tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460970.post1370319665054710426..comments2023-07-20T04:36:40.422-04:00Comments on maipolitics2poetry: A Propane Tank, a Blow Torch and Memaimunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15595451862560044914noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460970.post-86278032165290933632007-11-29T17:10:00.000-05:002007-11-29T17:10:00.000-05:00We once watched Ellen O'Donnell, the woman who use...We once watched Ellen O'Donnell, the woman who used to run Loving Little Rubber Stamps, doing lampworking in her studio in Newburyport MA.<BR/><BR/>When I was in first grade my dad was working as a chemist about 2 blocks from my elementary school. One lunch hour he took me over to visit his lab and the glassblower there let me blow a bubble at the end of a glass tube. I brought it back to show and tell and of course it broke before the end of the day but if I remember it this long after you can see that it made an impression!<BR/><BR/>I used to greatly enjoy arc welding when I was taking shop classes in high school -- it was a real rush having a little puddle of melted steel less than a foot from me.DeanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314460920173552547noreply@blogger.com