HOT SHOP - GLASS BLOWING STUDIO

Firehouse Glass’s Hot Shop features two fully equipped glassblowing stations with state-of-the-art studio equipment, blow pipes, and puntés designed and manufactured by Spiral Arts in Seattle, WA.  All studio hand tools are made by Jim Moore.  To maximize studio usage we rent the Hot Shop in four-hour blocks of time: 9:00 am– 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm– 5:30 pm, and 6:00 pm– 10:00 pm. Use our contact form if you’re looking for studio rental.

·     $45 / hour studio rental (includes 1 bench with 17” glory hole, use of  shop tools and pipes, annealer space, and up to 20 lb. of clear furnace glass)
·     $4 / lb. above 20 lb. of glass
·     $10 / hour Garage rental
·     $40 / day Extra annealer charge (extra days for thick work, heat-up of roll-up panels, etc.) 

Jim Moore Hand tools:
            two standards jacks
            two trim shears
            two standard diamond shears
            two medium tweezers
            two puffers- one bent, one straight
            two parchoffis
            several wooden paddles
            tagliol
            two graphite paddles 

Spiral Arts Equipment:
            550 lb. day tank furnace
            two 17" glory holes
            two 48" front-loading annealing ovens
            pipe warmer and cooler
            garage
            color box
            two rolling marvers
            dozen standard work horse blow pipes
            five sizes of straight punties
            garage tools: forks and paddles 

Our Hot Shop also features a variety of other tools for use including: Correll 18' crucible furnace, two ladles: one 6", one 8", pastorale and many different sized ferros, many Steinert optic molds, selection of blocks, footing tool, two steam sticks, two hand torches, one Nortel minor burner, powder booth, compressed air, and more!