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Explore Ohio // Glass Blowing at the Glass Asylum

May 15, 2018 by Rachel 25 Comments

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I’ve been so busy nesting for Baby # 3 that I’ve barely had a moment to breathe. But last week I decided to take some blogger friends up on some plans and meet them for a fun night of laughs, food, and glass blowing at The Glass Asylum in Chagrin Falls.

Getting acquainted!

We were greeted with open arms by the owner, Chris Crimaldi, and welcomed with adult beverages (yes, I had a glass of wine). I browsed the shop and watched the artists work while chatting up friends from near and far that I had not seen in ages!

I was immediately amazed at the detail in the pieces — flowers, vases, wine glasses, beer mugs, and more. We were encouraged to begin thinking of colors to work into our piece. I am notorious for being awful at what should-be simple decisions. Right then and there I decided to go with the ‘party mix’ of colors, AKA every color so that I don’t have to pick just one! Ha!

too many choices!

party mix!

As we settled in to learn about the history of The Glass Asylum,which is celebrating its third anniversary, we snacked on some amazing foods from M Italian, which is located in the same building.

Pizzas from M Italian

delicious salad + fried ravioli from M Italian.

Pizzas, fried raviolis, salad, and calzones galore!! Not to mention a nice plate of meats and cheeses from Jim Alesci’s Place! I was in pregnant lady HEAVEN!

Italian desserts from Alesci’s!

After a brief safety run-down and a short history of Chris, a trained electrician by trade, coming to glassblowing, it was time to get started.

the artists during our safety rundown.

Y’all, the fire for glassblowing is HOT. The ovens, known as glory holes (no joke), are on pretty much nonstop with the exception of July, August and September — because it’s just too darn hot! But the guys (and gal) of The Glass Asylum don’t seem to mind.

My big ol’ pregnant belly – getting my colors!

When it was my turn to go, I was assigned to two of the staff members, who are all trained artists, for help. I told them my idea — a multi-color beer mug — and they helped bring it to life!

Into the glory hole!

One of the coolest parts of this process was all of the science behind it. As I worked with the artists, they carefully explained what we were doing and WHY we were doing it — which is something I absolutely LOVE about learning anything new.

Pulling apart the top of my mug.

The entire time they were walking me through it, I kept thinking, “Dang, Ari (my 5 year old) would LOVE this!” It turns out he’s a bit too young to do it himself, but I am going to take him in to see the artists work and hear the explanation anyways. He’ll totally nerd out about it.

I’ll be picking up the finished product today and I could not be more excited! Here’s how it looked before the cooling process:

my mug.

Look at all of our creations! They are GORGEOUS!

Oh – and shout out to Kate of the Greatest Escapist for snapping a photo of us! And thanks to The Glass Asylum for hosting this incredible event!

Lady Bloggers.

Want to experience the art of glass blowing for yourself?

Contact The Glass Asylum online or call (440) 394-8483 to inquire about an event or experience of your own!

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  1. Aditi Wardhan Singh

    May 15, 2018 at 8:41 am

    Oh, I so have always wanted to try glass blowing … It’s fabulous. This seems like such a great trip .. .I would love to try my hand at this soon.

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  2. This Messy Season

    May 15, 2018 at 9:22 am

    I have always wanted to do this! It looks so fun!

    Reply
  3. Steph

    May 15, 2018 at 9:35 am

    Glass blowing is so much fun! I never realized how hard it was!

    Reply
  4. Nicole Banuelos

    May 15, 2018 at 10:45 am

    This is so cool, I’ve never heard of it before but all the glass came out so beautiful!

    Reply
  5. Courtney Spena

    May 15, 2018 at 10:48 am

    This is seriously so, so cool!

    Reply
  6. Amanda Martin

    May 15, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    So fascinating and has been on my bucket list for ages!

    Reply
  7. Patricia

    May 15, 2018 at 4:04 pm

    What a fun thing to do!! I’ve see glass being blown but never tried it myself!!

    Reply
  8. jessica

    May 15, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    how fun! I’ve always loved the look of blown glass!

    Reply
  9. Jenny

    May 15, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    I have never been glass blowing but would love to give it a try!

    Reply
  10. Rachelle

    May 15, 2018 at 7:36 pm

    Wow! I’ve seen pros do this, but I didn’t know there were places you could do it yourself!

    Reply
  11. Leigh Suznovich

    May 15, 2018 at 8:30 pm

    This looks SO fun! I love glass blowing, my cousin is a glass artist and I’m dying for him to show me how to do it. That beer mug will be a great memento forever :-).

    Reply
  12. Amber Battishill

    May 15, 2018 at 9:27 pm

    This looks like so much fun! I wish we something like this near us!

    Reply
  13. Kim S

    May 16, 2018 at 7:58 am

    WOW, that looks like fun! Plus, the Italian food would be worth going to as well! LOL!

    Reply
  14. julie

    May 16, 2018 at 9:56 am

    I’ve always wanted to try glass blowing! Looks so fun!

    Reply
  15. Stephanie

    May 16, 2018 at 10:40 am

    That’s so cool- I’ve always been fascinated with glass blowing! The food looks delish too!

    Reply
  16. Jennifer Maune

    May 16, 2018 at 11:42 am

    The glass blowing sounds like a blast! I love all of the color options! And all that food looks amazing!

    -Jennifer
    https://maunelegacy.com

    Reply
  17. Marina

    May 16, 2018 at 2:36 pm

    I did it once, but that was long time ago in Murano near Venice 🙂

    Reply
  18. Ruthie Ridley

    May 16, 2018 at 3:31 pm

    What a fun and cool experience!!! That food looks amazing as well!!

    Reply
  19. Jill

    May 16, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    Oh my god I’m nerding out too!! I had no idea there were places you can do this!
    I love your mug and am totally jealous an activity like this is accessible to you.

    Reply
  20. Jalisa

    May 16, 2018 at 10:08 pm

    I took glass blowing in college and loved it. These look so pretty.

    Reply
  21. Eryka

    May 16, 2018 at 10:45 pm

    I’d love to try this! Adding to my bucket list

    Reply
  22. Megan| LoveFamilyHealth

    May 17, 2018 at 8:32 am

    I have always wanted to try glass blowing! I think my kids would really like it too! It seems super fun!

    Reply
  23. Rachel

    May 17, 2018 at 10:32 am

    I have seen quite a few glass blowing demonstrations. I never knew it was a thing I could go try somewhere. I would love to!

    Reply
  24. Eloise

    May 18, 2018 at 11:37 am

    I would love to try this some day! there’s nothing better than learning cool things AND making your own things 😉

    Reply
  25. Mary Leigh

    May 20, 2018 at 5:22 pm

    This looks like so much fun! It’s awesome that you get to make your own piece!

    Reply

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