Blenko glass blowing 6-4-09 (in HD)
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Blenko Glass, located in Milton, West Virginia, makes hand-crafted glass items. The company's factory is located not far off the Interstate and it has a gallery from which you can watch glass pieces being made. This video shows the steps to make a "Bella Bocca Pitcher," which is a colored glass pitcher in the company's catalog. As you can see, good old American craftsmen create and shape the glass with their hands and skills. It was really quite hypnotic to watch. I have more video clips showing the finished glass pieces, and I may put that together to complement this.
This was shot and edited in HD, using my Canon Vixia HF11 AVCHD camcorder. Some minor steps and drawn-out steps were either shortened or eliminated to keep this as short and complete as possible. I hope you enjoy it.
If you want to know more about me and what I do, please visit my Web site at www.bobkovacs.com.
Thanks so much for your comments! Your video is great as well! and I enjoyed seeing them making a different item. You did a good job. Loved the zooming. Have to do more of that next time myself!!
Unbelievable! Congrats on the beautiful glass! At any second, something could go wrong. Nerves of steel.
Excellent craftmenship. Thanks for posting.
well that was a pretty awesome video nonetheless. For glassblowers the only real way to consistently make money is to do production stuff, so its always great to see :)
Thanks for stopping by!
so amazingly quiet in there.
I took a look and left a message. Your video is excellent, very entertaining to watch.
Amazing, amazing WORK! BRAVO!
Glad you like it. This was quite a few years ago, but I think Blenko glass is still there.
@@BobKovacs yes, Bob, thanks for the video, yet ...I was yelling about the glass artists, mainly! Lol. I want to see a video with the artist and their name and what works are theirs!?!?
I don't really know anything about the process or materials they use... it was just so interesting watching them do this. I'd love to go back and make a better video, especially if I could get access to the factory floor and do an interview or two.
Anyway, thanks for the comments!
Thanks... you're very kind to say that.
anytime man. If you ever do get a chance to go back there lemme know, I'm not too far from there (pennsylvania) I'd be happy to lug camera gear around for the chance to get in that place. :)
TOTALLY AWESOME
MY HATS OFF TO EVERYONE.
KEITH
yeah the furnace we use at school puts out about 80 decibels, but we're a pretty lively bunch at school, those guys are just quietly competent pros. I'm jealous though, whatever batch they're using stays pliable WAY longer than what we put in our furnace.
Actually, there was a constant roar from the furnace, loud enough that it drowned out any conversation more than a dozen feet away. However, people were mostly just doing their jobs and not talking much when I was there.
Was just there... Same guys and everything :)
sweet i definitely will check it out. wonder if they hire apprentices.
I like your video
Thanks! It was one of the very first things I posted to UA-cam... and it was in HD!
@@BobKovacs that's the reason I wanted to see it again....
alright Chris I spose its not the *ONLY* way, but its the one for me anyhow.
Very nice video! What fun to see them making another item. We were just there on Aug.13, 09. See my video for the making of another piece: search Blenko Glass Factory. This is the best glass factory I have seen to date (3rd one). I love how you can see everything they are doing from first step to last!
lol Awesome job on this video! Why did you make it?
***** Thanks for the nice comment. I like making videos that tell a story. I realized standing there watching this team of artisans that I could tell the story of how one item was made. It's fun to do that, so I enjoyed the process. (This video actually shows three or four different glass objects being worked on, but I edited it to make it appear that it's all one item.) Hard to believe that this is now more than five years old... I still have that camera and still occasionally use it.
Bob Kovacs
cool man
Check out my video just posted. We were there Aug 13, 2009. You can see them making another item. I am definitely going back there!! I love how you have such a great view of every step of the process!
@jmhouck
hahaha apparently that dudes been there for a long time too. hell he's a gaffer, what do they care what his hair looks like heheheh
Here is a video (Called Batching Blenko) guiding you through the factory, from making the glass from raw materials all the way to finished product. ua-cam.com/video/WKculWCCw3Q/v-deo.html
I shot my video years ago, but had to stay on the public side of the fence. It would have been great to get the angles that this person was able to get.