Wimberly Glassworks

Today we enjoyed yet another field trip with our fantastic cousins. And it was another full day of adventure where I didn't have to plan a thing and didn't even have to drive. Early in the morning, we piled all 7 of us in her car and headed to the hill country.







Our first stop brought us to Wimberly Glassworks for a glass-blowing demonstration. We arrived early and spent some time oohing and ahhing over the merchandise. They had some really lovely glass...all way out of my budget.







Then, we watched with interest as our two friendly glass-blowers pulled oozing glass out of 2000 degree ovens and shaped it, blew it, cooled it, added colored glass to it, dipped it again, shaped it some more, until they'd created this beautiful fluted lampshade. Amazing!