Preheating steel blowpipes we'll use to shape the glasses
Glass is gathered out of a furnace at 2100 Degrees F on the end of a 5 ft steel pipe
Gathering molten glass from the furnace
Shaping a molten glass
Beginning to blow the glass
starting the constriction or neck line where the bubble will be broken free
Attaching the punty, the process known as transferring, where the bubble it attached to a new handle on the bottom and the lip can be shaped
Beginning to open the lip
Reheating
Opening the glass for final shaping
Final Shaping
Breaking free from the punty
Resting in the oven (for a day or two)