WONDER GLASS BLOWERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 February 1939, Page 2

WONDER GLASS BLOWERS

AT MASTERTON SHOW. A feature of the side shows at the Masterton Show next week will be the glass blowing exhibition to be given by the Wonder Glass Blowers. Taking the molten glass from the specially constructed furnace they will make all kinds of new glassware novelties, birds of paradise with flowing tails, old Dutch smoking pipes, and a number of other articles. A few quick movements with the fingers and a sailing ship in full sail is the result. These are a few of the articles that appear in a few moments under the delicate touch and sureness of breath of these talented artists, and the articles produced are wonderfully fine, both in workmanship and finish. They will demonstrate how fine glass can be blown, spin glass )to the thinness of a spider’s web and show what can be done with brittle glass—while it is molten hot. The articles are made in full view of the audience, and as each article is made the manufacture is fully explained. The glass dress is a wonderful piece of work. It is made entirely of glass and can be handled and worn like any Ordinary dress. The model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, six feet in length and all glass, is also a unique piece of work.