ASmallProduction

Hand Blown Glass Art

Campbell, California On Etsy since 2012

448 Sales | 5 out of 5 stars

ASmallProduction

Hand Blown Glass Art

Campbell, California | 448 Sales

5 out of 5 stars

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On Etsy since 2012
  • I start a pumpkin by gathering 2100 degree glass from a furnace. I add color, which is ground glass with metal oxides.
  • After I heat the color into the mass, I shape it up and pop a bubble! Then I typically strike a very majestic pose.
  • I do more heating and shaping, getting it ready to blow out. Here I shape the glass on a steel marver.
  • Next we blow it out into a pumpkin shape. Note that I trim the tip off, which becomes one of the baubles I sell here.
  • Last, we attach the stem, pull it out, twist and curl it, and break the pumpkin off! It then cools for about a day.

Blowing glass is fun!

I started blowing glass in 1999. Initially, I apprenticed to other artists, slowly learning.

Very slowly, sometimes!

As payment, I would get shop time. I started making things for myself eventually, and now I make all kinds of crazy stuff from glass.

I make a few pumpkins. I really enjoy making the pumpkins, and each has a story behind it; an inspiration.

I make beautiful hearts, too. As you might imagine, each of those has a story too. Definitely an inspiration.

I have some pendants I've made, still using glass.

And I make wonderful glass wall panels. Obviously telling stories. With these you can see the story just by looking. At least, I hope you can!

And now, part of my story has joined me in making glass: my son, Eisen. He is in the shop, and helped make almost everything you see here.

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  • Rich Small

    Owner, Maker, Designer, Curator

    In 1999 Rich went to a local glass art show, and was invited to drop by the studio. “To watch,” they said. He didn’t just watch. He was a moth to the furnace flame. Rich likes to create objects that have stories to tell. See what you think!!

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