Brown Trout Process

Clear molten glass gathered from the furnace

 

Rolling in powdered brown glass to color the clear

 

Picking up chips of black glass for the speckles

 

Blowing and shaping the glass into the body and tail

 

Flattening the piece with cork paddles, flaring up from the heat of the piece

 

The mouth has been snipped in with scissors, more shaping with knife tool

 

Pressing in the gills with a butter knife after reheating

 

Applying the eyes with colored glass rod and torch

 

Applying the fins with molten colored bits of glass

 

All fins have been added, time to switch to work on the tail

 

Attaching with a punti rod and breaking from the blowpipe

 

Heating the tail with the piece attached to the punti rod

 

Heating with the torch at the bench to shape the tail

 

Snipping off the end with scissors for a final shape of the tail

 

Completed brown trout, hot from the furnace

 

Now to cool slowly overnight in the annealing oven