Husband & wife, Penny and Mike Stevens take turns working as the “gaffer” in their

Salt Lake City Glass Studio.

The gaffer creates the design with chalk on the studio floor. The gaffer also gathers

the hot molten glass (2000 degrees Fahrenheit) from the crucible inside the furnace onto a

blowpipe.

They use wooden blocks (molds) and a marver (steel plate) to shape, form and

cool the glass. The blowpipe is continually returned to the heat of the glory hole to reheat

the glass so the gaffer can continue to blow and shape the art. Once shaped, it is transferred

to another pipe called a punty. This allows the gaffer to use a tool called jacks to open the

shape into the desired final form. The art is then put into the annealing oven for cooling and

tempering. Each piece is signed by the gaffer, numbered and dated and is a unique

individual piece of art glass.

Their glass works displays a beautiful and vibrant colors of free flowing glass forms

and colorful balls.