Disaster Strikes! In this installment, the studio is underwater! Well, the equipment at least. A moat has been created by the Spring thaw stopping me from getting to my container full of equipment. Now we play the waiting game...
-Clayton
Welcome back! If this is your first visit to the blog, go back and check out "Building the Studio: Part 1". I'm putting this series together to document the creation of Turnstyle Glassblowing Studio. In this installment, I'm describing how I hope to lay out the equipment once it arrives. It brings back memories already! The shop has come so far and surprisingly almost everything fits together as I envisioned it here! Lucky guess. Enjoy!
-Clayton
Welcome Back! I had a bit of a run-in with the angle grinder at the studio this week and evidently, the grinder won. I was cutting some metal on the exhaust hood overhead and when I flicked the grinder on, it torqued out of my hand and landed squarely on my face. Ouch! I'm so glad I was wearing my safety glasses, otherwise I might have lost an eye. This is why glasses are ALWAYS required in the shop. Luckily, I was able to get myself to the St. Joseph's ER and two hours later I was stitched up and back at the studio cleaning up the mess I left behind! Gotta love that Canadian Health Care System! A huge...
Welcome to the Turnstyle Glassblowing Studio Blog! I started documenting the studio build back in March of 2015 so I figured this video was a good place to fire up "The Glory Hole".
By the way, Glory Hole is a re-heating oven in glassblowing speak so get your mind out of the gutter. Enjoy!
-Clayton
