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Carlisle School of Glass - Marble Weekend Flameoff 2007

This was the first annual (of hopefully many more to come) Marble Weekend Flameoff, held at the Carlisle School of Glass in New Jersey, in conjunction with the Wheaton Village Marble Weekend. the two sites are right down the road from each other in Millville, New Jersey. It was a GREAT time as 16 competitors competed for the People's Choice award (voted on by visitors to Marble Weekend at Wheaton Village), and also 3 awards from a panel of 3 judges - Best Vortex, Best Use of Color, and Best Inclusion. Sadly, I forgot to get pictures of the finished pieces the next day, DOH!!!
There were 2 of these rounds, each accomodating up to 6 lampworkers.
There were 2 of these rounds, each accomodating up to 6 lampworkers.		 Round 1: Amy Ruopp, People's Choice Runner-up
Round 1: Amy Ruopp, People's Choice Runner-up		 Brett Christian, Best Use of Color
Brett Christian, Best Use of Color
Jason McGhee
Jason McGhee		 Josh Mazet, Best Use of Color Runner-up
Josh Mazet, Best Use of Color Runner-up		 Aaron Slater
Aaron Slater
Kevin Smolark
Kevin Smolark		 Chad Trent, Best Vortex
Chad Trent, Best Vortex		 Round 2: Kaj Beck
Round 2: Kaj Beck
John Bridges
John Bridges		 Travis Weber, Best Inclusion Runner-up
Travis Weber, Best Inclusion Runner-up		 Raj Kommineni, Best Inclusion
Raj Kommineni, Best Inclusion
Paul Katherman
Paul Katherman		 Michael Mills
Michael Mills		 James Yaun, Best Vortex Runner-up
James Yaun, Best Vortex Runner-up
Mike Gong, People's Choice
Mike Gong, People's Choice		 Meredith Dougherty
Meredith Dougherty		 Becky and Bonnie!
Becky and Bonnie!
Self-portrait, shock at what I'm seeing
Self-portrait, shock at what I'm seeing		 Brett, placing glass elements into the Stumpsucker
Brett, placing glass elements into the Stumpsucker		 View down into the Stumpsucker, ready to encase
View down into the Stumpsucker, ready to encase
Preparing glob of hot clear to encase with
Preparing glob of hot clear to encase with		 Almost ready to encase, heating the elements first
Almost ready to encase, heating the elements first		 Encasement, sucking the air out
Encasement, sucking the air out
Ready to pull out
Ready to pull out		 Rounding the encased marble
Rounding the encased marble		 Brett, finished, ready to take off the punty - Jerry and Trey Flowers!
Brett, finished, ready to take off the punty - Jerry and Trey Flowers!
Aaron heatin it up
Aaron heatin it up		 Josh heat, looking through to Kevin
Josh heat, looking through to Kevin		 Jason, as Stephan and Travis look on in the background
Jason, as Stephan and Travis look on in the background
Jason, see through fire!
Jason, see through fire!		 Chad, almost there
Chad, almost there		 I think this is Jason's backside
I think this is Jason's backside
Whose head is that, how'd THAT get in here?
Whose head is that, how'd THAT get in here?		 Travis, cobalt tubing
Travis, cobalt tubing		 Travis, ratty forming
Travis, ratty forming
Mike and Kaj, Bonnie looks on
Mike and Kaj, Bonnie looks on		 Mike, early stages
Mike, early stages		 Kaj, stick-stack into a marble
Kaj, stick-stack into a marble
Hot stick-stack
Hot stick-stack		 Raj, backside dots
Raj, backside dots		 Paul
Paul
James, lotta heat
James, lotta heat		 James
James		 Travis, ratty on tube, ready to become a marble
Travis, ratty on tube, ready to become a marble
Hot Ratty!
Hot Ratty!		 Mike, backside lines
Mike, backside lines		 Paul, cave marble is forming
Paul, cave marble is forming
James, HOT
James, HOT		 John, toolage
John, toolage		 Mike, backside shaping up
Mike, backside shaping up
ROCKING backside
ROCKING backside		 Stick-stack, almost a marble
Stick-stack, almost a marble		 Travis, backside beginnings
Travis, backside beginnings
James, almost there
James, almost there		 Kaj, pulling off excess
Kaj, pulling off excess		 Travis, backside rockin', ready to switch punty sides
Travis, backside rockin', ready to switch punty sides
Mike, 2-color flamer
Mike, 2-color flamer		 Mike, hot vortex, mind-numbingly cool
Mike, hot vortex, mind-numbingly cool		 John, hot orange vortex swirl
John, hot orange vortex swirl
John, final rounding
John, final rounding

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