Glass Art and Glass Blowing

I decided to take something very unique home with me from the Pacific northwest which is known for it's glass art community. I took a 2 day, 6 hour course at the Tacoma Glassblowing Studio(www.tacomaglassblowing.com) and learned how to gather, blow, and shape glass. There were only 3 students and 2 instructors so I got a lot of one on one instruction and thus made 8 items including paperweights, globes, ornaments, drinking glass, dish, and a vase. It was really fun and challenging.