Tesuque Glass Works
   
 
This is a wax of 'Frida'. There is a face on each side of the piece. The wax is how each piece begins. This is the other side of 'Frida' as a finished casting.
 
  There are two murini's laying on top of the lime yellow 'Basket Frogs' piece. We will drill holes into the frogs and glue the murini's in place. To view a finished piece look at the blue 'Small Frog Bowl' at the top right corner of this page.

Beth the head of the wax room, and Dave the casting master, are fitting a box around a wax piece. Investment (a mixture of plaster hydro stone and mulite) is poured over the wax. The investment will harden, then we will steam the wax out of the investment, leaving a hollow space where the wax used to be.This is similar to bronze casting.
The biggest difference between bronze casting and glass casting begins when the investment goes into an oven for up to a month. The bronze can be poured and de-invested within a day. Glass needs to heat up and cool down very slowly. The 'Boca Paila' is being de invested after over a month in a kiln. The bottom of the piece is where we sift crushed glass into. The crushed glass then melts down to the lip of the piece, filling up until the cup on top is full.
  This is a 'Small Frog Bowl' similar to the one Charlie is signing in the photo below.
Charlie signs and numbers each casting.The lid of the 'Small Frog Bowl is felted for comfort in fondling.
Tesuque Glass Works inside the studio location blown glass cast glass Charlie Terry Kay Dave
inside the gallery events history blowing studio casting studio Charlies cast glass Cia Beth