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Originally Posted by Mr. Smiley
I was afraid I'd die before I try everything I want to try... that still scares me a little. Prolly my biggest fear now is losing my limbs and not being able to melt glass right up until I die.  |
Oh yeah! This has been and still is one of my greatest fears. There's so many things I still want to try before I go.
I actually didn't have any fears about any of it at first because I had been silversmithing and into ceramics for several years before I took up lampworking so was used to torches and heat and kilns and stuff.
However, I do fear the kiln now and refuse to go to bed while it ramps down like I used to. I will stay up half the night waiting so I can turn it off before I go to sleep now because things can and do go terribly wrong with kilns. I learned that the hard way but luckily it was during the day while I was actually using it and caught it.
NEVER leave your kiln unattended!
As a not so newbie, teaching others is what scares me. I taught a couple of silversmithing classes once and the first thing the lady did after she was finished soldering her piece was reach down to pick it up....with her bare hand! If I hadn't been watching closely she would have been badly burnt. Bout gave me a heart attack.
I've been tossing around the idea of teaching a beginners lampwork class, (my doctor wants to learn) but after that experience, I'm afraid to even try it.
It's way too easy to grab hot things without thinking. I do it all the time....LOL