Lightbulbs or Hot Air Balloons?

Cutting lightbulbs with string and fire to make the foundation for hot air balloons:

Nearly finished painting the horses

Tests in Glass

Cutting glass for the first time

A little scary at the beginning, but the good news it that the process is definitely going to work for what I need. 

Carousel Poles

      Casting the poles for the carousel horses has turned out to be one of the more challenging casts. I've been trying to avoid a two part mold in order to avoid seams, but my one part molds yield pretty inconsistent results. I do have the option of altering the casts after the fact by sanding and adding clay, but kind of time is not in my production schedule. So I was stumped for about a day... but.... tada! I found straws that are perfect for what I need! I ran wooden dowels through the straws and cut them down to size. They will work perfectly and they are pattern is consistent enough that I can actually make the poles spin on the zoetrope. Blessing in disguise.

Laser Cutter!!

The final cutouts

Sooooo much detail!

The Bumblebee in action!!!!