My favorite of the challenges was of course the Decanter and Cup challenge, with the winning retticello set being my obvious favorite of the submissions.įellow glass artist Ryan Irish Like Minded Glass referred to the show as being “like a hallmark card” and it’s certainly got the feeling of being another scripted television series. I found the challenges to be quite exciting and interesting, but I don’t like the idea of comparing artists work in the way the show does. The cinematography was superb, and having worked with dozens of photographers and videographers around glass I know how challenging it can be to capture.Īs for the competitive nature of the show, it certainly fits into a mold that we see with cooking and other entertainment shows. I even learned things I did not know about the hot shop. It captured the emotions or the process, along with so much technical information that I myself as a glass blower sometimes forget is not common knowledge to the general public. This show did an incredible job of showing people who have never seen glass blowing what that process looks like. Blown Away’s View Into the Glass Blowing World
function but I won't go too deep on that subject with this post. This often brings up a dialogue about form vs. Pipes, along with pendants and cups are pieces of art that the owner can also use. I attribute this to the fact that my generation for the most part are not buying homes yet, making it difficult to collect and display glass art. Glass pipes are probably the most collected glass art in the current market, ranging in price from around $10 up to $100,000. This show will hopefully spark an interest, and drive traffic to public studios where people can try their hand at the art.Īdmittedly, glass collecting has slowed down in my generation from that of my parents and grandparents. Glass blowing is somewhat of an inaccessible medium to most people, primarily due to the extremely high overhead involved with the process.
The way a serious glass maker relates to glass may come off as pretentious, but it’s an attitude of perfection, a quality the dedicated artist is always striving for. The show is niche and cliche, and some may say it’s pretentious, but I don’t think that’s how it should be received.
Watching from the perspective of a glass artist was a unique experience, something I want to share some of my thoughts on. It’s a nice step in making glass art more accessible to the mainstream. Blown Away, the glass blowing documentary on Netflix, shows the emotions behind glass blowing, and explains tools and processes in a way that is digestible for people outside of the industry.
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