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Art, Thursday, Period Three
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geniuswithasmartphoneA few years ago, when Hardison had been teaching a slightly different class, he'd called his old friend Mike to bring the class into his studio to watch him blow glass sculptures. And last week, he'd called him again to see if Mike would be amenable to another group tour.
...It turned out the answer was yes, because Mike had made a decent bit of money over the years hosting tours for other groups, but he was willing to do this one pro bono since Hardison had been the one to make the suggestion originally.
Hardison met his class at the front of the school, a portal ready to whisk them away. "Ready to go learn somethin' cool?" he asked. "One thing--where we're goin' is dangerous an' can be kinda expensive. Be careful an' respectful while we're there, especially when you're at the hands-on section of the class, a'ight?"
And with that, he gestured to the students to go through the portal.
The other side was the exact opposite of the cold they'd come from. Furnaces dotting the room put out enormous amounts of heat. There was a place for them to hang up their heavy outer gear and then they were being hustled into the center of the room, out of the way of anyone briskly walking about. "Welcome to a glass blowin' studio," he said as a man came over to greet them. "This is my boy, Mike, who's agreed to give y'all a demonstration of how to blow glass an' let us use his studio for a bit to mess around. Mike's a professional glass artist, been doin' this for years." And had taught Hardison to blow glass for a con, not that Mike had known that at the time.
...Or now, really.
Mike stepped forward and began to explain how to blow glass, complete with a demonstration.
"Y'all got that?" Hardison asked when he was done. "Awesome. Cause now it's your turn to make somethin'. Folks from Mike's studio are around to help an' offer advice, but y'all have free rein to look around an' experiment with a couple different items to create."
[First link to wikipedia, second to a Youtube video with narration.]
...It turned out the answer was yes, because Mike had made a decent bit of money over the years hosting tours for other groups, but he was willing to do this one pro bono since Hardison had been the one to make the suggestion originally.
Hardison met his class at the front of the school, a portal ready to whisk them away. "Ready to go learn somethin' cool?" he asked. "One thing--where we're goin' is dangerous an' can be kinda expensive. Be careful an' respectful while we're there, especially when you're at the hands-on section of the class, a'ight?"
And with that, he gestured to the students to go through the portal.
The other side was the exact opposite of the cold they'd come from. Furnaces dotting the room put out enormous amounts of heat. There was a place for them to hang up their heavy outer gear and then they were being hustled into the center of the room, out of the way of anyone briskly walking about. "Welcome to a glass blowin' studio," he said as a man came over to greet them. "This is my boy, Mike, who's agreed to give y'all a demonstration of how to blow glass an' let us use his studio for a bit to mess around. Mike's a professional glass artist, been doin' this for years." And had taught Hardison to blow glass for a con, not that Mike had known that at the time.
...Or now, really.
Mike stepped forward and began to explain how to blow glass, complete with a demonstration.
"Y'all got that?" Hardison asked when he was done. "Awesome. Cause now it's your turn to make somethin'. Folks from Mike's studio are around to help an' offer advice, but y'all have free rein to look around an' experiment with a couple different items to create."
[First link to wikipedia, second to a Youtube video with narration.]