Flash! Boom! Ting! Those are the exciting sounds of glassblowing. Glassblowing involves 1000 degree flames, hot melted glass, and tools to handle the glass with many different types of glass blowing to choose from.
Glassblowing has been around for thousands of years and has evolved into multiple types of branches to give you many different options, which makes it unique. Those branches include traditional glassblowing, flameworking, and lampworking.
Traditional glassblowing includes using a hollow metal pipe to pick up 4000 degree molten glass from a furnace. After that you use shaping tools to make large pieces, including bowls, vases, and many more things.
Flameworking is extremely similar to lampworking. The only difference is the heat source. Flameworking uses propane and oxygen, but lampworking uses an oil lamp, with both branches using a flame torch also.
They both involve taking small glass rods and melting them into any shape to make a small or medium sized glass object. You can make pendants, sculptures, plates and anything you can imagine. Now hot glass naturally rolls into a ball, so most glass pieces are circular, but that's just for some.
Glassblowing teaches you how to handle cuts, burns, and flames but most importantly teaches you how to work with others and advance your business skills, which is one of the best life skills. If you see a glass piece, then think about how much of a process it went through and really appreciate it.
-Talon M.
I like how you pulled the reader in, with the sounds of how you make gas blowing. As well, how right off the bat you said what it was without explaining what gas blowing is. Then right into the second paragraph you explain what the origin of gas blowing is. Also comparing gas blowing to stuff that is similar to it, giving the reader a better idea of what gas blowing is. Then also explaining the shapes and sizes of gas blowing also giving the reader a better idea of what it is, telling me around how big it is so I can imagine what it is like. I also really like how you tell the reader how it helps you in the real world, “ advances your business skills” which is really good to know because I had no idea gas blowing helps with that! When you said “ when you see a glass piece think about the process it went through '' i didn't really think of that, but now when I see a glass piece I most definitely will. Your writing piece gave me a really good idea of what gas blowing is because I have never heard of it before, and that is a really cool hobby to have. Nice job Talon!!
ReplyDeleteI liked how you used onomatopoeia like “Flash! Boom! Ting!” in the beginning to engage the reader. Even though I’ve never done this before, you still let readers relate to this topic by telling us that it helps us work with others. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteI can relate to doing things that enhance my business skills, and my ability to work with others. I liked in the beginning when it said, “Flash! Boom! Ting!” The sensory language really made it feel like I was in the same room as someone glassblowing.
ReplyDeleteI loved the sensory and descriptive language used when describing the glass blowing, as well as how everything was smoothly put together from claims to the background facts. The comparison from flameworking to lampworking was used as a gateway for more descriptive details to really elaborate on the subject to explain to readers. “Then think about how much of a process it went through and really appreciate it,” is a sentence displaying just how the appreciation of the art is centered and brought back multiple times. Cleary glassblowing is something to be appreciated in the process and creation. I think the main message of this writing piece was, while clearly centered around the art of glassblowing, also about how glassblowing can help you improve yourself, through struggle, appreciation, teamwork, or business skills. All of which are very important to have mastered in life.
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