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here’s my second go at fluted blown glass

here’s my first blown glass fluter!

Aaron Gross of Austin Art Glass made his Hi-Def debut today in a segment I produced for KEYE42’s new “We Are Austin” show. The program features some of what’s great about Austin and the people that love to keep things weird here. The segment below is from the off-air HD broadcast and includes graphics & music from the show. The video was shot with an HV20 & my coffee table leg steadicam and edited in Final Cut Pro.

it’s called the Hot Shop for a reason

in my second class with austin glassblower Aaron Gross, he shared the 16th century venetian technique of pulling latticino cane with clear and white glass

to prevent the end of the cane from being wasted, he gathered clear glass over it to create a paperweight

i took a one hour hands-on glass blowing instructional today taught by austin glass artist Aaron Gross of Austin Art Glass. he runs the shop over on south congress.

aaron is a calm and highly skillful artist and teacher. i really enjoyed working with this medium and gaining respect for the ancient art technique first hand. being able to fully immerse yourself in the craft within an hour is a very cool thing…

the hot shop

aaron gross blowing glass with a student

the glory hole

color bench

aaron has great patterns throughout the shop’s grounds

wares in the kiln for the night. mine are the outer 3, lower right.