We stopped by Martha's Vineyard Glasswworks to watch them making glass pumpkins. It's always fun to watch. I sent them a cropped version of the last picture which they posted on their Instagram account.
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Reheating the pumpkin in the furnace.
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This was a large glass pumpkin, weighing around 10 lbs.
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They are going to create the pumpkin stem at the top.
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Drawing out the part that will be the base of the stem.
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An assortment of small, colorful glass pumpkins they made.
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Working on the part that will be the stem.
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More stem shaping. He might have added some of the fairy dust (whatever) to...(more)
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Drawing out the stem. The texture was created by putting it in a mold.
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The colored stem is complete and the work is almost done.
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They're just about to "knock off" (separate) the pumpkin from the pontil...(more)
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Behold, it is complete! Here is a darker, cropped version I sent them that...(more)