Kennard, and G. Brian Juk.
Here's Eric and George (the Big Kahuna) with the 5 furnace gathers needed to fill the wooden blow mold.
George drops the gather over the edge of the stage into the mold, while I get ready to close the mold.
I keep the mold held tightly shut while George inflates the gather; there's a lot of smoke and steam.
Here's George heading back to the bench with the world's Biggest Glass Tiki Head.
Here Eric picks up a blank I've enameled out of a warm-up kiln.
We've shaped the blank to look like a volcano, with lava running down from the top; Eric is giving it a final heat before knocking it off the punty.
This last photo isn't glass; it's a giant carved ICE Moai head.
Tomorrow night it will be lit with stage lights and will have flames shooting out the top of its head. Oh yeah....
FireMonkey Glass: Real Cool Glass, Made Real Hot!
