Sky-Veined Cup

This is one of the cups that I made in the glassblowing class I took this spring.  One of my goals for the class was to make a cup that I could give to a friend, whose birthday was in early March.

I made these lines by trailing a stringer of light blue color around the circumference of a clear bubble.  Using a thin hook, I dragged the lines in opposite directions.  After straightening it back out, I finished the cup. The thicker blob of blue was from where the melted color first touched. (Should have gone further down the moil.)