| Glass blowing is both art and skill. You will get immense | | | | to minimum. |
| pleasure if you do it properly but if you are careless | | | | 2. Plan your entire project in advance. Don't keep it in |
| and not properly known your trade then disaster may | | | | your head. Write it down on a paper and do the |
| be inevitable. You may hear so much hues and cries | | | | necessary changes before you start a project. Many |
| about the dangers of blowing glass but most are | | | | projects which are started without any planning will |
| exaggerated. If you look at any accident then you will | | | | ends up in disaster. While doing the planning, give |
| know immediately that the accident happens due to | | | | special attention on type of glass you are going to use |
| poor environment, not taking proper care and lack of | | | | and different types of tools required. Keep all the |
| knowledge. Many people regularly do the glass blowing | | | | materials and tools ready before starting the project. |
| without any problems. Following are some of the tips | | | | 3. Understand the properties of your glass. Each glass |
| which may be useful if you are in the field of glass | | | | reacts differently in different conditions. If you don't |
| blowing. | | | | know it before starting a project then you will be in for |
| 1. Hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. | | | | the great surprises. |
| You must have a first aid box ready. If you are | | | | 4. Don't start with very ambitious or complicated |
| beginners then it is possible to get some cuts and | | | | project that require great skill. Instead start with the |
| burns even if you are careful. If that happens then you | | | | simple project like join the two or three pieces of glass. |
| don't have to run all the way from your studio to the | | | | Practice until you acquire the basic skill of glass blowing |
| chemist shop. Your first aid box must have the | | | | and then move on to the more complex processes. |
| medicine for burns and cuts apart from other | | | | 5. For cutting a piece of glass, use simple file or knife |
| emergency things. However as you become more | | | | made up of tungsten carbide material. Never try to cut |
| skilled the frequency of burns and cuts will be reduced | | | | the glass with the saw. |