1 00:00:06,382 --> 00:00:11,387 Throw sand, lime and soda into a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit furnace, 2 00:00:12,055 --> 00:00:14,140 and you get liquid glass. 3 00:00:14,223 --> 00:00:18,311 Skilled glassblowers gather the molten mixture using hollow pipes. 4 00:00:18,394 --> 00:00:23,024 And when they blow, glass inflates to form a bubble to shape and sculpt. 5 00:00:23,107 --> 00:00:26,986 The tools and techniques date back to Roman times, but we're about to… 6 00:00:27,070 --> 00:00:28,571 -…turn up the heat. 7 00:00:29,197 --> 00:00:31,657 We're back at North America's largest hot shop 8 00:00:32,450 --> 00:00:34,410 to watch ten exceptional artists… 9 00:00:35,953 --> 00:00:38,498 …fight fire with fire. 10 00:00:38,581 --> 00:00:39,957 And now the fun begins. 11 00:00:42,210 --> 00:00:43,294 Go big or go home. 12 00:00:43,377 --> 00:00:44,754 And with great risk… 13 00:00:45,588 --> 00:00:47,799 -Oh, God. -Rest on the bench. Rest on the bench! 14 00:00:47,882 --> 00:00:50,259 I always come out swinging. -…comes great reward. 15 00:00:50,343 --> 00:00:51,511 -Yeah, baby! -Whoo! 16 00:00:51,594 --> 00:00:53,971 If they can survive our fiery competition, 17 00:00:54,055 --> 00:00:56,390 they'll win a life-changing prize package 18 00:00:56,474 --> 00:01:00,311 that will establish them around the globe as Best In Glass. 19 00:01:00,394 --> 00:01:03,064 I'm Nick Uhas, and this is Blown Away. 20 00:01:11,489 --> 00:01:15,034 Glassblowers! A new day, a new challenge. 21 00:01:15,118 --> 00:01:16,244 -I hope you're ready. -Yeah! 22 00:01:16,327 --> 00:01:17,370 Me too. 23 00:01:17,453 --> 00:01:19,205 Self-doubt is here, 24 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:20,706 cocky, confident, 25 00:01:20,790 --> 00:01:23,167 and I'm, like, all over the place. 26 00:01:24,252 --> 00:01:26,754 The fact that I won the last challenge, 27 00:01:26,838 --> 00:01:28,339 I'm feeling confident. 28 00:01:28,923 --> 00:01:33,302 As artists working in glass, this year is a huge deal for all of us. 29 00:01:33,386 --> 00:01:38,683 The United Nations has deemed 2022 the International Year of Glass. 30 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:40,685 -Wow. -It's friggin' awesome. 31 00:01:40,768 --> 00:01:44,230 That designation acknowledges the monumental effect 32 00:01:44,313 --> 00:01:47,817 glass has had on our past, present, and future. 33 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,027 Glass is literally everywhere you look. 34 00:01:50,111 --> 00:01:51,654 I mean, it's in your house, 35 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:53,906 it's in your car, it's on your phone… 36 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:56,576 Ancient obsidian spheres, Edison's light bulb, 37 00:01:56,659 --> 00:01:59,328 fiber optic cables that keep us all connected, 38 00:01:59,412 --> 00:02:01,205 they all have two things in common… 39 00:02:01,289 --> 00:02:03,875 They have changed the world, and they're made of glass. 40 00:02:03,958 --> 00:02:07,753 We should probably also mention mind-blowing work 41 00:02:07,837 --> 00:02:09,714 from glass artists such as yourselves. 42 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:13,593 -Absolutely. -And our guest evaluator, Chris Clarke. 43 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:18,931 Not only is Chris a sculptor and curator, 44 00:02:19,015 --> 00:02:21,309 he's also the director of operations 45 00:02:21,392 --> 00:02:23,728 at the world-renowned Pittsburgh Glass Center. 46 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:26,522 -Yeah! -I'm really excited that Chris is here. 47 00:02:27,106 --> 00:02:28,941 His sculpting skills are awesome. 48 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:33,279 There is 5,000 years of innovation all around us. 49 00:02:33,362 --> 00:02:36,115 But you'll only have five hours for this challenge. 50 00:02:37,325 --> 00:02:41,245 We want you to design, create, present a piece of art 51 00:02:41,329 --> 00:02:42,872 that's inspired by a glass invention 52 00:02:42,955 --> 00:02:45,541 that you think made a huge difference in the world. 53 00:02:45,625 --> 00:02:49,503 It could have a social impact, a scientific one, environmental, cultural. 54 00:02:49,587 --> 00:02:50,504 It's all fair game. 55 00:02:50,588 --> 00:02:54,634 I like this broad, open concept where we have lots of places to go. 56 00:02:54,717 --> 00:02:56,552 We will be evaluating your pieces 57 00:02:56,636 --> 00:02:58,971 on design, concept and technical skill. 58 00:02:59,055 --> 00:03:01,432 The artist that does not blow us away 59 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:03,809 will be eliminated and asked to leave the hot shop. 60 00:03:03,893 --> 00:03:06,145 The winner will be named Best in Blow 61 00:03:06,229 --> 00:03:08,814 and will receive an advantage in the next challenge. 62 00:03:08,898 --> 00:03:10,441 -Yay. -Alright. 63 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:13,986 There's so many talented people here. An advantage would be awesome. 64 00:03:14,070 --> 00:03:16,781 Your five hours starts now. 65 00:03:19,033 --> 00:03:20,576 I'm really excited about this. 66 00:03:20,660 --> 00:03:23,079 As a kid, I used to have, like, an invention book 67 00:03:23,162 --> 00:03:24,622 that I'd write down inventions in. 68 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:27,833 So I am making a piece based off of Galileo's telescope, 69 00:03:27,917 --> 00:03:31,671 and the controversy that that sparked at the time 70 00:03:31,754 --> 00:03:35,341 and, kind of, how controversy now in the science world is still prevalent. 71 00:03:36,342 --> 00:03:41,013 I'm trying to embody 5,000 years of glass into one piece. 72 00:03:41,097 --> 00:03:45,226 Well, there's a traditional form in glassblowing called an amphora vase. 73 00:03:45,309 --> 00:03:46,769 And that'll be the focal point. 74 00:03:46,852 --> 00:03:49,563 And then I'll have these people coming together around it 75 00:03:49,647 --> 00:03:51,816 that represent the future of glass. 76 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,403 I took chemistry in high school, and it was one of my favorite classes. 77 00:03:55,486 --> 00:03:57,613 Science and glass go hand-in-hand. 78 00:03:57,697 --> 00:04:00,408 And so I guess the message behind this piece is "science is cool." 79 00:04:01,367 --> 00:04:05,955 I'm making two hands of different skin tones that are holding a smartphone. 80 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:08,249 But it also has this connotation of being a black mirror, 81 00:04:08,332 --> 00:04:10,584 like, something that you, kind of, get lost into. 82 00:04:11,252 --> 00:04:14,547 I'm making a smartphone with a blade coming out of the top. 83 00:04:14,630 --> 00:04:18,426 Sort of book ends on the story of glass, the most modern tools 84 00:04:18,509 --> 00:04:20,761 and some of the first glass tools that were ever used. 85 00:04:21,345 --> 00:04:24,765 I'm inspired by these lenses that correct color blindness. 86 00:04:24,849 --> 00:04:27,852 I'm going to make a portal into color. 87 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:33,482 Everything outside of the portal will be in a gray scale pallet. 88 00:04:34,066 --> 00:04:37,486 So, my first idea was maybe not super PG. 89 00:04:38,112 --> 00:04:44,577 But I also was thinking about how important Pyrex has been culturally. 90 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:46,579 Everyone's gotten their grandmother's Pyrex dish. 91 00:04:46,662 --> 00:04:49,999 Like, I know the pattern my grandmother had, and it's a part of me. 92 00:04:50,082 --> 00:04:52,626 My father lives in Portugal, and I live in the UK. 93 00:04:52,710 --> 00:04:54,879 The central piece will be a globe, 94 00:04:54,962 --> 00:04:57,590 and then there'll be cane to represent the fiber optics 95 00:04:57,673 --> 00:05:01,260 being used to connect people from different parts of the world. 96 00:05:01,344 --> 00:05:03,054 My dad's very proud that I'm here. 97 00:05:03,137 --> 00:05:06,140 It keeps me sane to know that I've got people at home 98 00:05:06,223 --> 00:05:07,808 that are rooting for me. 99 00:05:10,311 --> 00:05:13,564 So we're gonna make a lot of parts, so we're gonna need a lot of hustle today. 100 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:16,317 I'm just looking for a color, but it doesn't seem to be here. 101 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,778 So I am searching for an alternative. 102 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:23,783 I have alabaster. Hold on, I don't have that one yet. 103 00:05:24,867 --> 00:05:26,494 Are there any more trays? 104 00:05:29,372 --> 00:05:33,584 Five hours is a lot of time in the shop. But I have a lot of pieces to make. 105 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:36,921 Each individual piece isn't that complicated. 106 00:05:37,004 --> 00:05:39,382 It's just making the whole thing together. 107 00:05:39,465 --> 00:05:40,341 But we'll see. 108 00:05:50,643 --> 00:05:55,314 So the UN names 2022 the International Year of Glass. 109 00:05:55,398 --> 00:05:56,857 What does that mean to you guys? 110 00:05:57,566 --> 00:05:58,651 Honestly, I don't know. 111 00:05:58,734 --> 00:05:59,693 I feel like every year 112 00:05:59,777 --> 00:06:01,779 -is a year of glass for me. 113 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:04,490 I think it's a great time for people all around the world 114 00:06:04,573 --> 00:06:08,494 to really understand how important glass has been through history. 115 00:06:08,577 --> 00:06:10,413 It's everywhere in our lives. 116 00:06:10,496 --> 00:06:11,414 Flip. 117 00:06:12,540 --> 00:06:15,459 Glassmaking, it's got thousands of years of history. 118 00:06:15,543 --> 00:06:17,169 And it's one of those things 119 00:06:17,253 --> 00:06:20,297 where no one person could figure it out all by themselves. 120 00:06:20,381 --> 00:06:23,134 There's just thousands of years of innovation. 121 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:25,761 And so we stand on the shoulders of giants. 122 00:06:25,845 --> 00:06:26,679 Lift. 123 00:06:28,347 --> 00:06:32,726 I feel like I saw a few ideas centered around, like, a smartphone. 124 00:06:32,810 --> 00:06:36,939 When you think about it, like, we are interacting with glass constantly, 125 00:06:37,022 --> 00:06:38,232 all day every day. 126 00:06:39,567 --> 00:06:41,068 Stay right there, please. 127 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:45,197 John Moran looks like he's making a too. 128 00:06:45,281 --> 00:06:47,700 But it doesn't really bother me. 129 00:06:47,783 --> 00:06:51,412 I think it's gonna be two completely different avenues towards the same idea. 130 00:06:51,495 --> 00:06:55,666 Because so many things have really changed our whole world that are glass. 131 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:58,419 I think I'd probably go back to, like, the 16th century, 132 00:06:58,502 --> 00:07:00,463 when the microscope was created. 133 00:07:00,546 --> 00:07:02,339 I mean, that opened up, like, so many things. 134 00:07:02,423 --> 00:07:06,927 Biology, medicine, the vials that we put vaccines in. 135 00:07:07,011 --> 00:07:09,138 That may be the hardest part of this challenge, 136 00:07:09,221 --> 00:07:12,933 is picking one thing that's had such a profound effect. 137 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:19,607 So I'm kind of doing a pretty ambitious sculpture. 138 00:07:19,690 --> 00:07:21,650 It's a decent-sized telescope I'm making. 139 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:24,695 But I'm gonna build that with smaller components. 140 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:25,946 Flip. 141 00:07:26,030 --> 00:07:28,407 Sculpting can kinda be like building blocks, 142 00:07:28,491 --> 00:07:31,494 using simple shapes to make these complex objects. 143 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:34,205 Paddle. Nice. 144 00:07:35,539 --> 00:07:38,542 It's always fun doing shapes you've never done for a challenge. 145 00:07:38,626 --> 00:07:41,170 I'm still learning what I'm doing here. 146 00:07:41,253 --> 00:07:43,797 I have an unorthodox start in glass. 147 00:07:43,881 --> 00:07:48,344 I didn't go to school for it. I didn't learn the basic shapes. 148 00:07:48,427 --> 00:07:49,803 All right. Good enough. 149 00:07:50,596 --> 00:07:52,723 It's good enough. Let's keep rockin'. 150 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:54,183 It hasn't been easy. 151 00:07:54,266 --> 00:07:57,019 I started off doing production-factory work. 152 00:07:57,102 --> 00:07:59,480 I learned a lot from the people that worked at those places, 153 00:07:59,563 --> 00:08:01,065 and that kinda shaped who I am. 154 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:03,192 I don't know where I'd be without glass, 155 00:08:03,275 --> 00:08:05,986 but I can definitely say that I'm in a better place. 156 00:08:06,070 --> 00:08:06,904 Hold… 157 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:09,365 My PhD is in glass and sculpture, 158 00:08:09,448 --> 00:08:11,700 but I have over $100,000 in student loan debt. 159 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,453 Well, I'm famous in the glass world, 160 00:08:14,537 --> 00:08:17,122 but it doesn't equal financial stability, by any means. 161 00:08:17,206 --> 00:08:20,918 I'm gonna make, like, a dark-skin hand, a light-skin hand. 162 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:23,337 So this is the left hand. Left hand. Left hand. 163 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:27,675 So I'm gonna solid sculpt the hand and basically shape it into a mitten form, 164 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:30,427 and I'll cut the fingers out so it looks like a glove. 165 00:08:31,512 --> 00:08:33,055 And then I'll go into details. 166 00:08:34,723 --> 00:08:36,725 Grace has got a nice-looking thing going on. 167 00:08:36,809 --> 00:08:38,936 -It is really nice. -Isn't it? 168 00:08:39,436 --> 00:08:43,816 I wanna push what glass can do, my concepts and my technical skills, 169 00:08:43,899 --> 00:08:47,987 and my relationship with the material as much as I can while I'm here. 170 00:08:48,070 --> 00:08:50,531 And I think that will take me to the end, hopefully. 171 00:08:50,614 --> 00:08:52,533 Whoo! One down. 172 00:08:58,455 --> 00:09:01,000 All right, so let's talk hot shop glass. 173 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:03,627 What made you guys want to work in glass? 174 00:09:03,711 --> 00:09:06,088 Even as a child, I had-- I really loved fire. 175 00:09:06,171 --> 00:09:08,465 Camp fires, watching how it danced. 176 00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:10,092 And when I got to college, 177 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:12,678 I saw-- I had an opportunity to play with something 178 00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:14,597 that was on fire all the time. 179 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:17,349 I found a home where I was comfortable and enjoyed being. 180 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:20,311 You get to play with fire all day! 181 00:09:20,394 --> 00:09:21,687 What do you not love about that? 182 00:09:21,770 --> 00:09:24,273 Like, flamethrowers, molten glass. 183 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:25,816 Oh, it's amazing! 184 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:29,612 Glass is an incredible material. It's a dance, it's a choreography. 185 00:09:29,695 --> 00:09:33,324 I almost have a hard time seeing how everybody doesn't want to do this. 186 00:09:33,407 --> 00:09:36,201 It's the love of my life, glass. It really is. 187 00:09:36,285 --> 00:09:38,454 My body craves blowing glass. 188 00:09:38,537 --> 00:09:40,748 I mean, glass is like another animal in the room. 189 00:09:40,831 --> 00:09:42,708 It's gonna do what it's gonna do. 190 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:46,086 But it's about how you communicate with it, really. 191 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:49,048 I think glass and I have a pretty good relationship. 192 00:09:49,131 --> 00:09:50,758 Right now we're communicating well. 193 00:09:50,841 --> 00:09:52,718 Oh, yeah! 194 00:09:54,178 --> 00:09:57,264 I feel really fortunate to have a career in glass. 195 00:09:57,348 --> 00:09:59,892 I mean, I've done a lot of jobs. I worked as an auto mechanic, 196 00:09:59,975 --> 00:10:02,519 I owned a tow truck, drove tow trucks. 197 00:10:02,603 --> 00:10:03,646 I mean, I was 20 years old, 198 00:10:03,729 --> 00:10:08,233 and I just saw the guys that I worked with that were where I am now in life. 199 00:10:08,317 --> 00:10:10,277 And they just didn't seem like happy people. 200 00:10:10,361 --> 00:10:12,112 Take it. Lift. 201 00:10:12,196 --> 00:10:15,908 And when I saw glass, it was like a path out for me. 202 00:10:16,533 --> 00:10:18,869 -All right, open her up. -Both? 203 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:22,373 Let's see how fast we can spin open a rondelle. 204 00:10:24,249 --> 00:10:29,338 Minhi has a rondelle, which is one way that window glass used to be made. 205 00:10:29,421 --> 00:10:30,714 With centrifugal force and heat, 206 00:10:30,798 --> 00:10:33,425 the shape will kinda open up into a big disc. 207 00:10:33,509 --> 00:10:36,970 And a lot of times that was used to kinda cut smaller windows out of. 208 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:38,806 Come on. 209 00:10:39,431 --> 00:10:40,766 Build up the heat! 210 00:10:40,849 --> 00:10:45,938 The rondelle references the lens, or the portal, to my piece. 211 00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:49,858 If I don't have the rondelle, then nothing is gonna make any sense. 212 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:54,279 -There we go. 213 00:10:55,739 --> 00:10:56,907 Blast it. 214 00:10:58,534 --> 00:11:00,744 It is perfect. It's great. 215 00:11:01,286 --> 00:11:02,538 -Thank you. -Yep. 216 00:11:02,621 --> 00:11:04,623 -Yes! We did it! -Ha-ha! 217 00:11:05,124 --> 00:11:05,958 Victory! 218 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:14,758 Ready? 219 00:11:14,842 --> 00:11:18,512 Go straight down. I'll take it. I'll take it. Straight down. Thank you. 220 00:11:19,263 --> 00:11:23,934 I can see Brenna working. And she's making a big amphora-style vase. 221 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,562 -Man, it looks big from where I'm sitting. -Blow. 222 00:11:27,062 --> 00:11:29,481 Blow hard. Don't push hard, blow hard. 223 00:11:29,565 --> 00:11:33,277 -Brenna is just a beast in the hot shop. -I don't even think she sweats. 224 00:11:33,777 --> 00:11:35,571 My brothers always called me a beast, 225 00:11:35,654 --> 00:11:37,948 and I hated it, so I don't wanna be the beast. 226 00:11:38,699 --> 00:11:42,286 Katherine, you're more of a glassblower. Chris, you're more a sculptor. 227 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:44,580 What's the difference and which one's harder? 228 00:11:45,873 --> 00:11:48,208 Ooh, I think they're both hard in different ways. 229 00:11:48,292 --> 00:11:49,960 The main difference, I would say, 230 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:53,464 is when you're blowing, most of the time, you're working symmetrically. 231 00:11:53,547 --> 00:11:56,592 And where sculpting glass, you wanna be more asymmetrical, 232 00:11:56,675 --> 00:11:57,634 more natural-forming. 233 00:11:57,718 --> 00:12:01,805 In nature, life is not symmetrical, so therefore an asymmetrical form 234 00:12:01,889 --> 00:12:03,682 does look more natural. 235 00:12:03,766 --> 00:12:07,519 I'm in my element, I get to sculpt today, and it's nerdy subject matter. 236 00:12:07,603 --> 00:12:09,480 I actually really want to win this challenge. 237 00:12:09,563 --> 00:12:11,482 It's really up my alley. 238 00:12:11,565 --> 00:12:15,027 I never had a telescope growing up, but I really wanted one. 239 00:12:15,110 --> 00:12:17,654 I think space is really interesting because it's so grand. 240 00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:19,239 It's infathoma… 241 00:12:19,323 --> 00:12:22,034 -Like, its an uncomprehens… 242 00:12:22,117 --> 00:12:25,621 -It's uncomps… Uh, it's inimagin-- in-- 243 00:12:25,704 --> 00:12:27,706 It's really big! 244 00:12:30,959 --> 00:12:32,294 So glad that came off. 245 00:12:32,377 --> 00:12:33,712 He's really going for it. 246 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:37,549 His piece looks really great, and it's a little bit worrisome. 247 00:12:37,633 --> 00:12:40,177 I'm trying not to think about that too much. 248 00:12:40,719 --> 00:12:43,013 Dude! Yeah. 249 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:48,936 I'm making hearts, lots and lots of hearts 250 00:12:49,019 --> 00:12:50,771 that have got little bits on them 251 00:12:50,854 --> 00:12:53,106 so that I can eventually connect 'em together. 252 00:12:53,649 --> 00:12:57,152 I'm just gonna flash it. I'm so paranoid with the flashing. 253 00:12:57,236 --> 00:13:00,239 Flashing. It's like… 254 00:13:00,322 --> 00:13:01,782 …and then out. 255 00:13:01,865 --> 00:13:04,576 Back at home I work in a lead-based glass, 256 00:13:04,660 --> 00:13:07,329 and here it's a soda-lime based glass. 257 00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:10,290 Lead glass is heavier, it retains its heat for longer, 258 00:13:10,374 --> 00:13:12,459 so you don't have to flash it so much. 259 00:13:12,543 --> 00:13:15,796 So you've got more working time with the glass that I have at home. 260 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,130 Thank you. 261 00:13:17,214 --> 00:13:20,509 It is quite a big learning curve for me, but I'm getting there. 262 00:13:21,677 --> 00:13:22,886 Flip. 263 00:13:26,348 --> 00:13:28,058 -Hi, Minhi. -Hi, Katherine. 264 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:31,228 -How are you feeling after your win? -I feel really good. 265 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:34,106 Winning the challenge was a confidence boost. 266 00:13:34,189 --> 00:13:36,400 I just hope that I can stick around for a while. 267 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:38,694 I feel a change in your demeanor. 268 00:13:38,777 --> 00:13:41,822 When I first got here, I was very nervous, 269 00:13:41,905 --> 00:13:45,659 and I'm starting to loosen up and feel a little bit more normal. 270 00:13:45,742 --> 00:13:48,620 I definitely am getting more of a sense of your personality these days. 271 00:13:48,704 --> 00:13:50,873 I'm glad to hear it. 272 00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:55,627 I am half Korean. My childhood was really hard. 273 00:13:55,711 --> 00:13:59,339 I grew up in a really small town where I was different. 274 00:13:59,423 --> 00:14:01,633 That was a really big struggle for me. 275 00:14:01,717 --> 00:14:04,344 So the more people that I meet in this community, 276 00:14:04,428 --> 00:14:07,014 the more I realize that this is my community. 277 00:14:07,097 --> 00:14:08,181 This is where I belong. 278 00:14:11,935 --> 00:14:16,231 Four hours have passed, everyone! There is only one hour left! 279 00:14:17,024 --> 00:14:19,401 I've got ten hearts made already. I need three more. 280 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:22,696 I do love my hearts. They're very cute. 281 00:14:23,864 --> 00:14:26,533 There's one hour left. I'm gonna use every last second. 282 00:14:27,242 --> 00:14:28,368 Got a big piece of glass here 283 00:14:28,452 --> 00:14:30,787 I'm gonna try and blow out into a bell jar form. 284 00:14:30,871 --> 00:14:35,167 So I've gotta make a big enough bell jar to encapsulate this -knife. 285 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:37,753 It needs to be 16 1/2 inches. 286 00:14:41,882 --> 00:14:43,008 Ah! 287 00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:46,553 Not a little bit lightheaded, a lot. 288 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:53,769 How are you doing, John Moran? 289 00:14:53,852 --> 00:14:55,646 -Good. How are you doing, Kathy? -I'm good. 290 00:14:55,729 --> 00:14:57,189 How are you feeling about the fact 291 00:14:57,272 --> 00:15:00,442 that both Rob and Claire have gone home already, 292 00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:02,152 very accomplished glass artists? 293 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:03,695 It's definitely intimidating. 294 00:15:03,779 --> 00:15:06,031 I'm looking around, and it's all babies now, except Dan. 295 00:15:06,114 --> 00:15:09,576 So, we're feeling old, and, uh, wondering if we're gonna make it through. 296 00:15:11,453 --> 00:15:13,622 I met John Moran about 20 years ago. 297 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:17,250 We took a class together, hung out every night in the studio, 298 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:20,420 talking art and making crap… 299 00:15:20,504 --> 00:15:21,421 …and really having fun. 300 00:15:21,505 --> 00:15:24,216 And a bottle of whiskey and good art times. 301 00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:28,387 To see his approach to glassmaking and sculpting, it was influential. 302 00:15:28,470 --> 00:15:31,306 I've seen him do so many amazing things over the years. 303 00:15:31,390 --> 00:15:34,851 He's just an intimidating person. Dan's a big competition for sure. 304 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,771 Hey, guys, we have 45 minutes left! 305 00:15:38,397 --> 00:15:40,023 Forty-five minutes! 306 00:15:40,691 --> 00:15:46,113 I'm making these playful Pyrex pieces that have a life of their own. 307 00:15:46,196 --> 00:15:50,242 So I want a really opaque finish and, like, really strong color. 308 00:15:50,325 --> 00:15:54,997 I have to get several layers of this fine frit on the outside. 309 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,710 I'm wearing this bandana to protect myself from the glass dust in the air. 310 00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:01,586 I'm going into the glory hole, 311 00:16:01,670 --> 00:16:04,047 I'm getting the glass really, really, really hot, 312 00:16:04,131 --> 00:16:07,050 and then I'm rolling it in this fresh frit. 313 00:16:07,134 --> 00:16:10,012 I want that color right on the surface. 314 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:11,471 Whee! 315 00:16:11,555 --> 00:16:13,473 Ring around the color! 316 00:16:14,224 --> 00:16:16,393 I think using clear glass is risky. 317 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:18,812 Everyone around me is using color and I'm using clear. 318 00:16:18,895 --> 00:16:21,648 Definitely with the clear glass, the imperfections are gonna show. 319 00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:25,277 You gotta really focus on the form, the thickness and the clarity. 320 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,029 So that's definitely a challenge. 321 00:16:28,447 --> 00:16:34,661 I am working on an incalmo, the portion of my piece that transitions 322 00:16:34,745 --> 00:16:38,331 from the colored world to the uncolored world. 323 00:16:38,415 --> 00:16:41,084 So much can go wrong with an incalmo. 324 00:16:41,168 --> 00:16:47,549 An incalmo is a technique that allows you to splice two colors together 325 00:16:47,632 --> 00:16:50,010 in a very sort of crisp way. 326 00:16:50,093 --> 00:16:51,261 Yes. 327 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,513 I love a challenge. 328 00:16:56,641 --> 00:16:59,061 Artists, there's only 15 minutes left on the clock! 329 00:17:10,947 --> 00:17:13,784 You can just break it off yourself. Okay? Keep turning. 330 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:15,494 To make these fiber optics, 331 00:17:15,577 --> 00:17:19,706 I'm going to string a piece of hot glass all the way across the hot shop. 332 00:17:19,790 --> 00:17:21,374 The strings become so thin 333 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:24,461 because you're pulling at such a high temperature so quickly. 334 00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:26,797 And that's actually how fiber optics are made. 335 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:27,756 Boom. 336 00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:32,385 With this, I can either make all the individual components, 337 00:17:32,469 --> 00:17:34,596 and then once they've cooled, I can glue them together. 338 00:17:34,679 --> 00:17:36,807 But I would like to assemble this hot. 339 00:17:38,308 --> 00:17:39,142 Okay, flash. 340 00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:42,521 So when I have the glass hot and I put them together, 341 00:17:42,604 --> 00:17:45,065 I can actually bend parts of the fingers and the hands 342 00:17:45,148 --> 00:17:48,568 so they really cup the phone mirror in the right way. 343 00:17:48,652 --> 00:17:50,153 It will feel the most natural. 344 00:17:50,237 --> 00:17:51,696 This is a huge risk 345 00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:54,491 because if it falls off the pipe, I lose everything. 346 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:55,408 Flash. 347 00:17:55,492 --> 00:17:57,911 Glassblowers, there's only six minutes left. 348 00:17:59,830 --> 00:18:00,664 Flip. 349 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,792 Paddle on the lip on time. 350 00:18:09,798 --> 00:18:11,091 -Hot. -Got it? 351 00:18:11,174 --> 00:18:12,008 Yep. 352 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,388 Grab it and squeeze the arms together. Good. Beautiful. 353 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:22,352 All the way over here to the other side of the world. 354 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:23,854 Coming through, hot glass. 355 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:26,690 Get your pieces in the annealer. Time is up! 356 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,526 Nice! Look at that. 357 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:44,583 For this challenge, we had to honor a glass invention 358 00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:46,209 that made a big impact on the world. 359 00:18:46,293 --> 00:18:51,548 I think my personality and energy is evident in this work. 360 00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:54,593 The knife is a reference to the Paleolithic era, 361 00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:57,804 when hunting and gathering were how we sustained ourselves. 362 00:18:57,888 --> 00:19:02,851 And the cell phone is how I conduct most of my business and how I feed my family. 363 00:19:02,934 --> 00:19:04,561 We can talk to each other 364 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,771 from millions of miles away across the planet 365 00:19:06,855 --> 00:19:09,232 all because of these tiny, little strands of glass. 366 00:19:09,316 --> 00:19:10,483 It is pretty cool. 367 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:14,154 Looking at my piece, the ancient form really comes across. 368 00:19:14,237 --> 00:19:19,534 I hope the evaluators see the story of glass and its endless possibilities. 369 00:19:19,618 --> 00:19:21,953 The hands coming together really represent unity, 370 00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:24,581 and then the screen being this kind of void. 371 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,541 It's my best piece I've made in this competition. 372 00:19:26,625 --> 00:19:29,336 I'm really hoping that the evaluators appreciate 373 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:31,296 my technical skills on this challenge. 374 00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:35,717 I want the experience to be like stepping into Oz. 375 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,053 Suddenly, everything is in color. 376 00:19:38,136 --> 00:19:39,930 I'm really happy with the piece I made today. 377 00:19:40,013 --> 00:19:43,016 I think it reflects me and my skills in the hot shop. 378 00:19:43,099 --> 00:19:45,518 I definitely think I'm in the running to win this challenge. 379 00:19:45,602 --> 00:19:47,979 It'll be tight. There's some really nice pieces. 380 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:55,820 Welcome to "2022: A Glass Odyssey." 381 00:19:55,904 --> 00:19:56,905 Impressive. 382 00:19:56,988 --> 00:19:59,908 -Not the joke, but the gallery. 383 00:19:59,991 --> 00:20:01,910 First up, we have Grace's work. 384 00:20:01,993 --> 00:20:06,873 "This exemplifies the significance of familial recipes and dishware, 385 00:20:06,957 --> 00:20:09,000 passed down from generation to generation." 386 00:20:09,084 --> 00:20:13,004 They've done a really great job of making handmade vessels 387 00:20:13,088 --> 00:20:16,216 that immediately we recognize by the color, the shape. 388 00:20:16,299 --> 00:20:17,300 Excellent job. 389 00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:20,929 This yellow casserole dish reminds me of green bean casserole 390 00:20:21,012 --> 00:20:23,098 -and the crispy onions on top. -Mm-hmm. Yeah. 391 00:20:23,181 --> 00:20:24,724 I mean, I can almost taste it. 392 00:20:24,808 --> 00:20:27,602 It really does hit the look in memory for me as well. 393 00:20:28,311 --> 00:20:30,230 This is Dan's piece. 394 00:20:30,313 --> 00:20:31,982 I find this piece very interesting. 395 00:20:32,065 --> 00:20:36,194 The phone's very recognizable, a point referencing the obsidian spears. 396 00:20:36,278 --> 00:20:38,446 And a bell jar makes it very precious. 397 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:42,284 This is a nice example of Dan's sculpting and blowing skills being combined. 398 00:20:42,367 --> 00:20:44,619 Uh, you see both ends of his talent. 399 00:20:44,703 --> 00:20:47,539 I'm not really sure what he's trying to say with the piece. 400 00:20:47,622 --> 00:20:52,919 It's certainly showing the range of glass from ancient to very modern applications, 401 00:20:53,003 --> 00:20:55,588 but it seems like it just sort of stops there. 402 00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:56,631 Its a nice design. 403 00:20:57,257 --> 00:20:59,467 This is John Moran's piece. 404 00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:01,720 We're seeing exemplary craftsmanship. 405 00:21:01,803 --> 00:21:06,016 The hands are really beautifully sculpted. He's done a lot of what's called bit work. 406 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:08,310 Really, kind of, a technical tour-de-force. 407 00:21:08,393 --> 00:21:10,437 I feel there's more of a message here 408 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,564 than maybe in Dan Friday's piece, for instance. 409 00:21:12,647 --> 00:21:14,899 I do get the black as, you know, 410 00:21:14,983 --> 00:21:18,278 screens currently are viewed as a almost black hole sometimes. 411 00:21:18,361 --> 00:21:22,699 People lose themselves in their devices. I actually really do like this piece. 412 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:26,161 This was all put together hot, which is pretty incredible. 413 00:21:26,244 --> 00:21:27,996 Really nice accomplishment. 414 00:21:28,079 --> 00:21:29,748 This is Minhi's piece. 415 00:21:29,831 --> 00:21:34,210 I love that she's really exploiting the optical properties of glass as a lens. 416 00:21:34,294 --> 00:21:36,671 It just opens up into this magical world. 417 00:21:36,755 --> 00:21:38,298 And I love that metaphor. 418 00:21:38,381 --> 00:21:42,344 This piece is very well done. Uh, the colors are really popping. 419 00:21:42,427 --> 00:21:45,305 The incalmo on the ball is really well done. 420 00:21:45,388 --> 00:21:48,183 It's a nice show of technical skill. 421 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:50,769 This is Trenton's chemistry set. 422 00:21:50,852 --> 00:21:55,607 This piece is well executed. The forms look like scientific apparatus. 423 00:21:55,690 --> 00:21:58,985 Trenton took a bit of a risk here because he was just using colored water 424 00:21:59,069 --> 00:22:01,321 as, kind of, filling in to enliven the piece. 425 00:22:01,404 --> 00:22:04,699 Could've used some incalmo to replicate the color inside. 426 00:22:04,783 --> 00:22:07,619 The blown glass elements are really well done. 427 00:22:07,702 --> 00:22:09,913 Only thing, I feel like this is a little bit literal. 428 00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:13,625 All in all, very straightforward, but shows a lot of skill. 429 00:22:13,708 --> 00:22:14,793 -Agreed. -I agree. 430 00:22:15,418 --> 00:22:17,170 Maddy decided to create a piece 431 00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:19,964 inspired by the importance of fiber optics 432 00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:22,342 and how it has enabled people to stay connected 433 00:22:22,425 --> 00:22:24,344 with their loved ones from across the globe. 434 00:22:24,427 --> 00:22:26,388 She hasn't done a great job on the globe, 435 00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:29,182 what with in terms of getting the continents on there, 436 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:31,017 but even just making it round. 437 00:22:31,101 --> 00:22:34,145 Something that's supposed to be round does not translate when it's not round. 438 00:22:34,229 --> 00:22:37,190 The message that I think she's trying to get across can be powerful. 439 00:22:37,273 --> 00:22:39,109 I feel it's a little bit undermined 440 00:22:39,192 --> 00:22:41,403 by the simplification of how she's rendered it. 441 00:22:41,486 --> 00:22:45,281 The pink hearts, a lot of glass artists make those for their sweethearts-- 442 00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:47,700 -Where do they put them? -Often you see them in gift shops. 443 00:22:47,784 --> 00:22:49,327 -Oh! 444 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,540 In this piece, Brenna marries the ancient history of glass 445 00:22:53,623 --> 00:22:55,792 and the endless possibilities of what's to come. 446 00:22:57,168 --> 00:23:00,130 I clearly get the reference to the fiber optics. 447 00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:02,715 Seems like there's some kind of ritual going on here, 448 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:04,926 like this worship of this vase in the middle. 449 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:07,470 And I feel like for how important this vase is 450 00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:11,182 as, kind of, this… stand-in for glass history… 451 00:23:11,266 --> 00:23:13,601 …it's not hitting the mark for me, 452 00:23:13,685 --> 00:23:16,896 both in shape and how it's fabricated, the color. 453 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:20,108 One of the things that I see a lot is glassblowers try to push a scale. 454 00:23:20,191 --> 00:23:23,570 And I'd rather see it a little bit smaller and executed properly. 455 00:23:24,195 --> 00:23:26,448 This is John Sharvin's telescope. 456 00:23:26,531 --> 00:23:30,034 "The debate between scientific evidence and non-science thought 457 00:23:30,118 --> 00:23:33,872 has continued throughout history and has increased in recent years." 458 00:23:33,955 --> 00:23:38,042 Love the little virus. The texture here and the color contrast. 459 00:23:38,126 --> 00:23:41,379 It looks virus-y and evil. 460 00:23:41,463 --> 00:23:43,465 I was nervous when I saw John's design, 461 00:23:43,548 --> 00:23:45,758 thought that the telescope might be too simple. 462 00:23:45,842 --> 00:23:48,511 I feared for the-- the outcome of this piece. 463 00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:49,721 I think it's well executed. 464 00:23:49,804 --> 00:23:52,056 John's a great sculptor, I like the little details. 465 00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:54,142 You can see the articulation of the joint 466 00:23:54,225 --> 00:23:56,519 that holds the base and the telescope together. 467 00:23:56,603 --> 00:24:00,565 This does show his range as a sculptor. I think he's done a really good job. 468 00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:03,109 I think this is John Sharvin's best piece yet. 469 00:24:03,193 --> 00:24:04,319 Oh, agreed. 470 00:24:04,402 --> 00:24:06,571 Chris, Katherine, do you think we have a clear winner? 471 00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:08,990 I think we need to talk to the glassblowers first. 472 00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:09,949 Let's do it. 473 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:18,249 I want to show the evaluators that I am not just a glassblower 474 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:19,834 but I'm an artist at core. 475 00:24:20,418 --> 00:24:23,004 I think that I question myself sometimes, 476 00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:24,839 particularly in this group, 477 00:24:24,923 --> 00:24:27,217 because everyone is just so talented. 478 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,303 Even though I may appear to be confident, 479 00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:33,473 I sometimes struggle with a lot of self-doubt. 480 00:24:33,556 --> 00:24:35,350 My biggest critic is always me. 481 00:24:35,433 --> 00:24:37,310 Artists, welcome back. 482 00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:40,313 We had a chance to tour the gallery and take in your work. 483 00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:42,524 I commend you on some really nice pieces. 484 00:24:42,607 --> 00:24:45,276 -Everyone really performed well. -Nice. 485 00:24:46,152 --> 00:24:48,863 Brenna, we'd like to know more about your piece. 486 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:52,450 I love that my piece tells the story of 5,000 years of glass, 487 00:24:52,534 --> 00:24:55,912 from the ancient form to the innovative technology. 488 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,664 I'm pretty happy with the concept. 489 00:24:57,747 --> 00:25:02,377 The execution, I feel, could be a little… nicer. 490 00:25:02,460 --> 00:25:04,087 -Thanks, Brenna. -Thank you. 491 00:25:04,796 --> 00:25:06,673 -John Moran. -I was a bit distracted 492 00:25:06,756 --> 00:25:09,050 by the whiteness of the fingernails 493 00:25:09,133 --> 00:25:11,553 when everything else was done so realistically. 494 00:25:11,636 --> 00:25:13,096 But it's a small point. 495 00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:16,599 I was hoping that the white would go a bit more translucent on the fingernails. 496 00:25:16,683 --> 00:25:19,185 But I agree, they are a little bit on the white side. 497 00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:21,938 I was impressed that you put this all together hot. 498 00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:24,607 I felt it was, like, important that it would feel natural. 499 00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:27,902 And sometimes when you glue an element, it looks like it's floating in the hands. 500 00:25:27,986 --> 00:25:30,029 It was important the hands were gripping the mirror. 501 00:25:30,113 --> 00:25:31,406 I think your risk paid off. 502 00:25:32,115 --> 00:25:33,324 -Thank you. -Dan. 503 00:25:33,408 --> 00:25:37,787 Between the phone and the obsidian blade, were those attached hot or were they cold? 504 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:38,871 It's a timing thing. 505 00:25:38,955 --> 00:25:41,666 You gotta hit these benchmarks along the way as you're working. 506 00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:44,085 I almost don't know if I could have done it that way. 507 00:25:44,168 --> 00:25:45,295 It's cold connection? 508 00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:46,546 -Yes, absolutely. -Okay, okay. 509 00:25:46,629 --> 00:25:47,630 It was a cold connection. 510 00:25:47,714 --> 00:25:48,798 And, uh, it was just 511 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,967 -the most expedient way to do it. 512 00:25:52,594 --> 00:25:55,221 -Trenton. -The challenge was very open-ended. 513 00:25:55,305 --> 00:25:59,976 But I decided to more specifically target scientific glassware. 514 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:02,854 Trenton, I know you used colored water in the pieces. 515 00:26:02,937 --> 00:26:06,399 Did you think about the possibility of maybe trying to use, uh, colored glass 516 00:26:06,482 --> 00:26:09,777 to try to up the glass level on these pieces? 517 00:26:09,861 --> 00:26:12,864 That thought did cross my mind, but I felt like with the time constraints, 518 00:26:12,947 --> 00:26:15,742 I probably could've only made, you know, a few nice pieces. 519 00:26:15,825 --> 00:26:19,495 And my goal was really just to try to make as many pieces as I could. 520 00:26:19,579 --> 00:26:21,456 -Thanks, Trenton. -Thank you. 521 00:26:21,539 --> 00:26:24,208 Grace. That brings us to your Pyrex. 522 00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:28,296 The person who brought Pyrexware into the forefront 523 00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:30,840 was the wife of a glassblower. 524 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:32,759 Since then, women were also the ones 525 00:26:32,842 --> 00:26:36,054 to sell Pyrex, share Pyrex, pass Pyrex down. 526 00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:38,056 We really think that you nailed it 527 00:26:38,139 --> 00:26:40,683 in terms of the reference with the color and the shapes. 528 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:42,602 I was maybe a little bit confused 529 00:26:42,685 --> 00:26:46,606 by, like, the lids and the slumping, melting kind of aspects. 530 00:26:46,689 --> 00:26:48,900 I didn't want to just make, you know, some dishware 531 00:26:48,983 --> 00:26:50,485 that we have seen, and, um… 532 00:26:50,568 --> 00:26:52,528 I'm not trying to talk about Trenton, 533 00:26:52,612 --> 00:26:55,990 but I-- Like, I thought about just making a bunch of Pyrex dishes, 534 00:26:56,074 --> 00:26:59,744 but I also wanted to animate them and have their own characters to them. 535 00:26:59,827 --> 00:27:01,037 And then, you know, the… 536 00:27:02,038 --> 00:27:04,207 The casserole dish just got overcooked, 537 00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:05,667 -so, you know… 538 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:07,585 It happens. 539 00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:08,878 Thanks, Grace. 540 00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:09,962 Thank you. 541 00:27:10,046 --> 00:27:12,465 Thank you, artists. We just need a few minutes to discuss. 542 00:27:15,677 --> 00:27:18,137 I'm nervous. Really, really nervous. 543 00:27:18,221 --> 00:27:20,098 The concept for me is just weak. 544 00:27:20,181 --> 00:27:23,309 Your butt is on the line out there. There's not a big margin for error. 545 00:27:23,393 --> 00:27:26,104 I mean, time was not a factor for John Moran. 546 00:27:26,187 --> 00:27:30,608 I feel like the overall visual of my piece could have been better. 547 00:27:31,275 --> 00:27:32,694 Been playing it safe. 548 00:27:32,777 --> 00:27:36,030 I definitely feel like I'm on the lower end of the gallery this day. 549 00:27:36,114 --> 00:27:39,659 If you're here to play it safe, then, like, go home. 550 00:27:42,745 --> 00:27:44,080 Thank you for waiting. 551 00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:46,541 This decision was tough. 552 00:27:46,624 --> 00:27:49,585 But one piece stood out above the rest. 553 00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:53,798 It delivered on concept, design and technical skill. 554 00:27:53,881 --> 00:27:56,050 The perfect trifecta. 555 00:27:56,676 --> 00:27:58,886 The artist who is today's Best in Blow is… 556 00:28:03,224 --> 00:28:04,308 John Moran. 557 00:28:06,477 --> 00:28:07,645 Good job. 558 00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:11,399 I am on cloud nine right now. Finally I won one. 559 00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:13,776 This just solidifies my confidence. 560 00:28:13,860 --> 00:28:18,072 As the winner, you are going to get an advantage at the next challenge. 561 00:28:18,156 --> 00:28:21,909 But you won't find out what that is until next time. 562 00:28:21,993 --> 00:28:25,037 Now it's time to burst one glassblower's bubble. 563 00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:29,333 The artist who did not blow us away today is… 564 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:35,882 Maddy. 565 00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:37,800 -Aw. 566 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:40,303 Thank you for the opportunity. 567 00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:41,220 Aw. 568 00:28:41,304 --> 00:28:44,640 It's been really amazing to meet other glassblowers from around the world 569 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:45,808 and to compete against them. 570 00:28:45,892 --> 00:28:47,602 I'm really proud of myself for being here. 571 00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:49,729 Bye. 572 00:28:51,647 --> 00:28:53,775 I came here to prove I'm more than just an assistant, 573 00:28:53,858 --> 00:28:55,526 and I think I've proved that. 574 00:28:57,361 --> 00:28:58,821 And then there were seven. 575 00:28:58,905 --> 00:29:01,824 We'll see you back in the hot shop for your next challenge. 576 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:06,496 It's sad when someone goes home, and it's gonna only get harder 577 00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:07,705 as this progresses. 578 00:29:08,331 --> 00:29:12,668 I'm excited. I'm still here, and I'm here to win it, damn it!