11/6 Day 3

As usual Barb and Margaret are up before me, but at least I beat Caroline to breakfast.  After breakfast it is on the bus and off to CMOG.  We start the morning with a tour of the Frederick Carder Steuben Gallery led by Jenny.  Carder was the creative force behind the Steuben Glass Co.  It was a short, but interesting tour.

Jenny pointing something out, can't remember what

Cameo glass

Not sure of the title, but it is a beautiful piece

Then it was off to class.  Today we are making a bowl in the Hot Shop, more beads in the Flame Shop and more flat work in Kiln class.   Barb and I both choose to make picture frames for our piece in Kiln.  I have a hard time coming up with ideas.

Luckily Margaret is more creative and gives me a helping hand. 

Caroline cutting some pieces of glass to add to her project.  We have lots of pieces of glass to make our patterns from in all shapes, sizes and colors. 

This is an example of things we made the first day.  Some were much more interesting than these!

After class today we did a little more touring of the Museum, then it was back to the Conference Center to rest a bi t before it was back downtown for our Farm-to-Table meal at The Source at the Factory restaurant.  It was all local produce and it was very good – OK, I didn’t like the Brussels Sprouts, but other folks did.

Toasting our meal at the restaurant.  The restaurant sold gifts and candies so we did a little shopping after supper before heading back to the Conference Center and a good night’s sleep before our last day of classes.