A little peek of this piece before it goes into the annealer for the final time. Glamour shots will come later.

I am unreasonably pleased with this little component for a larger sculpture (the one from a previous post that got kiln-malfunction slumped into a droopy noodle but is now taken apart, rebuilt and ready to have this and five more just like it added onto it).
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Finished this piece last week in Pittsburgh while teaching a workshop at @pghglasscenter which is always a treat to visit.
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Work in progress just moments before I placed it into an annealer which subsequently malfunctioned, sent itself up to 1400-something degrees and turned this into a droopy noodle version of what you see in this video. I‘m hoping I can salvage some parts of it. #borosilicate #workinprogress #kilnfail

Practice cups, one owl, one floral motif. Engraving practice continues, progress remains elusive. But at least I‘m starting to get through my 10+ year stash of saved cups.
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#glass #softglass #furnaceglass #wheelengraved #latheengraved #glassengraving

Upside down down-side-up house. Still working out how I want these to look, this is close but not quite it.
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Just for fun ear gauges looking like old mother-of-pearl buttons.
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Engraving practice shadow puppet on a circa 2018 practice cup.
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Tis the season… These are available on my Etsy, kitpaulson.etsy.com

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I’m a longtime listener, first time participant in Penland School of Craft’s #tableinaday and this is the table I built today.

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