Anyone ever been to the Corning Glass Museum?
May 21, 2016 21:13:39 #
If not, put it on your bucket list. Incredible works of art -- must be 100% glass to get in the museum. 10s of thousands of pieces on display.
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May 21, 2016 21:23:18 #
I agree. I've been there. Does not get a lot of attention, but definitely worth a stop.
May 21, 2016 22:24:53 #
Looks like a worthwhile visit. You have shown a sampling that is most impressive.
May 21, 2016 22:56:53 #
We've been there. Fascinating experience. We wished we had had more time. Should have allowed for 4 or 5 hours.
May 22, 2016 08:50:56 #
I have lived an hour and a half away for 49 years, and still haven't gone yet. Thanks so much for reminding me to GO!....and bring a great lens.
May 22, 2016 09:12:22 #
I've been to the Corning a few times. It is the Mecca for glassblowers. I not only love photography but have been a glassblower for 26 years and do it almost daily. I now use a technique called Tonbo-Dama an ancient Japanesse form of glassblowing.
May 22, 2016 10:44:18 #
Carl D wrote:
I've been to the Corning a few times. It is the Mecca for glassblowers. I not only love photography but have been a glassblower for 26 years and do it almost daily. I now use a technique called Tonbo-Dama an ancient Japanesse form of glassblowing.
May 22, 2016 10:53:00 #
K2mbs wrote:
I have lived an hour and a half away for 49 years, and still haven't gone yet. Thanks so much for reminding me to GO!....and bring a great lens.
Yessir -- it is just one of those MUST DO places. Not unlike the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, VA. I am one hour away and get there at least once every 4-5 years. I started going many years before they started recovering sections from the USS Monitor. Now, they have built an entire new museum around this famous ship. But the Mariner's Museum is so much more -- if you like ships and boats.
Then there is the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY
And the Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Pt., Michigan
And the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine
I could go on and on ...
May 22, 2016 11:06:14 #
The Mariners Museum sounds great. I have gone to the vintage hydroplane regatta a couple times in Clayton and visited the museum...being a hydroplane enthusiast. Oddly enough my avatar on here was taken at that event.
DerBiermeister wrote:
Yessir -- it is just one of those MUST DO places. ... (show quote)
May 22, 2016 13:24:16 #
May 22, 2016 13:30:17 #
johnnievegas wrote:
I went in 1963. I thought it has been closed.....
Hell No, some of the biggest events in glass are held there as well as classes and seminars. It's alive and well and going strong.
May 22, 2016 14:46:50 #
May 22, 2016 17:59:30 #
Last week my 60-year-old daughter was happily remembering when I took her and her 5 brothers and sisters to Corning for see the glass works. Guess that makes it 45 years ago or 1971.
May 23, 2016 07:03:07 #
May 23, 2016 08:12:19 #
markar wrote:
Bucket list!
Get online and see when something is going on then you'll get some great pics: lots of fire, glowing glass and awesome manipulation of hot glass.
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