Bill Grout from Aspen Hot Glass is making a borosilicate glass pendant with a GTT Cheetah torch.
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The pressed dimple pattern is created with the help of a "florist frog" found at craft stores in the floral department. This style has been commonly referred to as an "implosion pendant" which was detailed in a great tutorial published in FLOW MAGAZINE (this technique has since been described as "compression".) Using the difference in viscosity at temperature to produce a three dimensional fold generates the three dimensional look.
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Bill and Rae Grout are full time artists from Corvallis Montana. “We are science geeks to glassblowers”. They both have technical backgrounds in the high tech avionics industry but left the corporate life to live their dream.
Bill became a full time artist and started blowing glass in 1993 and Rae left the corporate world in 2002 to be with Bill and become a glassblower. In 2016 they began incorporating metal working, dragon attire and Steampunk designs into their glass art. Together they live on a small farm that includes orchards, an extensive garden with a green house, Steampunk shop, Torch shop for torch work glass blowing, Bills Man Cave equipped with a electronics wing and Brew house.
Their farm has fantastic views overlooking the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. Together they spread love and harmony, sharing this fantastic journey called life.
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