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Ah the traditional witches
ball, with many varied folk lore tales for it's meaning and/or superstitions.
Here is the glassblowers
version of the glass witches ball.
Back in the early days of glass
blowing, a glass blower would put the beautiful creations from the
sweat, passion and toil of his day into the annealing oven to cool.
However, in the morning when he came to check on his precious
creations, it was discovered that the controllers on the annealing
oven had gone "whacko" in the middle of the night, thus
turning his beloved art into a puddle of color.
It was rumored that mischievous
"witches" came out at night and wreaked havoc in the glass
blowing studio. Thus the birth of the "witch ball". The
"witches ball" is to a glass blower, somewhat, what
"scarecrows" are to the farmer. Folklore has it that the
exasperated artist would hang these balls over his annealing oven to
catch these naughty "witches" in the middle of their fun.
These balls are positively
delightful with their intricate webbings made of fine threads of
glass. They are oddly shaped, bumpy in spots and they can be created
in any of the colors you see on this page or on the "ornaments"
pages. We have posted a sample of a few, but by no means does the fun
stop there.
(Due to variations in the glass blowing process,
every piece is different
and colors may vary.)
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