GLASS MUSEUM

Yesterday, the girls and I took a day trip with our good friends, Sheri & Maria. We went to the Glass Museum and had a ball. The girls started by drawing pictures to submit for the afternoon's Hot Glass Show. The selected drawing would be used as a pattern for a glass sculpture, to be created live later in the day.

We went to several cool demonstrations: "The Magic of Glass", "Glassbreaking Demo" and the "Flameworking Demo". This last one was especially cool as we watched a glass worker form molten glass into a tiny animal -- very intricate and amazing to watch her skill. We also got to experience many of the interactive exhibits around the museum, as well as some of the beautiful glasswork on display.

We rounded out the day at the Hot Glass Show, supposedly to see if one of the girls' drawings was selected to be sculpted. Unfortunately, the showtime we attended was a demo of making a clear, twisted-glass bowl, not the drawing sculpture. Still cool, but a little disappointing for the girls. I guess we will find out if they won when we get a $20 shipping bill to send their completed sculpture to our home!

Click on this link to see all of our fun pictures from the Glass Museum

P.S. The Glass Museum is FREE for kids and teenagers!