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Glass Snow Dogs

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CORNING (WENY) - While the Southern Tier isn't seeing any snow, the Corning Museum of glass is making it. Well a glass snow dog that is.

Gaffer, George Kennard, took on the project of making a large glass snow dog to join the family of snow people in the museum's lobby. Kennard made the snowman family five years ago and thought it was time they had a family pet. The team of gaffers started the snow dog this morning and it took nearly four hours to complete. "Each one of these pieces are made separately and are put together when they are cold. The snow dog today, we put the whole thing together hot. So you have one shot. If the legs go on crooked you're not going to be able to take them off. Same way with the ears. We used mittens

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