Fishing at the Glassworks last week

PaGlenn

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I picked up 5 Avon moulds(tools) a few weeks past and decided on doing the fish mould which was originaly used to make a mans cologne bottle. With Phil doing the pipe duty and me operating the mould holder we managed to get a pitcher,vase and a bank. Phil threw a white milkglass plate in the furnace pot to get the white streak effect as shown. The lighter green vase was made with Yuengling beer bottles. The darker green with broken green Yuengling and amber Budweiser bottles. Next week I will bring in my George Washington bust mould(tool) to make some bottles for the Mt.Vernon gift shop.
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You have a great skill there. I enjoy seeing skilled craftsmen work. Todays society does not value their craftsmen like they did in times gone by. The local craftsmen have mostly been replaced with Corporate enmities with home offices in faraway places. Our communities are worse off because of this.

I hope you pass your skills along. The next generation needs to learn this stuff too.
 
Wish I could come and watch that. Got a chance to tour a Coke bottleing plant today and watch the bottles being made there. Quite a process that is not that different from what you do accept for the volume.
 
Glass works located in Clayton NJ. Phil sells his glass at pirate festivals,Revolutionary and Civil War Reanactments. I bring moulds to him and the both of us work at it. He does the pipe and finishing work. I operate the mould holder. I only do free blown items and make lily flowers which sell well at his sales. Not much being accomplished at this time with the weather. The furnaces run at 2000deg. and the annealing oven runs at 900deg.
 
I am almost jealous!!!! I would love to be closer to help and LEARN. Nice work keep on doing and posting. THANKS GARY
 

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