I have been wanting try this for so long. It’s always been on my bucket list to do this. So when we were thinking of a fun and unique date night, I threw in this option. Luckily he was on board and we looked up places. There is a groupon for it too.
The great thing about this is it’s a private session. You call when you arrive. The garage doors are open. You all have your masks on and only remove them to do the actual blowing.
When you get inside you sign a waiver and you select your item and color.
The paperweights and flower you do not blow but get to mold. It was hard to decide on what to make because you wanted to be sure to get good use out of it. We decided to make glasses.
There are huge ovens everywhere. Industrial fans are going. Once you pick an item he gets a ball of melted glass. You bring it to the station where crushed colored glass gets rolled in it. Then the fun begins.
The owner was awesome having you be hands on. It educated us the whole time even had a ton of fun laughs and banter.
You bring it to a kettle where you roll it slowly- hard for me to slow the pace but it worked. As you roll it is melting your color into the glass and shaping it.
It’s so amazing to see it. Then the blowing begins. You put a disposable cover on the end and you blow as he rolls it back and forth. The blowing is expanding and shaping the glass.
As you blow he is shaping it.
It goes back and forth into the kennel until a glass gets molding and formed.
It’s the coolest thing ever.
Add the end he pours water at the end and taps it and the glass comes off.
They then bake it and the color sets in.
We couldn’t believe how cool our glasses looked.
They host big groups too and have more help on hand so you can have multiple sessions going on at once. It’s such a fun experience. Check it out.
https://www.kinshipglassworks.com/
They host big groups too and have more help on hand so you can have multiple sessions going on at once. It’s such a fun experience. Check it out.
https://www.kinshipglassworks.com/
