My dad took me to visit Mr.
Donatello, a famous glassblower. He lived in a small house in the country. Next
to the house was his workshop. That’s where he blew glass.(Pritchard, E. (2014).
“Hello”, said Mr. Donatello. “Welcome
to my workshop. Let me show you around.” There were glass objects everywhere:
glasses, vases, pitchers, and bowls. Slowly and carefully, we moved toward the
glassware. I moved more slowly than my dad and Mr. Donatello. I was afraid I might
fall and break the delicate objects.(Pritchard, E. (2014).
“Glassblowing was invented by the
Romans in the first century BC,” Mr. Donatello explained. “For centuries,
glassblowers have been blowing glass to make objects that hold water. My dad
was a glassblower. When I was growing up, he taught me to blow glass. Let me
show you how I make these beautiful things.”( Pritchard, E. (2014).
Mr. Donatello walked slowly toward
the furnace. He placed a pair of protective plastic glasses over his
eyeglasses. Then very carefully, he extended the blowpipe into the furnace and
pulled out a ball of molten glass.
First, he rolled the molten glass
ball on a steel table. “This is to shape the glass,” he explained. “I’m going
to make a beautiful bowl.”( Pritchard, E. (2014).
Then he used metal tools to help him
get the ball into the shape he wanted. Finally, he began to blow into the
blowpipe. “ I have to work very quickly,” he said, “before the glass gets hard.”
Mr. Donatello worked more quickly
than I’ve even seen someone work. And in just a short time, he made a beautiful
glass bowl.( Pritchard, E. (2014).
references:
Pritchard, E.
(2014). Oxford discover. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
