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Building the Studio: Part 5

Progress!  My vision of the studio is coming together here with the TTC inspired paint job and my little buddy Akio helping me out.  Got some nice stripe-painting tips from marthastewart.com.  Don't hate!  It worked!  Looks super crisp.  Also, if you need to paint up high, find yourself a shopping cart.  The paint tray fits in the child seat like a glove!   Come back soon! -Clayton

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Building the Studio: Part 3

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  

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Building the Studio: Part 2

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  

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Thank Goodness for Safety Glasses or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my New Pirate Face

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...

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