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Elm City Hot Glass Gallery Hot Glass in Action. Making a Vase Into the annealer and done.
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Making a Vase

1. Gathering... ... 12. Fine tuning. 13. Straighteni... 14. Opening up ... 15. One last... 16. Preparing... 17. Just about ... 18. Into the...

Into the annealer and done.

At this point the vase is still very hot and must be picked up while wearing special gloves and placed into an annealer. An annealer is a special kiln which reduces the temperature very slowly in order to strengthen the glass and prevent strain, cracking, or color separation. The temperature starts at 950 degrees and slowly cools down to room temperature.

Date: 11/26/2006 Owner: Gallery Administrator
Full size: 233x360
Gathering glass from the furnace.first Just about done...previous
Into the annealer and done.
Gathering glass from the furnace.first Just about done...previous
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