Glass that has cooled to the correct orange-red stage for blowing gets placed into a smaller oven called the “Glory Hole.” The glassblower first heats the end of the blowpipe, then dips it into the molten puddle of glass to collect a blob called a “gather.” He then rolls the gather of glass on a steel plate called a “marver” (notice the slab of metal beneath his hands.) The process of “marvering” forms a cooled skin on the exterior surface of the glass so that it will more easily hold its shape as the glassblower works with it.