Similarly, NBC found a hit in 2018’s Making It, a craft competition show that aired during prime time. The show follows in the footsteps of 2015’s Forged in Fire, a reality show about artisan bladesmiths which aired on The History Channel. After a critique with the artists, the judges select one artist to award “Best in Blow,” and one artist to eliminate from the competition. Head judge Gray, host Nick Uhas, and an eclectic mix of guest judges (including a Gastronomy chef, a Lighting designer, and a Sommelier) convene in the gallery, where they discuss and evaluate the artworks. The head judge, award-winning glass artist Katherine Gray, circles the studio as they work, inquiring about each artist’s process.įinished artworks are transferred to a white cube gallery space inside the studio. The artists have just a few hours to complete their challenge, with help from their assistants, glass students from Sheridan College.
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Artwork can easily crack and break away from the pipe, shattering on the floor. Using paddles, mitts, metal tools, and the force of their own breath, they sculpt the material, reheating the glass using torches, or by inserting it into a furnace called a “glory hole.”įragile materials add drama to the creative challenges. Artisans manipulate molten glass taken from a furnace with a long metal blow pipe.
Watching the process is alternately spellbinding and nerve-racking.
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The series is recorded in North America’s largest glass studio “hot shop.” The studio provides the space and the equipment the artists need to create exceptional work. I felt excitement and apprehension all at once,” Momo explained. To even know what glass art is, or what glass blowing looks like… If this is their entry point, we didn’t want to make a bad impression.
“I was a little bit nervous… we knew that this would be the first impression for so many people. When Momo was contacted by the casting director for Blown Away, she was hesitant. “It’s been a running joke amongst glass blowers, saying ‘there totally should be a reality show about glass, because so many crazy things already happen in a studio.’ It just very easily leads to drama.” I asked Blown Away competitor Momo, a recent MassArt graduate, about how she felt about joining the show: Compare with Janusz, who trained under glass master Dale Chihuly, and has 30 years of experience. 23-year-old Edgar speaks openly about how many underestimate him because of his age. The artisans’ levels of experience are varied. Momoko “Momo” Schafer, Patrick Primeau, Annette Sheppard, Benjamin Kikkert, and Deborah Czeresko. Ten artists compete on Blown Away : Alexander Rosenberg, Edgar Valentine, Janusz Pozniak, Kevin Kiff, Leah Kudel, K. The challenge: impress the judges with their glassblowing skills, or risk being eliminated. In each episode, artists interpret a creative brief in their own style. The show highlights ten master artists, who complete glassblowing sculpture challenges for the chance to win a $60,000 prize, and an artist’s residency at the renowned Corning Museum of Glass. The first season of 10 episodes debuted on Netflix on July 12th.
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Blown Away, Netflix’s new original series, is bringing craft artistry back to the reality tv stage.
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