Our Glass Studio is located in the rural Hudson/ River Falls area, just
20 miles east of St. Paul, MN. We built our Studio in a small building
near our house. So, when we're not chasing after our two children (Eva
and Ollie), we're in the Studio blowing glass.
Our clear glass is kept molten at 2100 degrees Farenheit in a glass furnace. We heat, shape and blow the glass on a 5' hollow, stainless steel blowpipe. We apply layers of colored glass in either solid chunks, heated to a softened state, or rolling the heated clear glass into colored glass granules called frit.
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Once we've achieved
the desired shape, we place the finished piece an an annealing oven to
slowly cool the glass from 950 degrees Fahrenheit to room temperature.
If the glass were to cool on it's own, it would break at around 850 degrees.
If you would like
to visit our studio and have a private glassblowing demonstration, you
may contact us to set
up an appointment.
