Man, the color reaction in this piece is totally magic! Micke's work is so rad! Love it! *Edit* Oh damn, the mishap at the end was a gut punch! That lip encalmo was super soft, and George couldn't see what was happening before it was too late!
Thank you, Corning, for sharing this fantastic video! Micke Johansson is a true star. It's interesting to see how a finished piece takes about x times 100 steps to get to. I didn't count, but there were a lot of steps... And to have this image in your head, and work with this temperamental medium is just a marvel of skill and artistic foresight and daring. Beautiful!
Interesting to watch the process as always, but not a fan of this design, color palette, or the remaining big flaw at the top that happened at the end. Curious why he chose these colors.
The heating after this blowing at 1:39:28 really stuffed up the top cup. It was smooth when it went into the oven, was in there too long probably, and when it came out it started to sag, and it all went wrong at 1:40:50 causing a fold. Afterward it retained a blemish 1:41:14 which was never worked out of the piece 1:49:52. Such a shame, after all that work.
1:40:38 watch over the following 5 seconds, you can see the exact point where it collapses. I'm surprised Micke was as cool as he was at the end of it. I'd be somewhat visibly upset.
That's one of the difficulties in going so large, and in black & white. I still 'felt' like the back third, in front of the punty, was risky-cold. George knows big. My guess is his mind was on the length & white vs. the green. That iron in the green heats up easy.
@@KieranShort A glassblower of that many years has had many pieces go sour. You just try not to get emotionally attached to work until it's room temperature.
Man, the color reaction in this piece is totally magic! Micke's work is so rad! Love it!
*Edit* Oh damn, the mishap at the end was a gut punch! That lip encalmo was super soft, and George couldn't see what was happening before it was too late!
Thank you for showing the final piece at the end!!!!
Hello George and all glass blowers. Everything you all do is absolutely amazing to me.
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WOW, his style is so neat!!
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Thank you for doing this, CMOG! I really enjoyed the commentary: highly informative and all inclusive narrative. Happy holidays to you all 🙏😊💕
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I loved the teamwork when swapping this to the secondary puntie was fantastic.
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Thank you, Corning, for sharing this fantastic video! Micke Johansson is a true star. It's interesting to see how a finished piece takes about x times 100 steps to get to. I didn't count, but there were a lot of steps... And to have this image in your head, and work with this temperamental medium is just a marvel of skill and artistic foresight and daring. Beautiful!
It's beautiful and unique.
Nice work .....true artistic flare
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Bravo well done.
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I was just about to ask how they get that inside shot....
heatproof glass as used in the shuttle screens behind the furnace a small window
so amazing
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Interesting to watch the process as always, but not a fan of this design, color palette, or the remaining big flaw at the top that happened at the end. Curious why he chose these colors.
Hey smarty the colors are ho
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When you can't make it good, make it big or blue.
The heating after this blowing at 1:39:28 really stuffed up the top cup. It was smooth when it went into the oven, was in there too long probably, and when it came out it started to sag, and it all went wrong at 1:40:50 causing a fold. Afterward it retained a blemish 1:41:14 which was never worked out of the piece 1:49:52. Such a shame, after all that work.
To Kieran. So what's your glassblowing background???
1:40:38 watch over the following 5 seconds, you can see the exact point where it collapses. I'm surprised Micke was as cool as he was at the end of it. I'd be somewhat visibly upset.
That's one of the difficulties in going so large, and in black & white. I still 'felt' like the back third, in front of the punty, was risky-cold. George knows big. My guess is his mind was on the length & white vs. the green. That iron in the green heats up easy.
@@KieranShort A glassblower of that many years has had many pieces go sour. You just try not to get emotionally attached to work until it's room temperature.
First. I love glassblowing
Wow
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Incredible piece ,dont like the neck though
Around 16 minutes he says that newspaper is the cheapest tool but having to buy all that newspaper is not cheap
Why didn't he just cut the blemish off and put a rim around the heads, it would have looked much better - now he will sell it as a second ?????