WONDER GLASS BLOWERS

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20513, 1 June 1938, Page 6

WONDER GLASS BLOWERS

AT WINTER BHOW To watch the deft and quicklymoving Angers of the Wonder Glasi Blower at the Winter Show commencing to-day will be to realise that the age of craftsmanship Is far from past. Indeed, the chief feeling of those who see this exhibition will be one of bewilderment that brittle glass can be made so tractable and blown into 6uch beautiful and artistic creations while molten. Old Dutch smoking pipes that seem to twist in all directions, full-rigged sailing 6hips, ornamental vases, graceful swans, kangaroos, glass that floats in the air like feathery crystals, spun glass finer than silk, and thousands of feet in length, are some of the articles that appear in a few moments under the delicate touch and sureness of breath of thia talented artiste, who uses no moulds to fashion these beautiful works of art. The movement is fast, and one becomes absorbed as these fantastic creations appear on the end of a blowpipe from Hie molten metal taken from the specially constructed furnace. The glass dress is the glass-blower’a greatest achievement. This is a beautiful blue and gold creation which looks like 6llk, and though made entirely of glass it can be handled and worn the same as ordinary material. The model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is six feet in length and made entirely of glass. This is a remarkable piece of work.