I'm back from my first 4 hours of lampworking. Starting the torch was a bit scary, but I guess you get use to it. Another scary thing is sometimes the glass pops off a small chunk when you put it under the flame. It's amazing the way the glass gets soft and becomes something else, whatever you want it to be. The instructor was amazed at my bead shapes, so that's a good thing. They have been very uniform so far. I only made 4 tonight. Tomorrow I go to class for 8 hours! The sad thing is my beads will have to sit in the kiln overnight, so I won't have them for a few days because the class is an hour away.
Anyway, I'm thinking I love this.

I will post pictures of my beads when I get them all back.