Encomium

Encomium, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Blew glass with Daniel Reilly yesterday. Dan's utilizing some fairly advanced decorative techniques these days. We made an 'encomium', if I understood Dan correctly, although, looking up that word, it's nothing like what the rest of the world seems to think that it means. It was one of those 'picking up a pre-made cup from the annealer on a sleeve of glass on the pipe' kind of deals.

We also made a graal piece, incorporating a pre-blown blank that had been coldworked through layers of color. It all worked out pretty well.