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Show 5 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, November 29, 1984 Lifestyle Forming Glass Is A Rewarding Challenge - Creations Are Products Of Talent, Patience, Pride fry-HI- lliHiiiiiiiiiui in iiiiini YOUR SAVINGS SOURCE M 1 HQ "Li? "Riders" I Boot Cut i I I?' UZj "! Quality I? '. 1 Ul m 111 I j thru 42 Valu.toM7.95 Size 27 SSffl 3 n i - Seattle Blues i style No. J 1 J iSjB MWm lIBllfll ItilSSV Stripe DENIM JEANS Den,m fliADY Ik Vlf l rider I j ;t$M75l$K00 fJ :.; I -- . J j :: ,cans ,yf j ShMeNo. StyU No. 3028749 Dd HI .ro.gh.Ug Dcnim 1 m TEE SHIRTS i -S- fflCli Mtrrs pocket "j Men's , i j "full Run of Sites H MLB TOffiLI off j K III Kl MB Bfep .ft H U by Bob Mickelson SANDY. Glass. You can drink out of it, see through it and, if you drop it or strike it, it breaks. If you were to ask anyone to describe glass, that's the answer you'd most likely get. Unless, of ycourse, you were to approach G.M. "Everything I do is an original, Gummer of Sandy. He knows this Gummer noted. substance not only for its pratical no "There's you could mass way just applications, but for its esthetic prothese types of things. I think produce as perties well. that." For 18 years, Gummer has worked people appreciate With the holidays drawing near, with glass, mostly as a glass Christmas decorations and tree orengineer, turning it into picture, naments are the most popular items or cathode tubes. But, on and off over those years he has dabbled in it and Gummer has become famous for his icicles. Although he's made as an art form and some of his creaof them, no two are exacthundreds tions are unique, to say the least. ly alike. He calls it "glass forming" as opTh key to successful glass formposed to glass blowing, glass casting to Gummer, is ing, according or glass cutting. In just a few its glass, physical understanding minutes time, using a propane torch, a couple slim rods of glass and a few properties. He noted that there are different varieties of simple tools, he can bring to life just roughly 10,000so some strong you can drive about anything his mind can glass, nails with it and some so soft you visualize. could melt it with a match. "I guess you'd say I'm he explained. "I just sat His professional training has down in front of a torch and started helped take the guess work out of trying some things out. The more I this hobby turned occupation. He X-r- ," ; This Ad EHectiv o- things." Using a propane torch and handling glass heated to a near liquid state sounds like dangerous work. But, here again, his knowledge and training have stood him well. "It's no more dangerous than soldering or wood burning," he stated, "if you have the right equipment and experience." Looking at what he's created, however, somehow leads one to believe that it takes more than just the right training, equipment and experience. Talent, patience and pride must also enter in. "I just couldn't sit around making stick figures or stretching out pop bottles," concluded. Gummer "Someday I hope to have a shop of my own and go at it full time." I 4 i mji mSjf m The brand that fits.! thru I IWfff j fffjt'' Kfl tal IffJ ' - ; . v ' .V k " Almost like a taffy poll, G. Gummer of Sandy heats, pulls, twists and im- shapes rods of glass into just about any form ...... v -- i . V L INTO THE FLAME . . . 1 "I use a torch combining propane and oxygen to heat the glass into a soft or flowing state," he stated, "so you can work with it. It's almost like a taffy pull. Different temperatures will make the glass do different l Xc ft knows what certain types of glass will do under certain conditions and that knowledge nas maae u possiuie to create incredibly detailed and intricate works. worked with it, the better I got." Gummer stated that he originally looked at it as a form of relaxation, something that could keep him busy after he retired. 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