When you are BLOWING glass, it's called a 'glory hole'- a hellishly-hot furnace into which you stick the end of the rod that holds the glass to be blown.
When doing simple flamework/lampwork (the method by which simple sliders and pipes are made), the heat is from a torch.
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . Glassblowing so Ive been taking a glass blowing class for about 3 weeks now, 3 hours a week and Im actualyl gettting pretty good at it. it's a lot harder than I thought it would be but I've really been loving it. I want to take a private class once I get better at it, proably by the end of the 8 week course, do you think they would let me make pipes/bongs????? anyone do this b4? thanks Rating: 5