Ghost bowls

The rationale of these is that within these ‘deformed’ vessels are trapped convenionally-shaped pâte de verre bowls which are picked up on a gather of hot glass. The ghost of the original remains, but is changed by the blowing and hand-shaping process. Technician and self making them. Lots of floor models; several breakages in the lehr; incompatibility cracks; wobbly cold-working. Everything that could go wrong did. There were tears. But we did manage to do these three that I feel OK about before stopping for the summer break.