Australia -- Glass Working In Canberra #humanbrochure Both Nicole from Bitten By The Travel Bug and I immediately pointed at each other. I must have someone lost (or won) the finger pointing draw, because I was selected to go first. Our instructor, Sui, took one look at me and said "Ok, we have got to do something about that hair." A hair dye was procured, my fro was tied back (flaming hair was not on the agenda today), and I was suited up with safety goggles, gloves, and a heavy duty apron. I had no idea what to expect from our visit to the Canberra glassworks . In facts, I had very little idea about the whole glass making and shaping process full stop. In fact, I had earlier joked that I would probably just make a big glob of glass and call it an abstract paper weight. So I was bemused when I was shown the selection of four items I could choose to make -- three of which were paperweights! But unlike my earlier vision of how my paperweight would turn out, these ones were actually quite pretty! My first question before choosing a design was: "Exactly how much skill do I need to personally bring to the table here?" He answered none, so I happily selected the complicated looking bird design, and the coloured glass pellets that I would make him with. Yellow of course. First we needed to get our blob of glass. The furnace was