Recently, Carina took me to
Ulven, where we could try our hand at glass blowing. During the process, we were guided by Stefan Erlandsson, who provided us with a lot of interesting information about the art of making glass and the processes of shaping this amazing material.
Each of us made three items. 1. A paperweight where we used metal shears to cut the glass. 2 A drinking glass and 3. a decorative bowl. The last two items was shaped with a variety of tools as well as blowing the glass into a metal mold. More shaping is performed after the shaping in the mold.
 |
Shaping the drinking glass
|
 |
Shaping the drinking glass after mold-blowing
|
 |
Mold-blowing
|
 |
Shaping a bowl
|
After the items are shaped it is slowly cooled down to room temperature. We thus returned the next day and was extremely pleased with the end products.
 |
| Self made glass products |
The glassblowing workshop is located at Ulva Kvarn in an old watermill approximately 7km from the city centre. There are a number of hand craft shops, galleries and resturants at Ulva Kvarn and spending a bit of time just outside the city is very refreshing.
 |
Old mill-house
|
This was an excellent experience and I highly recommend it.
R&C
