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[Nick] Throw sand, lime and soda
into a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit furnace,
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and you get liquid glass.
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Skilled glassblowers gather
the molten mixture using hollow pipes.
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And when they blow,
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glass inflates to form a bubble
to shape and sculpt.
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The tools and techniques date back
to Roman times, but we're about to
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turn up the heat.
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We're back at North America's
largest hot shop
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to watch ten exceptional artists…
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[blowing]
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…fight fire with fire.
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And now the fun begins.
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[dramatic string music playing]
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Go big or go home.
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[Nick] And with great risk…
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-Oh, God.
-Rest on the bench. Rest on the bench!
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-I always come out swinging.
-…comes great reward.
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-Yeah, baby!
-[Minhi] Whoo!
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[Nick] If they can survive
our fiery competition,
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they'll win a life-changing prize package
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that will establish them
around the globe as Best in Glass.
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I'm Nick Uhas, and this…
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is Blown Away.
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[sizzling, hissing]
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[upbeat string music playing]
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Glassblowers, welcome back
to the hot shop.
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-Thanks.
-Yeah.
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I just don't know what to expect,
and that's kind of scary.
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I'm not worried but my mind's just racing.
I'm like, "Okay, what are we gonna do?"
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Wrath, greed, lust,
gluttony, sloth, envy, pride.
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We want you to create
an original piece of art
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using one of the so-called
seven deadly sins.
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Oh.
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John Moran, because you won Best in Blow
for the last challenge,
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you get first pick.
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I'm gonna go with greed.
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-Greedy.
-Yes.
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[both chuckle]
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-Are you happy with your choice?
-Yeah, I'm very happy with the choice.
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Great. So, you won't mind choosing
for everyone else.
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-[pleasant music playing]
-[chuckling]
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-[Minhi] Oh, boy.
-[chuckles] Okay.
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[groans] It's total crap!
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[laughs]
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Who gets pride?
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-Brenna? Pride?
-Mm. Thanks. I like it.
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Thankfully, I got pride.
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Am I slouching too much?
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Who are you giving wrath to?
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Dan. Sorry, buddy,
I'm gonna have to go with wrath.
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-I think it's a good one for you. [laughs]
-I'll take it.
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The wrath of Dan.
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Who are you giving gluttony to?
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Best served for Grace here.
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-So, uh, it's all yours.
-Ooh!
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J'adore.
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What about lust?
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That's all you, Minhi.
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-Ooh!
-[chuckles]
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I love that.
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Envy will go to Mr. Sharvin here.
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All right.
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So, I guess that leaves
Trenton with sloth.
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Great. Sounds fitting.
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-[laughs]
-[Brenna] Good luck.
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Helping Katherine evaluate
your work today is…
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[cymbal roll]
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Donna Davies.
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Oh, nice.
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[Nick] Not only is Donna
the deputy director
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of the legendary Pilchuck Glass School,
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she's also an art historian.
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I'm really excited to hear
Donna Davies critique my work.
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Back in the 4th century,
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the seven deadly sins
drew a hard line between vice and virtue,
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sinner and saint.
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But for this challenge,
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don't feel it has to be
so black and white.
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[Katherine] We're not looking
for archaic values.
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We want you to take
a more contemporary and personal take.
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You'll have four hours to design, create
and present an original piece of art.
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[Katherine] You'll be evaluated
on design, concept and technical skill.
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And, just to make things
a little bit more interesting,
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I'd like to offer
the winner of this challenge
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a residency at Pilchuck Glass School.
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-[Grace] Amazing.
-[Trenton] Yeah, this is awesome.
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This is a huge prize.
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Pilchuck is a phenomenal,
incredible glass school.
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I hope I win this.
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In the 20 years I've been blowing glass,
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I'm embarrassed to say
I've never been to Pilchuck.
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Artists, your four hours starts now.
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[dramatic string music playing]
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[Trenton] So, uh,
John Moran gave me sloth.
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Maybe John thinks I'm lazy.
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I think he's throwing shots out there,
I don't know.
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I thought it'd be kind of funny
to actually make a lazy, cartoony sloth,
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slouching on a couch.
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So, part of being sloth
is not only being lazy,
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it's attributed
to, like, ignorance, to knowledge,
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so, you know, some books maybe stacked
underneath the couch, holding it up.
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He's got, like,
a remote control in one hand.
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Definitely gonna be sculptural-heavy.
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I was given pride.
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I'm inspired by the LGBTQ community.
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I'm going to make a vessel.
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And then I'll be adding
the spectrum of the rainbow
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and all seven marbles along the side.
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[music fades]
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I'm gonna be making a sneaker
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that's gonna be placed
on top of kind of a cushy pillow.
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The reason I chose the sneaker
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is because sweatshops
reference this idea of greed.
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I'm not a really greedy person,
but I really want to win.
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[Dan] My good friend John Moran
assigned me wrath.
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So I've got a book
with a grapevine coming out of it.
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Kind of based on the Steinbeck novel
The Grapes of Wrath.
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So when I think about gluttony,
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one of the things
that came to mind was ASMR.
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So, ASMR stands for autonomous
sensory meridian response.
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These Korean videos called Mukbang,
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they elaborate on
the sounds of indulgence.
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Like sand being carved out
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to eating something
really slowly or really crunchy.
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[crunching loudly]
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[crunching continues]
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[whispers] This is ASMR.
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You know, I hope that the sound
will translate visually.
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[Minhi] I want to portray lust
with a flower.
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People will offer a flower
when they're falling in love with someone.
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Rather than it be your everyday flower,
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it's going to be
sort of this ominous creature.
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My piece is about lust
disguising itself as love.
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[John S] It is gonna be a little village
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with these mounds
and these houses, kind of, on top of them
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looking up at each other,
wanting what everyone else has.
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It's gonna be a challenge.
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It's hard to captivate
something so complex as envy.
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[upbeat orchestral music playing]
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[in sing-song] Cool. Let's do it.
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[Trenton] Whoa-ho! Watch out!
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What I don't love is the rusty pipes.
Like, I'm really kind of a clean freak.
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Blow, blow, blow, blow, blow.
There we go. A little lighter now.
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-[sizzling]
-[pleasant string music playing]
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[Minhi] It's getting hot.
You gotta dance through it.
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[Trenton] It's all in the hips.
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[laughs]
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[John M] My sin is greed.
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Blow really lightly, please.
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I wanted to, kind of, showcase
a contemporary fairy tale,
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so I'm making a kind of rethought version
of the glass slipper.
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The sneaker will be
made of, kind of, a flesh tone.
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I am looking for two back-to-back wins.
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Actually, I'm looking
for seven more back-to-back wins.
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I plan to be here till the end.
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No excuses not to win.
I got to pick my own sin.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Brenna] So hot.
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I'm wrapping a bunch of colors
around a core.
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Then I'll slice it open,
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and you'll be able
to see, like, the rainbow inside.
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Some kind of obscure jelly
that you see on those ASMR videos.
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To each their own sin.
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Sinners have more fun.
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[Minhi] Yeah.
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[Nick] Katherine, if you could pick
any one of the seven deadly sins,
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which one would you pick?
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[Katherine] Maybe gluttony?
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Wouldn't yours just be
a pile of vegan food?
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[laughs]
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-It would be a giant pile of vegan food.
-Soy beans.
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-[Katherine] Soy beans, hummus.
-[Nick] Kale.
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-[Katherine] Kale.
-[Nick] You glutton, you.
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-[laughing]
-[imitates munching]
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[gentle string music playing]
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My sin is envy.
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Eh, I'm not sure why
John Moran gave it to me.
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Maybe envious of being another John?
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I am making
a picture-perfect neighborhood,
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manicured lawns,
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and all the houses looking the same,
these white picket fences.
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It's, uh, Perfectville. Yeah.
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Making the houses,
I kind of set up a quick mold.
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Two pieces of graphite to make
a nice little 90-degree pitched roof.
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What do you think? Cute house?
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Perfectville, USA. Population: one.
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[intriguing music playing]
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Donna, how prevalent
are the seven deadly sins in art?
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They're everywhere.
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It really started
in the 1400s and the 1500s.
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And it was really meant
to teach people about religion.
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They needed to see
these literal enactments.
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But now they can be a take on these themes
in a number of different materials.
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Photography, ceramic exhibits
and glass, of course.
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I have lust.
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So the flower
is sort of the symbol of love,
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but it's not love, it's lust.
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So the flower is going to bite back.
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The teeth look great.
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Little Shop of Horrors, up in here.
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I want to take this opportunity
to show off my sculpting skill set.
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So here I'm making
the stamen part of the flower.
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It's going to be reminiscent of drool…
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[chuckles]
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…but also the central part of the flower.
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Cool. Oh, I like it.
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It's got a little bit of movement to it.
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I'm taking this challenge literally.
The sin that I got is sloth.
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I decided to start off
with sculpting the legs,
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and, once it's done,
I decided to add texture.
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I heat up a section,
and I use a wire brush and kinda comb it.
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Trying to make it look like fur,
or… whatever a-- a sloth has. [chuckles]
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[Nick] Trenton is making an actual sloth.
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Would you say it is actually difficult
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to come up with something
that isn't so on the nose?
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-Yes.
-[both chuckle]
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[Katherine] I think
it's a really difficult challenge.
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A little more devil in the detail.
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[upbeat string music playing]
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[Dan] I am making The Grapes of Wrath,
based on the book by Steinbeck.
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And right now I'm in the grape phase.
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The book The Grapes of Wrath
is about how poor and migrant families
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were treated by the elite.
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[dramatic music playing]
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I'm doing my best to keep
a cool demeanor in the hot shop.
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I've definitely struggled
with wrath personally.
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And I've worked really hard
to deal with that in my life.
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My dad was killed when I was really young.
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And instead of, uh,
crying all the time about it,
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I-- I got angry.
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I was in a rage, you know,
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and I was on the streets
and I did a lot of things.
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[music fades]
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[clanks]
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-Your grapes look great.
-[Dan] The "Grapeful" Dead.
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I'm not envious of Dan's grapes.
I-- I-- I think they're real neat.
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[chuckles]
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[Dan] Big grape right there.
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[pleasant music playing]
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[Grace] Stop!
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Now I'm making a gooey puddle
with balls stuck in it.
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[chuckles]
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Obviously.
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It's disgusting!
245
00:11:38,115 --> 00:11:41,660
I'm creating this bottom puddle
of blue glass,
246
00:11:41,744 --> 00:11:45,247
and then I'm applying these
orange balls hot and, like,
247
00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:49,042
squishing them in to sort of create
this sensational puddle.
248
00:11:50,419 --> 00:11:51,920
We got two hours left!
249
00:11:52,004 --> 00:11:53,756
-Already?
-Yeah.
250
00:11:53,839 --> 00:11:55,382
Ho… Holy…
251
00:11:55,466 --> 00:11:56,925
[suspenseful music playing]
252
00:11:57,009 --> 00:11:58,343
[sizzling]
253
00:12:00,095 --> 00:12:01,513
[sizzling]
254
00:12:03,348 --> 00:12:04,725
Let's walk over here.
255
00:12:04,808 --> 00:12:06,560
I'm gonna pull black and white cane.
256
00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:09,396
[John M] I have never made a shoe before,
257
00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:10,856
so this is new to me.
258
00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:13,275
I'm making some detail
in the sole of the shoe,
259
00:12:13,358 --> 00:12:16,487
so it has some texture on the bottom.
260
00:12:16,570 --> 00:12:18,781
I'm just flattening out
the bottom of the shoe still.
261
00:12:19,364 --> 00:12:21,658
I've gone in and done
a lot of the seam work
262
00:12:21,742 --> 00:12:23,118
with a little butter knife.
263
00:12:23,202 --> 00:12:24,453
Turn a little bit.
264
00:12:24,536 --> 00:12:27,122
And that gives it like a sneaker quality.
265
00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:30,250
I have never bought $300 sneakers before,
266
00:12:30,334 --> 00:12:34,129
but the piece isn't about $300 sneakers,
it's about the companies that make them.
267
00:12:34,838 --> 00:12:38,300
I'm going to start putting
some "sole" into it, then flash.
268
00:12:38,383 --> 00:12:39,968
I am feeling hot.
269
00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:42,137
Going back.
270
00:12:42,221 --> 00:12:44,890
[in sing-song] It's a hot one today.
271
00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:47,434
[fire whooshing]
272
00:12:51,146 --> 00:12:52,105
Whoo!
273
00:12:52,189 --> 00:12:54,566
I am hot.
Just trying to keep my brain working.
274
00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:58,862
-[Trenton] Tell me if it gets too crazy.
-Oh, no, we're good.
275
00:12:59,655 --> 00:13:03,742
I want it to be funny, so the sloth
is wearing, like, a giant diaper.
276
00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:06,870
He's too lazy to go to the bathroom.
277
00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:07,871
[chuckles]
278
00:13:08,747 --> 00:13:11,667
You'll never know
if it's gonna be the way you want it
279
00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:13,669
until it kinda comes out of the annealer.
280
00:13:15,045 --> 00:13:17,047
-Whoo!
-[exciting music playing]
281
00:13:21,844 --> 00:13:24,763
There's so much creativity and energy
in the hot shop today.
282
00:13:25,472 --> 00:13:29,768
Uh, that might have something to do with
the winner getting a Pilchuck residency.
283
00:13:30,394 --> 00:13:32,771
[Katherine] It's a feather in your cap,
as a glass artist.
284
00:13:32,855 --> 00:13:36,942
To be given a residency is an amazing
opportunity for these artists.
285
00:13:37,776 --> 00:13:42,447
Monetarily, they've got the support
of the staff and the facilities
286
00:13:42,531 --> 00:13:45,826
to do whatever they want to do
and explore, in glass.
287
00:13:45,909 --> 00:13:48,537
I want to win this challenge badly.
I've never been to Pilchuck.
288
00:13:49,204 --> 00:13:50,038
I hope I win.
289
00:13:50,122 --> 00:13:51,206
[chuckles]
290
00:13:51,290 --> 00:13:52,875
[dramatic string music playing]
291
00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:58,505
Yep, get under it.
292
00:13:58,589 --> 00:13:59,548
[clacks]
293
00:13:59,631 --> 00:14:02,759
-Hi, Dan. You have wrath?
-I do.
294
00:14:02,843 --> 00:14:06,013
What kind of technical challenges
are you foreseeing in this?
295
00:14:06,096 --> 00:14:09,558
So, I felt like I kinda got dinged
by putting it together cold last time,
296
00:14:09,641 --> 00:14:11,560
so I'm going for the hot.
297
00:14:11,643 --> 00:14:15,939
-What would the Pilchuck mean for you?
-[Dan] I would love the residency.
298
00:14:16,023 --> 00:14:17,441
When I first started blowing glass,
299
00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:20,819
I was ready to make
paperweights and ornaments
300
00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:23,447
to kinda get out
of the place I was living in,
301
00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:24,990
and, uh, then I went to Pilchuck.
302
00:14:25,073 --> 00:14:26,783
Pilchuck has changed my life.
303
00:14:27,451 --> 00:14:29,077
That's where I met many of the other
304
00:14:29,161 --> 00:14:32,039
very inspirational glass artists
in my life.
305
00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:33,373
[clanks]
306
00:14:33,457 --> 00:14:36,251
I will leave you to it.
Looks like you got a lot going on.
307
00:14:36,335 --> 00:14:38,045
-Yeah, thank you.
-All right, good luck.
308
00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:40,380
[suspenseful music playing]
309
00:14:40,464 --> 00:14:41,590
[Dan] We've got pages.
310
00:14:41,673 --> 00:14:43,467
One hour left!
311
00:14:44,134 --> 00:14:46,178
No! It's brutal.
312
00:14:46,261 --> 00:14:47,095
Chaos!
313
00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:49,681
[John S] I'm-- I'm-- I'm trying
to go for a win here.
314
00:14:49,765 --> 00:14:52,476
I think you have to with this level
of competition we have this year.
315
00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,771
If I'm gonna be somewhere competing,
I want to compete against good people.
316
00:14:55,854 --> 00:14:58,649
I don't want to be, you know,
king of the idiots, right?
317
00:14:58,732 --> 00:14:59,566
So… [chuckles]
318
00:14:59,650 --> 00:15:00,859
[music continues]
319
00:15:05,948 --> 00:15:09,284
[John M] All right, nice, nice heat.
This is what we're looking for.
320
00:15:09,368 --> 00:15:10,535
This is my first shoe ever,
321
00:15:10,619 --> 00:15:13,246
and that is why I thought
it'd only take me two hours,
322
00:15:13,330 --> 00:15:14,831
and it has taken me three.
323
00:15:14,915 --> 00:15:16,124
-Okay, grab it.
-Yep.
324
00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:17,751
Beautiful.
325
00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:19,211
[timer ticking]
326
00:15:22,339 --> 00:15:23,966
[Brenna] Picking up black and white cane,
327
00:15:24,049 --> 00:15:27,260
the challenge there
is the black gets softer than the white.
328
00:15:27,344 --> 00:15:30,847
So, shaping this into an even form
with uneven heats
329
00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:33,225
just takes a little bit extra control.
330
00:15:33,308 --> 00:15:35,894
And it's called a swoop cane technique.
331
00:15:35,978 --> 00:15:39,147
We're taking a plunger
and picking it up straight on top.
332
00:15:39,231 --> 00:15:43,485
And that'll get the color pattern to swoop
in the vessel form that I'm making.
333
00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:45,195
So I have one shot to pick up this cane.
334
00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:47,781
If it doesn't work,
I have to do it all over again.
335
00:15:48,365 --> 00:15:49,825
This is going to suck.
336
00:15:50,575 --> 00:15:51,410
Oh, boy.
337
00:15:51,493 --> 00:15:53,036
[sizzling]
338
00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,956
-[music fades]
-[clacking softly]
339
00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,166
It worked! Bada-bing, bada-boom.
340
00:15:58,250 --> 00:15:59,710
And now the fun begins.
341
00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:02,337
[triumphant music playing]
342
00:16:02,421 --> 00:16:03,839
Blow, blow, blow, blow, blow.
343
00:16:03,922 --> 00:16:08,802
The shape of the vessel
is what Lino would call a dinosaur shape.
344
00:16:08,885 --> 00:16:11,888
Lino is an Italian Maestro.
345
00:16:11,972 --> 00:16:13,140
Whoo! [chuckles]
346
00:16:13,223 --> 00:16:18,520
And he's been this phenomenal
best glass blower of our time.
347
00:16:19,354 --> 00:16:21,940
So what we'll do is transfer it,
pull the neck.
348
00:16:22,024 --> 00:16:23,442
Take a light flash, please.
349
00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:26,445
[Trenton] I think it's very important
to do your own work here.
350
00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:27,779
It's a small community.
351
00:16:27,863 --> 00:16:29,489
Let me just torch the end.
352
00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:34,411
It's dangerous if you're recreating
someone else's work.
353
00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:35,579
[Brenna] Come on out.
354
00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:38,540
Forty-five minutes left!
355
00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:40,000
Holy smokes.
356
00:16:40,083 --> 00:16:40,959
[whooshing]
357
00:16:41,043 --> 00:16:43,211
I want my vase to be
more than just a vase.
358
00:16:43,295 --> 00:16:48,216
I want it to have other characteristics
that evoke a certain feeling.
359
00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:50,552
[sizzling]
360
00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:55,348
So, I start adding bits that look pointy,
361
00:16:55,432 --> 00:16:59,144
and like thorns or like a weapon, even.
362
00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:00,937
I'm ready.
363
00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:06,568
I attach the thorns by having my assistant
bring me hot gathers of glass.
364
00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:09,196
I stick it and pull
and cut at the same time,
365
00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:10,906
which gives me a point.
366
00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:14,034
[clinks]
367
00:17:14,117 --> 00:17:16,536
These bits are everything.
368
00:17:16,620 --> 00:17:19,581
[upbeat string music playing]
369
00:17:26,129 --> 00:17:27,005
[clinks]
370
00:17:28,423 --> 00:17:30,092
[pleasant music playing]
371
00:17:30,175 --> 00:17:31,051
Go down.
372
00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:32,636
Flip.
373
00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:38,058
I'm making this platter of oozing holes.
374
00:17:38,141 --> 00:17:38,975
[chuckles]
375
00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:40,268
Flip.
376
00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:42,938
It looks disgusting. I really like it.
377
00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:45,816
The power of the flame
when the glass gets so hot,
378
00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:47,567
it will actually break through,
379
00:17:47,651 --> 00:17:50,779
allowing those holes to, like, ooze out.
380
00:17:51,363 --> 00:17:54,116
It's going to freak my mom out.
She has a fear of holes.
381
00:17:54,199 --> 00:17:55,367
[chuckles]
382
00:17:56,034 --> 00:17:57,410
Okay, go ahead and flash.
383
00:17:58,286 --> 00:18:00,080
It's like, "Howdy, neighbor" fence.
384
00:18:00,163 --> 00:18:03,959
Half an hour left, everyone.
There's half an hour left on the clock.
385
00:18:04,042 --> 00:18:05,794
[Trenton] Gut-wrenching.
386
00:18:05,877 --> 00:18:08,588
There's no couch
because I ran out of time.
387
00:18:08,672 --> 00:18:09,881
Not good.
388
00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:12,342
I have to change the whole idea.
389
00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:16,346
I have no elements that I wanted,
like the books and stuff created.
390
00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:17,848
I don't even have the couch.
391
00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:20,767
Uh, I'm gonna try to make
a blown beanbag chair.
392
00:18:21,685 --> 00:18:22,811
We're all movin' now.
393
00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:26,148
I have to make a pillow
and then stick it together.
394
00:18:26,231 --> 00:18:27,149
It's not a lot to do,
395
00:18:27,232 --> 00:18:29,985
but the color application will take me
probably a good 20 minutes,
396
00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:31,486
so I am under the gun.
397
00:18:31,570 --> 00:18:33,071
[exhales]
398
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:34,364
[tense music playing]
399
00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:35,490
All right, level.
400
00:18:36,158 --> 00:18:37,659
Turn, turn, turn. Stop.
401
00:18:38,285 --> 00:18:40,287
So the grapes are going on hot…
402
00:18:40,370 --> 00:18:41,496
Flip.
403
00:18:41,580 --> 00:18:44,791
So, I bring over a fresh hot bit,
attach that to the vine,
404
00:18:45,709 --> 00:18:50,172
pick the grapes up out of the box
and stick it into the fresh glass.
405
00:18:51,590 --> 00:18:54,509
All right, run on over.
Coming through. Hot glass.
406
00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:56,303
Can anyone switch?
407
00:18:56,386 --> 00:18:58,638
[Katherine]
Fifteen minutes left, everyone.
408
00:18:58,722 --> 00:19:01,641
Remember, there's a Pilchuck residency
on the line.
409
00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:03,727
[suspenseful music playing]
410
00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,231
Push forward. Push forward.
Push forward. Push forward.
411
00:19:08,732 --> 00:19:11,651
I'm going to attach the-- the sneaker
to the pillow now…
412
00:19:11,735 --> 00:19:13,778
Blow, blow, turn, turn, turn.
413
00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:17,365
…and it doesn't dip into the pillow
as much as I need.
414
00:19:18,116 --> 00:19:19,284
Okay, blow please.
415
00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:22,913
Blow. Blow hard.
Blow hard, blow, blow, blow. Stop.
416
00:19:23,747 --> 00:19:24,623
-[crumbles]
-Oh!
417
00:19:24,706 --> 00:19:26,166
Flash. Flash, flash, flash.
418
00:19:26,249 --> 00:19:28,877
I let the tassel get cold,
and I knocked one of them off.
419
00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:29,836
[exhales]
420
00:19:30,545 --> 00:19:32,047
The question right now is,
421
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:35,926
should I add it again hot
or should I make one and assemble it cold?
422
00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:37,802
I got ten minutes, and I'm gonna make it.
423
00:19:37,886 --> 00:19:40,138
Pull up a little bit. Pull up. Stop.
424
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:41,514
[clinks]
425
00:19:41,598 --> 00:19:43,058
So close. So close.
426
00:19:43,141 --> 00:19:45,310
Coming through, behind you.
A big, hot glass.
427
00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:47,479
Close the door.
428
00:19:47,562 --> 00:19:48,730
[music building]
429
00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:51,107
[Brenna] I think we should start
putting the marbles on.
430
00:19:53,318 --> 00:19:54,903
It's gonna go around.
431
00:19:54,986 --> 00:19:56,738
[suspenseful music continues]
432
00:19:58,657 --> 00:19:59,824
Okay, go! Go, go, go.
433
00:20:05,914 --> 00:20:06,831
Grab it, take it.
434
00:20:10,585 --> 00:20:12,420
Yes! [squeals happily]
435
00:20:12,504 --> 00:20:13,630
Nice.
436
00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:16,883
Barely in there,
but, uh, not what I wanted.
437
00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:19,719
[Katherine] Glassblowers, time is up.
438
00:20:19,803 --> 00:20:21,012
Whoo! [chuckles]
439
00:20:21,096 --> 00:20:23,348
-[John M] How do you feel, Dan?
-Holy smokes.
440
00:20:23,974 --> 00:20:24,849
I'm blown away.
441
00:20:25,809 --> 00:20:28,019
[pleasant piano music playing]
442
00:20:33,692 --> 00:20:34,526
[clunks]
443
00:20:37,946 --> 00:20:40,490
[John S] For this challenge,
we had to make a piece of glass art
444
00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:44,869
inspired by one of the seven deadly sins
and make it modern and more contemporary.
445
00:20:44,953 --> 00:20:48,206
I had envy,
so I chose to make a small village,
446
00:20:48,290 --> 00:20:49,541
kind of Perfectville, USA.
447
00:20:49,624 --> 00:20:50,959
I really like my piece.
448
00:20:52,043 --> 00:20:54,879
[Grace] It's risky to be so experimental.
449
00:20:54,963 --> 00:20:56,756
When the evaluators see this piece,
450
00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,093
I hope that the sound
will translate visually.
451
00:21:01,052 --> 00:21:03,680
[John M] The sneaker looks like a sneaker.
The flesh tones are there.
452
00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:06,516
It gives the conceptual layer
and the technical look that I wanted.
453
00:21:07,225 --> 00:21:09,102
[Trenton] I'm not super thrilled
with the piece,
454
00:21:09,185 --> 00:21:10,478
'cause I know I can do better.
455
00:21:10,562 --> 00:21:13,356
Being in this competition,
it's a lot harder than it looks.
456
00:21:14,065 --> 00:21:15,692
[Dan] This piece isn't about me.
457
00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:19,404
It's about just the group at large
of marginalized people,
458
00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:20,655
people in my community.
459
00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:23,199
[Minhi] I don't think
I've decided quite yet
460
00:21:23,283 --> 00:21:25,410
if it's lust or love for my piece.
461
00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:28,288
[chuckling] It takes a little time
to figure that out.
462
00:21:28,371 --> 00:21:30,540
[Brenna] The story I'm trying to tell is,
463
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:34,002
when the world
comes across as black and white,
464
00:21:34,085 --> 00:21:35,045
it can be painful.
465
00:21:35,712 --> 00:21:37,839
But be proud of who you are.
466
00:21:39,174 --> 00:21:41,634
[intriguing music playing]
467
00:21:43,261 --> 00:21:46,014
Welcome to sin city, population: seven.
468
00:21:46,097 --> 00:21:46,973
[chuckles]
469
00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:50,060
[Nick] Let's start with Minhi's piece.
470
00:21:50,894 --> 00:21:53,021
It's very skillfully executed,
471
00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:57,609
with the thorns and the teeth
that are coming out of the flower.
472
00:21:57,692 --> 00:22:02,572
It definitely has that sense of
"careful what you wish for," perhaps.
473
00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:05,700
[Katherine] I feel like there might have
been a better way to, maybe, combine
474
00:22:05,784 --> 00:22:07,660
the thorn aspect with the flower.
475
00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:10,372
I mean, she could have had
sort of thorns on the actual stem.
476
00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:13,708
[Nick] This is Brenna's pride piece.
477
00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:16,503
"Brenna's piece was inspired
by the strength and pride
478
00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:19,255
within the LGBTQ community."
479
00:22:20,548 --> 00:22:21,383
[Katherine] Hmm.
480
00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:23,635
I love the shape and color.
481
00:22:24,386 --> 00:22:28,056
You know, my first take on this
is maybe not a great one,
482
00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:29,182
-to be perfectly blunt.
-Oh.
483
00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:32,519
[Katherine] You know, this shape
and the way that she's used the cane,
484
00:22:32,602 --> 00:22:33,895
the black and white stripes here,
485
00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:39,025
is very reminiscent of a very well-known
Venetian Maestro, Lino Tagliapietra.
486
00:22:39,109 --> 00:22:44,030
And I do kind of take issue with how
derivative this form is of his work.
487
00:22:44,114 --> 00:22:47,367
And I feel like this doesn't really show
Brenna's voice here.
488
00:22:47,450 --> 00:22:49,327
But it looks really good.
489
00:22:50,662 --> 00:22:52,705
This is Trenton's piece.
490
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:54,749
Can you guess what sin he had?
491
00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:58,294
I'm going to go out on a limb
and say sloth.
492
00:22:58,378 --> 00:23:00,255
-[all chuckling]
-Yeah.
493
00:23:00,338 --> 00:23:01,297
Bingo.
494
00:23:02,006 --> 00:23:04,092
[Donna] It's a well-done sloth.
495
00:23:04,175 --> 00:23:08,138
He's very scary,
those claws are terrifying.
496
00:23:08,221 --> 00:23:12,058
But it's a sloth,
then I kind of stop there.
497
00:23:12,142 --> 00:23:16,396
I don't know what else
he's trying to tell us, conceptually,
498
00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:18,982
about the theme of sloth and laziness.
499
00:23:19,858 --> 00:23:22,360
[Nick] This is John Moran's greed piece.
500
00:23:22,444 --> 00:23:26,656
I love that he's using an athletic shoe
as, kind of, the embodiment of greed.
501
00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:31,327
I think we're all kind of aware
of how fetishized running shoes are.
502
00:23:32,162 --> 00:23:34,914
I'm not sure I get the flesh-colored idea.
503
00:23:34,998 --> 00:23:38,209
You know, it sort of just looks
kind of like mauve, pinky purple.
504
00:23:38,293 --> 00:23:40,962
Think we're missing, like,
that part of the message because of that.
505
00:23:41,045 --> 00:23:43,882
Sculpturally, it's a really
wonderful piece.
506
00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:45,300
There's movement.
507
00:23:45,383 --> 00:23:48,011
Love the silver leaf
that he's used on the pillow
508
00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:50,972
to give it that sense of polish
and elevation.
509
00:23:52,307 --> 00:23:53,725
[gentle piano music playing]
510
00:23:53,808 --> 00:23:55,602
[Nick] So, Grace had gluttony.
511
00:23:56,936 --> 00:24:02,275
Grace wanted to reference ASMR,
or Auto Sensory Meridian Response.
512
00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:03,359
Interesting.
513
00:24:04,027 --> 00:24:08,740
The sounds are like, the smacking
of chewing, the "S" sound of a whisper.
514
00:24:09,741 --> 00:24:11,451
This is the cutting the cake.
515
00:24:11,534 --> 00:24:14,037
This is the crunch sound of the pickle.
516
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:15,413
-Oh!
-Okay, okay.
517
00:24:15,497 --> 00:24:17,540
I can hear them when I look at them.
518
00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:21,169
So I'm not sure, for me, because
I didn't know about ASMR beforehand,
519
00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:23,296
that I would have made that correlation.
520
00:24:23,379 --> 00:24:26,674
I think everything else that we've
looked at has been a little bit literal,
521
00:24:26,758 --> 00:24:31,221
so I really appreciate that we're being
taken on a little bit more of a journey.
522
00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:33,932
[Nick] This is John Sharvin's piece.
523
00:24:34,015 --> 00:24:35,850
His piece is about envy.
524
00:24:35,934 --> 00:24:38,895
You've got two houses versus one house.
525
00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:43,983
So there's certainly that sense
of the haves and the have-nots, perhaps,
526
00:24:44,067 --> 00:24:46,319
that I think he's telling us
in this piece.
527
00:24:46,402 --> 00:24:49,447
The detail on the fence
is really wonderful.
528
00:24:49,531 --> 00:24:52,075
[Katherine] This really shows
a progression of John,
529
00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:55,662
you know, articulating his concepts
but-- and also his technical skill.
530
00:24:55,745 --> 00:24:58,122
And I think we're starting
to see that a bit more.
531
00:24:58,206 --> 00:24:59,582
[tense music playing]
532
00:24:59,666 --> 00:25:01,376
[Nick] This is Dan's.
533
00:25:01,459 --> 00:25:03,878
This is done extremely well.
534
00:25:03,962 --> 00:25:08,341
Everything is put together hot.
Amazing craftsmanship here.
535
00:25:08,424 --> 00:25:11,970
[Nick] Great grapes, really nice book.
536
00:25:12,053 --> 00:25:12,971
Where's the wrath?
537
00:25:14,222 --> 00:25:16,266
There's something there
he doesn't wanna deal with.
538
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,271
[Donna] There's a lot
of coiled energy in grapes.
539
00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:22,730
The book is closed.
540
00:25:22,814 --> 00:25:26,442
And maybe that's a sign
of Dan's response to wrath right now
541
00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:30,196
is that he's not ready to deal with it
and it is very tightly bound.
542
00:25:32,073 --> 00:25:34,242
All right, well,
let's bring in the glassblowers.
543
00:25:36,286 --> 00:25:37,662
[suspenseful music playing]
544
00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:39,205
[Dan] It's really anybody's game.
545
00:25:39,289 --> 00:25:41,207
There's a little more
on the line this challenge
546
00:25:41,291 --> 00:25:42,959
with the Pilchuck residency.
547
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,544
There's some meat on the bone.
548
00:25:45,295 --> 00:25:48,381
I'm lusting after a win. I want this win.
549
00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:52,010
Glassblowers, welcome back.
550
00:25:52,093 --> 00:25:55,179
Your deadly sins
really brought the gallery to life.
551
00:25:56,347 --> 00:25:59,726
[Donna] I was really taken by the way
everyone responded to the challenge,
552
00:25:59,809 --> 00:26:02,478
to the way it really revealed
something about you personally,
553
00:26:02,562 --> 00:26:05,356
and how you really responded
to the seven deadly sins.
554
00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:08,568
John Moran.
555
00:26:09,527 --> 00:26:10,820
We understood that you were
556
00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:12,989
kind of trying to mimic
various flesh tones.
557
00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,658
Do you think
that came across in the piece?
558
00:26:15,742 --> 00:26:18,494
The sneaker and the pillow being fleshy
was important to the concept
559
00:26:18,578 --> 00:26:21,289
because I wanted to show the separation,
the disparity of wealth.
560
00:26:21,372 --> 00:26:22,248
Mm.
561
00:26:22,957 --> 00:26:25,460
And that's what-- I was trying
to bring the flesh tones into it,
562
00:26:25,543 --> 00:26:28,338
on both the sneaker
and then the pillow underneath of it.
563
00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:30,131
But overall I-- I'm happy with them.
564
00:26:30,214 --> 00:26:31,341
Hmm. Okay.
565
00:26:34,385 --> 00:26:35,428
[Nick] Brenna.
566
00:26:35,511 --> 00:26:38,181
So my first thought
was the piece was very referential
567
00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:40,433
of the work of Lino Tagliapietra.
568
00:26:40,516 --> 00:26:41,643
Tsk. [inhales sharply]
569
00:26:41,726 --> 00:26:44,354
-[Katherine] Wanna talk about that a bit?
-[Brenna] Sure.
570
00:26:44,437 --> 00:26:47,565
I'm obviously a very big fan of his work.
His work is phenomenal.
571
00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:50,902
I do love the flattened vessel form,
572
00:26:50,985 --> 00:26:54,030
maybe even subconsciously
inspired by Lino.
573
00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:58,159
But to put the marbles going up the side,
I personally haven't seen before.
574
00:26:58,242 --> 00:27:00,828
[Katherine] I mean,
Lino is an incredible glass artist,
575
00:27:00,912 --> 00:27:02,997
but did you not think
that there might be another form
576
00:27:03,081 --> 00:27:05,291
that would be more Brenna Baker?
577
00:27:05,375 --> 00:27:10,129
[chuckling] If I was to do it again,
because I have made it so similar, um,
578
00:27:10,213 --> 00:27:12,340
I would choose a different form, for sure.
579
00:27:13,675 --> 00:27:14,550
[Nick] Dan.
580
00:27:15,051 --> 00:27:16,928
You created Grapes of Wrath.
581
00:27:17,011 --> 00:27:18,805
Yeah, so my piece is about wrath.
582
00:27:18,888 --> 00:27:21,391
John, my good friend, walked over
583
00:27:21,474 --> 00:27:23,768
-and gave me the old one-two.
-[chuckles]
584
00:27:23,851 --> 00:27:27,313
So, Dan, we felt
that the piece read very literal.
585
00:27:28,731 --> 00:27:30,149
Well, I mean, I could go into
586
00:27:30,233 --> 00:27:33,111
all the anger management classes
I've been to, but, I mean,
587
00:27:33,194 --> 00:27:35,571
I don't know how
I would make that piece necessarily.
588
00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:38,533
I think that's what we're, sort of,
hoping or expecting to see.
589
00:27:39,242 --> 00:27:42,495
But we're also very, very impressed
with the technical aspect,
590
00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:43,830
putting it all together hot.
591
00:27:43,913 --> 00:27:46,332
-You did an amazing job.
-Huy ch q'u. Huy ch q'u. Thanks.
592
00:27:46,958 --> 00:27:48,251
[Nick] Trenton.
593
00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:50,795
I remember, from your drawing,
you had some other elements.
594
00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:52,630
This piece was a real challenge.
595
00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:55,299
The four-hour time limit
is not a lot of time.
596
00:27:55,383 --> 00:27:58,886
I could spend four hours
just making arms and legs for this piece.
597
00:27:58,970 --> 00:28:01,472
It was definitely hastily put together.
598
00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:03,349
Um…
599
00:28:04,434 --> 00:28:05,435
Yeah.
600
00:28:06,978 --> 00:28:09,355
Thank you, artists.
We're gonna take a moment to discuss.
601
00:28:09,439 --> 00:28:11,149
[suspenseful music playing]
602
00:28:13,151 --> 00:28:15,194
I just wish they hadn't gone so literal.
603
00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:18,990
Honestly, I'd probably smash this piece
if I wasn't in this challenge.
604
00:28:19,699 --> 00:28:21,367
I just wish I had more time.
605
00:28:22,285 --> 00:28:25,747
[Brenna] I hope
the evaluators see art in my piece.
606
00:28:25,830 --> 00:28:29,167
I hope they see the story
that I'm trying to tell.
607
00:28:30,793 --> 00:28:33,337
[John M] I would love to have
a second win under my belt.
608
00:28:33,421 --> 00:28:35,757
Please be me. Please be me.
Please be me. [chuckles]
609
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:39,927
[suspenseful music playing]
610
00:28:40,011 --> 00:28:43,306
[Nick] It's time to find out
whose work has earned them a residency
611
00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,433
at the renowned Pilchuck Glass School.
612
00:28:45,516 --> 00:28:46,976
[music building]
613
00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:48,853
Today's Best in Blow is…
614
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:55,818
[music fades]
615
00:28:55,902 --> 00:28:57,862
-Grace. Congratulations.
-Ah! I'm sorry.
616
00:28:57,945 --> 00:28:59,530
[laughing]
617
00:28:59,614 --> 00:29:00,490
Oh, my God.
618
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,784
I frigging won!
619
00:29:02,867 --> 00:29:03,951
[laughs]
620
00:29:04,035 --> 00:29:04,869
[inhales deeply]
621
00:29:04,952 --> 00:29:06,662
I won a challenge!
622
00:29:06,746 --> 00:29:08,998
Grace, I just want
to personally say congratulations
623
00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:11,334
and tell you how excited we are
to welcome you to Pilchuck.
624
00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:12,960
Thank you. I'm so excited.
625
00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:16,172
Oh, my God!
626
00:29:17,215 --> 00:29:20,843
It really validates
my position in this competition,
627
00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:22,345
and that I'm a real competitor,
628
00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:25,056
but also I won
a frigging residency to Pilchuck,
629
00:29:25,139 --> 00:29:26,474
so that's iconic.
630
00:29:26,557 --> 00:29:27,391
[laughs]
631
00:29:27,475 --> 00:29:28,601
I'm so excited.
632
00:29:29,685 --> 00:29:31,020
[sighs] Ooh!
633
00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:33,439
And now let's talk about the ultimate sin.
634
00:29:33,523 --> 00:29:35,650
[suspenseful music playing]
635
00:29:36,818 --> 00:29:39,445
The artist who did not blow us away is…
636
00:29:39,529 --> 00:29:41,447
[music building]
637
00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:46,494
Brenna.
638
00:29:47,495 --> 00:29:49,580
Please say your goodbyes
and exit the hot shop.
639
00:29:49,664 --> 00:29:51,582
-[John M] You okay?
-It's all right.
640
00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:54,001
Thanks, guys. Love you.
641
00:29:54,085 --> 00:29:56,546
I definitely feel proud.
I feel proud of my piece.
642
00:29:57,380 --> 00:30:01,884
I'm sorry that it was, you know, compared
to the fabulous Lino Tagliapietra.
643
00:30:01,968 --> 00:30:02,927
[sad music playing]
644
00:30:03,636 --> 00:30:05,263
[Dan] Glass can be a cruel mistress.
645
00:30:05,346 --> 00:30:07,598
You get too close,
sometimes you get burned.
646
00:30:08,182 --> 00:30:11,769
Glassblowers, congratulations
on making it through another challenge.
647
00:30:11,853 --> 00:30:13,062
We'll see you at the next.
648
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:16,816
I would like to do better,
but it's not from a lack of trying.
649
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,151
[John S] I'm worried about everyone.
650
00:30:19,235 --> 00:30:22,071
This is way more
of a challenge than I anticipated.
651
00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:24,115
We're not even close to being done.
652
00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:25,992
[closing theme music playing]