Creating the glob. Once the team at our factory creates the glob, they begin the shaping process using a marvel. The glass blower heats one end of the blowpipe and begins rolling over the soft molten glass to hollow out a section of glass. This is always the section that’s attached to the blowpipe.

Blowing and shaping. If you’ve ever been to Venice, you’ve probably seen glassblowers at work. This is a pretty jaw-dropping process. One of our glass blowers feeds air into the molten glob, twisting and turning it along the way to create Anissa’s classic hippy shape.

In the oven. The final step! Since the Popotins are pretty much perfect at this point, it’s time for the annealing oven. This high heat furnace is used by the glass blowers to eliminate any stresses that were created during the previous phases. It slowly and evenly heats the glass, thus removing any remaining dimples or depressions. After a brief “soaking” period, the oven gradually returns to room temperature.