{"id":13656,"date":"2019-09-16T05:55:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=13656"},"modified":"2019-09-07T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T19:39:39","slug":"glass-blowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=13656","title":{"rendered":"Glass Blowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=13661\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13661\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=13661\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd.jpg?fit=1156%2C679&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1156,679\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566212409&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd.jpg?fit=700%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13661\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd.jpg?resize=700%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd.jpg?w=1156&amp;ssl=1 1156w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd.jpg?resize=768%2C451&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eI5qyyQqQIOGI1oTIGqiSA_thumb_117fd.jpg?resize=1024%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>On our trip to Oregon last month our daughters organized for us to go to a glass blowing studio and have a lesson. I was suspicious. I love glass and thought that it was unlikely that we could create anything that was worthwhile or that we would be allowed to really be involved in the process. I was wrong on both counts. Shown above are three of the four pieces we made. <!--more-->Here is a short video of us going through the process.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2xRXYf1V-NU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was fun, we learned a lot and we each ended up with pretty nice pieces of glass.<\/p>\n<p>For me some of the mystique of glass art was taken away by learning that I could do it. However in the future I will have a much more discerning eye for glass artistry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=13070\">Experiences not Things<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our trip to Oregon last month our daughters organized for us to go to a glass blowing studio and have a lesson. I was suspicious. 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