Glass blowing...

[SoapBox]

I'm absolutely captivated by a show about glass blowing...currently on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).

I don't get any info on this set, so not sure what it's called or the date.

...it's just incredible.

[SoapBox]

1. Found the program!

Called "Chihuly in the Hotshop".

Amazing...and I LOVE the music.

[aidbo]

2. I haven't seen that one, but I know of a good doc. about glass blowing..

..called "Degenerate Art". It's specifically about pipe blowing, and some of the art they make is amazing. It's on Netflix.

[SoapBox]

3. Wow.

That's really, art.

Now that I've done some digging, I never knew about Dale Chihuly as a world renowned glass blowing artist. He has a museum and studio in the Seattle and Tacoma area.

Picture of some things on his FB page:

https://m.facebook.com/chihuly

I feel like some kind of dullard, not knowing about him.

The Hotshop show was done in 2007 or 2008...the music was all Tom Tom Club. Hope I can see it again.

[cwydro]

5. That's beautiful.

[aidbo]

6. It is! And it's not even the most intricate!

Some folks can really make amazing creations. And imagine the tension involved when you consider one wrong move could spell disaster!

[OriginalGeek]

4. WHen I saw your subject

I came in to ask if it was Chihuly. Yeah, that was fascinating. Kinda made me want to learn how to do it but I took up leather working instead. I THOUGHT it would be cheaper than glass blowing lol. It may or may not be cheaper but I can do it in air conditioning.

[SoapBox]

9. I surprised myself, not having heard of him

Sheesh...and I'm on the West Coast.

[madamesilverspurs]

7. A most fascinating medium.

That assessment comes from thirty years working with glass. The design part was deliciously challenging, when the hoped for outcome had the light breaking a certain way through the piece. I had to quit when an illness left my hands with diminished feeling and I had to go on oxygen therapy. Lots of designs in my head that I'd never gotten around to doing, and I still miss the work. My nephew treated me to a visit to the glass museum in Tacoma; it was gorgeous, a visual delight that I would gladly experience again and again. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for those programs on PBS, thanks for the headsup.

[SoapBox]

10. Wow!

It was all so amazing...the channel ran the Hotshop program which was an hour and a half...then ran the Pilchuck, A Dance with Fire, which was released this year (an hour)...I couldn't pull myself away.

http://www.adancewithfire.com/

I will now make it a point to seek out some of his works, when I can get myself to Seattle.

[clarice]

8. Glass blowing? Sounds hard on the lips. nt

[elleng]

11. Have seen it many times, on MPT/WETA.

Wanna go to Italy???