lee babbit is my instructor. >> so you can choose any three colors that you want. >> now?yes. >> oh, this is so stressful. i want this color. i want that one. and that one. >> perfect. >> reporter: there's no fooling around with molten glass. so on go the apron, protective sleeves, gloves. >> safety glasses. >> reporter: all right. i'm ready to go. first, i get comfortable at my work station with my tools. then, i have to make a few more decisions about the flower we'll be creating. pink for the stem, blue for the flower, and as for the white -- around the outside edge, please? >> perfect. let's get started with some glass. the first thing we always start out with is by picking up a little bit of soft glass, which is molten, at 2,100 degrees. and when we scoop that up, it's like honey, so we always have to keep the iron turning, otherwise that glass is going to droop directly down towards the floor. about that fast. slow and steady. just trying to keep it straight. trying to keep that from kind of falling off center. >> reporter: how am i doing? >> perfect. >> reporter: th