The students arranged a visit to a glass studio called Llavamar owned by Ana Llavador Martín. Ana gave a presentation on glass properties and did a glassblowing demonstration where students had to guess what she was making. The students then tried glassblowing which involves inflating molten glass into a bubble, and made glass swizzle sticks. They also designed catch-all trays by placing scrap glass onto square glass pieces which were then fused and slumped in a kiln. The students learned a lot about glassmaking techniques from Ana.

1. VISIT TO … A PROFESSIONAL GLASS STUDIO

2. As wewerelearningaboutdiscoveries and inventionswearranged a visitto a professionalglassstudiocalledLlavamar, located in Guardo. Thisstudioisowned and operatedby Ana Llavador Martín.

3. First , Ana made a simple introductiontoglass and itsproperties. Welistenedcarefullytowhat Ana said.

4. Then, wehadtheopportunityto observe Ana’sglassmakingexhibition. Safety glasses Blowtorch Whenshe’sworkingshewears safety glasses and uses a blowtorch.

5. Shealso uses… Glassrods Glasspowder

8. Thestudentshadtoguesswhatshewasmaking and theseweretheresults…

9. Afterthedemonstrationitwasourturntomakesomepracticeonglassblowing. Itis a techniqueforshapingglassthatinvolvesinflatingmoltenglassinto a bubble. It’snotthateasy!!

11. Wemadeglassswizzlestickstostir thedrinks.

12. Apartfrommakingtheglassswizzlesticks, wewerealsoinstructedonhowtodesign and construct a catch-alltray. Ana gaveus a piece of a squareshapedglass and scrapglass.

13. Thestudentshadtoputthescrapglassonthesquareshapedglass.

14. Once theyhadmadethedesignAna puttheirartworks in thekiln. Thistechniqueisknown as glassfussing and slumping.

15. Welearned a lotaboutglass. Thanksforeverything, Ana!!!