Arts Of Fire :: Flip Art

When my sister Mary was in town

we decided to take ALL the boys

and Mom

to

The Toledo Museum of Art's

Glass Pavilion.

They offer free demonstrations

periodically...and every Friday @ 2 pm.

If you haven't been...

We highly recommend it.

We arrived a little early (so unlike us)

so we browsed some of the

exhibits.

The crowd started gathering

so we high-tailed it off

to the studio for a good seat.

With Joe, John, and

pumpkin-faced Sam to my right.

A blurry Mom,

(who would have killed me if I posted the

other pic)

Mary, and James to the left.

Here I am...stuck in the middle with you.

We waited for the show to begin.

As you can imagine...

being so up-close and personal...

you can really feel the heat.

To simulate the effect

(is that with an "e" or "a"...I'm sticking with "e")...

you could sit in front of an open

oven set to about 500

while perusing these pics.

(Or just sit outside!)

Brief segue...

remember when you were a kid

and you would doodle on the corners

of books...in a slow progression

of movement...to create your own cartoons?

Or moving pictures for the older set.

Well, I do.

But I've always been weird.

Anyway...

if you scroll very quickly through these

photos it will have the same effect...

A high-tech flip book...

if you will.

Ready...Set...Scroll!

If you did this correctly

it should have been filled with

a lot of oohs and aahs...

and you wouldn't even have noticed the poor

quality pictures.

Hey...

(I bet you feel an excuse coming on)

that guy ( sorry, didn't catch his name) was moving fast...

I mentioned the heat, right?!

At the final Q & A period

he told us that clear glass can be recycled...

colored glass gets thrown in the dumpster.

My Q...

And where's that dumpster located?

He paused...laughed...but didn't tell me.

Dagnabit!

He didn't realize he was dealing with

a dumpster diver!

Since it's right across the street...

We walked through TMA as well.

A great way to spend a Friday.

Their schedule is on-line...so check for times

that work best for you.

I hope you enjoyed this

Flip Art Field Trip.

Now go doodle on some corners!