Corning Glass Museum
Short drive south to Corning. I was here 50 years ago to visit Jim Ritchie's grand parents. His grandfather was one of the developers of Corel dinner ware. I still remember him handing me a coffee cup and having me pound a nail with it. Things are different now. Visitors are kept away from actual production sites. Instead there is a huge museum dedicated to all things glass.
Visitor guides say to allow three hours to visit. That is conservative. We spent three hours but rushed some things and skipped others. A large part of the museum is devoted to the artistic side of glass through the ages – eons ago ‘till now.
Several demo areas of glass blowing, glass sculpting, hands on make your own glass item, and a artistic glass blowing/furnace studio where visiting glass artists teach and give demos.
Difficult to visualize at this angle. A mouse we watched being created(above).
To see and study it all could easily take a whole day.
Whatelse would you make stairs out of?
From Corning we started north and east.
Pretty in green. A few weeks from now – wow!
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