About this Product
Get ‘em while they’re hot! Molten hot!
This holiday season I’m selling hand blown glass sufganiot, or jelly donuts, a traditional food served with plenty of love during Hannukah, the Jewish festival of lights. Made with iridescent glass, the donut radiates rainbows when light passes through it.
Frooting Bodies
Meet the Maker
Frooting Bodies ~ By Leigh
Hello! My name is Leigh, I am a mixed-media Artist who is exploring play and decay ~ I identify my personal style as "sophisticated seven year old" and love to create art that adds a sense of whimsy to people's lives. I make glassblown art, ecclectic earrings, and am searching for ways to foster (and fund) my exploration of new crafts. Consider supporting my journey by following along (instagram: frooting_bodies) or ordering some art!
How it’s Made
I begin by dipping a metal pipe into the glass furnace which is kept at around 2400 Degrees Farenheit (1320 Degrees Celcius). From there, I roll the glass in an iris gold "frit," or small grains of colored glass. This is what gives the donut its iridescence. After adding another layer of clear glass, I constantly need to blow more air into the glass and rotate it on a metal pipe, not letting it give into the forces of gravity. Glass that cools too fast will crack, so I keep the glass hot in reheating chambers. When I am happy with the shape, I have an assistant bring over a "hot bit" of lipstick red glass which I smoosh onto the top of the donut! I then apply a few droplets of water to the thinnest part of the glass where it is connected to the pipe. This water shocks the glass and a light tap separates the sculpture from the pipe! Since glass that cools too quickly will crack, I place the donut into an "annealer" which acts like an oven that holds the temperature of the glass more stable and lowers it slowly to room temperature. Finally, I grind off any sharp bits and drill a hole so it can be filled with light!
