"Walter Evans is celebrating his 71st birthday and his 56th year in the handblown glass industry early next year. The first 31 years involved working his way up through factory glassblowing from a bit boy to gaffer at Pilgrim Glass. He then spent 8 years as a foreman and then switched full time to making molds, something he had started after taking a woodworking course and being asked to take over when the Pilgrim mold maker died. Walter has a lot of stories to tell about mass production of glass by hand methods."