Ocean Beaches Glassblowing & Gallery

Bob's hand-blown vases are all one-of-a-kind. They include color patterns that are lively and flowing, and organic shapes that are inspired by both the natural beauty of our coastal setting and the fluid nature of liquid glass.

Hand-blown vases are made basically the same as a standard sphere, but with allowing gravity to intervene and stretch the piece vertically during the blowing. Then the glassblower performs a "transfer*" of the piece to a punty.** Once the piece is on the punty, the opening left from where the blowpipe was can be manipulated in various ways - for a vase, the opening can be stretched further vertically or it can be flared out. The possibilities are endless!



* a "transfer" is where a piece is blown on the blowpipe, a solid rod (punty) is fused to the opposite end of the piece, and the piece is broken off the pipe to remain solely with the punty for further working

** a "punty" is a solid rod (actually, usually hollow, but with no opening on either end like the blowpipe has) used either to create solid glass pieces, or to gather small bits of molten glass for use with the primary piece