Imagine a troupe of six dancers traversing a small space, wielding metal rods with blobs of 2000-degree molten glass on the ends and you will get some sense of what a pumpkin crew is like in the MIT Glass Lab. Production glass blowing is heavily team oriented and carefully coordinated. Visitors will watch two teams of three glass blowers as they create pumpkins for the annual MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. The main funding vehicle for the Glass Lab, the Pumpkin Patch, is an eagerly anticipated event each fall, drawing visitors from all over the country.
20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. Closed-toe shoes and long pants required; children aged 5 and over welcome.