Mark Scandrette

Today we went to the Seattle Glass blowing studio http://www.seattleglassblowing.com and watched Aaron Than Tate and several assistance work on a piece of glass sculpture. It was utterly amazing to watch the teamwork of these artisans work so elegantly with molten glass. No one wore gloves. They invited us right into the studio and we were able to stand within several feet of the work table and furnace. Hailey, Noah and Isaiah were quite mesmerized and were dissapointed when we had to drag them away after an hour. We watched the artist create a cracked silver leaf full-scale theatre mask. It was poetry in motion, with the glass workers carefully spinning the cone of molten glass at 2,000 degrees. Watching them made me want to work more with my hands. There is great dignity is such work and craftsmanship.