My glass studio

In the top left part of the picture you can see part of my ventilation hood to take away all the nasties that could be given off from the torch/gas. Below that you'll see a small "box" with rods sticking out...that is my indispensible rod warmer. This is so the rods won't respond to thermal shock when put back into the flame time and time again. They cool very quickly! Don't need flying bits of sharp hot glass ! Below that is my Carlisle Mini CC torch that is hooked up to a natural gasline specially installed into my studio just to run my torch. To the right is my wonderful little storage area with all my rods. I work with Italian glass called Effetre, Japanese glass called Satake, and American glass called Bullseye. I am experimenting with a really beautiful hard glass called Borosilicate. You'll notice a small stereo with my awsome Bose stereo headphones...gotta have my tunes! One must boogie while making beads! To the far right is my oxygen concentrator. This is in lieu of lugging the large heavy oxygen tanks up and down my stairs to get refilled every couple of weeks.