Acrylic Vase Progress

In class on Wednesday I worked with the vacuum form and acrylic to get some shapes that I might want for the vase.  For two different times I melted the acrylic with the heat from the machine and proceeded to bend it around a piece of wood.  The acrylic was kind of hard to bend because it did not easily hold it's shape.  Also it was very hot and stayed hot for a long time.