There were 2 of these rounds, each accomodating up to 6 lampworkers. |
Round 1: Amy Ruopp, People's Choice Runner-up |
Brett Christian, Best Use of Color |
Jason McGhee |
Josh Mazet, Best Use of Color Runner-up |
Aaron Slater |
Kevin Smolark |
Chad Trent, Best Vortex |
Round 2: Kaj Beck |
John Bridges |
Travis Weber, Best Inclusion Runner-up |
Raj Kommineni, Best Inclusion |
Paul Katherman |
Michael Mills |
James Yaun, Best Vortex Runner-up |
Mike Gong, People's Choice |
Meredith Dougherty |
Becky and Bonnie! |
Self-portrait, shock at what I'm seeing |
Brett, placing glass elements into the Stumpsucker |
View down into the Stumpsucker, ready to encase |
Preparing glob of hot clear to encase with |
Almost ready to encase, heating the elements first |
Encasement, sucking the air out |
Ready to pull out |
Rounding the encased marble |
Brett, finished, ready to take off the punty - Jerry and Trey Flowers! |
Aaron heatin it up |
Josh heat, looking through to Kevin |
Jason, as Stephan and Travis look on in the background |
Jason, see through fire! |
Chad, almost there |
I think this is Jason's backside |
Whose head is that, how'd THAT get in here? |
Travis, cobalt tubing |
Travis, ratty forming |
Mike and Kaj, Bonnie looks on |
Mike, early stages |
Kaj, stick-stack into a marble |
Hot stick-stack |
Raj, backside dots |
Paul |
James, lotta heat |
James |
Travis, ratty on tube, ready to become a marble |
Hot Ratty! |
Mike, backside lines |
Paul, cave marble is forming |
James, HOT |
John, toolage |
Mike, backside shaping up |
ROCKING backside |
Stick-stack, almost a marble |
Travis, backside beginnings |
James, almost there |
Kaj, pulling off excess |
Travis, backside rockin', ready to switch punty sides |
Mike, 2-color flamer |
Mike, hot vortex, mind-numbingly cool |
John, hot orange vortex swirl |
John, final rounding |