WONDER GLASSBLOWER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 19, 2 November 1938, Page 6

WONDER GLASSBLOWER.

A GLASS DRESS, To watch the deft and quicklymoving fingers of the Wonder Glass Blower at the A. and P. Show tomorrow 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 such beautiful and artistic creations while molten. Old Dutch smoking pipes that seem to twist in all directions, full-rigged sailing ships, ornamental vases, graceful swans, kangaroos, glass that floats in the air like feathery crytals, 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 this talented artist, who uses no moulds of any kind 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 blow pipe from the molten, glass taken from the specially constructed furnace. The glass dress is the glass blower’s greatest achievement. This is a beautiful blue .and gold creation which looks like silk, and though made entirely oi glass, it, can be handled and worn the same as ordinary material. The la'go model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is another Unique acbievenmnt by the glass blower, and it is all giass. Visitors should see this outstanding feature. It is clear, clover and most instructive. *1 x