he moved to another work bench which allowed for constant spinning of the metal pipe. the growing piece seemed to cool down.
again, the older glass blower came over, this time inserting another metal pipe at the top of the piece.
and lo & behold! with a very fast & fluid movement (too fast for any picture!) the piece had shifted from pipe to pipe.
while the older guy was shaping what used to be the bottom and now seemed to be the top, the younger guy was up to something new at the oven -
a third colour added. impossible to guess exactly which colour as it was all a glow.
oh! it's not a glass after all, i thought. it must be a vase... changing fast now...
double oh! it's not even a vase but a bowl...
one more trip to the oven
and !!??!!
suddenly the growing piece is all flat and alive, almost dancing on the end of the pipe.
fast, fast, he's shaping the fluidity into something stable. something that looks like a massive plate.
and there it is. almost done. a big, glittering plate for someone's living room. content & almost smiling, the glass blower showed us the piece before he turned around to start another piece. two men, twenty minutes and an amazing array of skills. i was blown away.
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