The Tacoma Glass Museum

We visited the Glass Museum in downtown Tacoma.

The location of the Glass Museum is in an old manufacturing area with this building used for milling and now converted to lofts with a newer section in the back.  

This is is a view of the glass museum and this serves as a chimney for the "Hot Zone" where glass blowing demonstrations are given.

The glass blowing demonstration area.

Drawing glass from the furnace.  As a result of watching this demonstration, Al has signed up for a class in glass blowing near his home in Minnesota.

Samples of glass work by various artists done from the earliest years of the 20th century until present.

Examples of what can be done by artisans.  

A necklace of glass and gold.

Al will have to work many years to approach this level of craftsmanship.

A detail and the complete work of art.