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bjbj Jill Reynolds uses Pyrex, or borosilicate, tubing and rod to create her sculptures. She
softens the tubing and rod with a flame. In the case of the hollow parts, she uses a torch
that s mounted on a table and brings the glass to the flame. She blows and manipulates the
glass with simple tweezers and tools to create the hollow forms that you see. The solid parts
start as Pyrex, or borosilicate, glass rod about five or six millimeters in diameter.
She heats these in a torch and manipulates them to the approximate shapes you see, then
joins those solid parts, using the heat of the flame, to the hollow parts. As the structure
gets larger and more complex, rather than holding the work and bringing it to a flame,
she has a hand torch connected to the ends of rubber hoses that allow her to bring the
flame to the work. Thus, she can assemble large sections together without having to
move them around. The final installation was done here in the museum, and she spent about
a week with a small hand torch assembling the large parts into the bigger structure
that you see now. The colors are created using a red liquid. The glass is all clear glass.
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