Blue and Red Swirl Paperweight

red and blue swirl paperweight

This was my second paperweight I made at the one-day workshop I did in May.  My idea was to quickly pull a bird into shape out of the hot glass I’d gathered.  This is easier said than done. My bird quickly became a melted taffy impersonation, and it was all I could do to loop it around and touch it to itself so that it didn’t drip onto the concrete.  Since it’s just a paperweight, it’s open to interpretation.  Shh. Pretend I meant it to look this way.