Editor Jennifer Menzies recalls the very first Flame Off inaugurated by Lewis Wilson in 2002. The competition saw fifty-seven flameworkers compete, creating nine sculptures, eight goblets, twenty-four marbles, and sixteen beads in just thirty-six hours. That gathering was also the inspiration for the beginning of The Flow—A Journal for Lampworkers in November 2002 to fill the need to provide a place to showcase the growing flameworking movement.

This article was originally published on page 3 in the Fall 2012 issue of The Flow.
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