For peep's sake: Studio offers glass peep-making workshops

May 19, 2012 | Paulter takes the glass glob from the furnace to the marver table, where she rolls it into crushed-up colored glass called frit. Paulter said her sister, who also is a glass blower, has very short bangs. 1 Paulter uses a steel rod called a punty to retrieve molten glass from the furnace, kept at a toasty 2,000 degrees. As the glass starts to harden, she puts it back in the "glory hole" for a few seconds to make it more pliable. Then she puts it in a second oven, the "glory hole," to melt the color into the clear glass. Word of caution: The furnace is so hot that standing too close to the open door can singe your hair. The glass starts out as powdered batch and becomes the consistency of honey when heated. 2 Like their counterpart marshmallow chicks, these peeps come in every spring color. Paulter forms the peep by spinning it into shape using a mitt of wet, folded-up newspapers and large tweezer-like jacks to define the head and body. 3 Here's where the glob becomes art. Read more »

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