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Flaming Ovens and Popping Glass

I finally got to do it – work with molten glass straight out of the kiln, to create a beautiful piece of art.

With Kevin McGehee and one of his pieces

In my 30 Days of Learning, one of the things I knew right off the bat I wanted to do was learn something about hot glass art. Today I got my first chance, at SiNaCa Studios School of Glass & Gallery in Fort Worth.

Kevin McGehee, one of the founders of SiNaCa, showed me the studio and led me through the basic process for creating glass art. Kevin and several other local glass artists started the nonprofit in Fort Worth’s Near Southside district, as a community center in the glass arts for everyone from beginners to professionals. “This place is owned by the community,” Kevin says. “It belongs to everyone.” The facility, which used to be a gas station, consists of a glass specific gallery, a glassblowing studio, a kiln-forming studio and a cold working studio. Continue reading →

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