At the Make a paperweight workshop in Whanganui the glassworking area is on the bottom floor. The central furnace at 1100C is a vat of molten glass. The one on the right is simply for heating. The table has examples of paperweights. My work must cool before I get it.
![The furnaces and work area at the glassworks.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2022/83295cd3b1.jpg)
![Me heating an iron in the furnace. Posed, after the workshop.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2022/f2ba1af65b.jpg)
![A table of example paperweights.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2022/33d796606d.jpg)