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LAWSON, Mo. \u2014 As Theresa Cauley-Archuleta steps inside her home-based studio in Lawson, Mo., her world narrows to the glow of a torch, where she turns rods of glass into colorful designs and offers a glimpse into a process many never get to see up close. <\/span><\/p>\n Flameworking, Theresa explained, is a torch-based form of glassblowing that offers a more intimate setting and uses a bench torch and small rods of colored, soft glass known as 104-COE. Due to the nature of the glass, it cools fast and can \u201cblow up if it doesn\u2019t have any heat that\u2019s continually going into it,\u201d she said. Every piece, when complete, goes straight into a kiln, allowing it to slowly go back to room temperature to prevent cracking. <\/span><\/p>\n Working with the 104-COE glass, Theresa explained, is rhythmic as she \u201cteaches the glass\u201d to go from cold to hot at temperatures up to 968 degrees Fahrenheit. Borosilicate glass, a stiffer material used in traditional glassblowing, allows artists to pause their work and step away, in stark contrast to working with softer variants. Theresa explained that, because she uses \u201csoft glass,\u201d she doesn’t have that ability. Instead, she remains close to the torch and can\u2019t even step away for a moment. Making flameworking more demanding and intimate. <\/span><\/p>\n The hands-on nature of her artwork comes to life as she designs flowers, brightly colored fish, wind chimes, and beads that transform into decorative pieces and jewelry. During her working process, she adds frit to give each piece its own texture and color. <\/span><\/p>\n Frit, she explained, are small pieces of crushed glass that can also be made into a fine colored powder to add or change the color of the designs. The crushed pieces of glass, she said, are used to add \u201ctexture or patterns\u201d to each bead or flower, bringing each piece she creates to life. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.excelsiorcitizen.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LAWSON, Mo. \u2014 As Theresa Cauley-Archuleta steps inside her home-based studio in Lawson, Mo., her world narrows to the glow of a torch, where she turns rods of glass into colorful designs and offers a glimpse into a process many never get to see up close. Flameworking, Theresa explained, is a torch-based form of glassblowing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2499727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22035,21738],"class_list":["post-2499726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-community","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Playing-with-Fire-Local-Artist-Finds-Her-Art-in-the.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499728,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499726\/revisions\/2499728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}