Required Clothing
The potential hazards involved in glassblowing should be obvious. But there are various ways of minimizing those hazards - and one of them is by wearing appropriate clothing.
- Closed-toe shoes only! Molten glass is soft enough to drip, in which case you don't want your feet under it even in boots!.
- Cotton shirt and pants only! Many synthetics melt with the heat, and will become very sticky!
- In the "not exactly clothing" department, long hair must be pulled back and tied! We get eyebrow and arm hair singed all the time - think about what long, loose hair could do!
- Long pants are a must - you'll get plenty warm in them, but I can show you a couple ugly calf scars I got from wearing shorts!
- Safety Glasses - will be provided, but MUST be worn AT ALL TIMES in the glassblowing area. Still-hot glass can pop off the pipes while cooling (which means "less then 1,000 degrees F) and fly surprising distances!