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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,
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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!
-[Minhu] 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 you're about to be Blown Away.
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[sizzling, hissing]
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Glassblowers, you've officially made it
to the halfway point of the competition.
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-Good job.
-All right.
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-[chuckles]
-[Trenton] Nice.
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Whoo! Halfway!
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I never thought that I'd make it halfway.
I just kinda feel like I'm the underdog.
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I know only one person can win this thing,
but it's weird, I want everyone to win.
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Your numbers may be shrinking,
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but this next challenge
is all about going big.
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Uh-oh.
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Which is why
we've brought in visual artist
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Briony Douglas as your guest evaluator.
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Briony's made a massive impression
with her supersized sculptures,
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including a giant eight-foot-long sneaker
made entirely of plastic lids.
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I love playing with scale,
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taking the mundane
and giving it power and presence.
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I really think it can change
the way we look at the world
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and the small details all around us.
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In each of these boxes is a tiny object
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you're gonna have to replicate
on a grand scale.
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So come up and grab one.
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[upbeat string music playing]
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I'm torn between
excitement and nervousness.
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Artists, open up your boxes.
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[whimsical music playing]
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[Minhi] The object I got is…
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a chess piece, and it is the knight.
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I got the thimble.
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[John S] I got caramel popcorn.
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This is gonna be pretty hard.
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John Moran, what did you get?
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Uh, a pimento olive.
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I don't eat them, but, uh, I think
it's gonna be a fun object to make.
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I hate olives. I don't know what it is.
I especially don't like green olives.
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-[Katherine] Trenton, what's in your box?
-Uh, I have the pushpin.
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-And, Grace, what do you have?
-Uh, we're gonna roll the dice today.
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-[chuckles]
-[dramatic music playing]
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For this challenge you must
scale up your item to 12 inches minimum.
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Twelve inches is no small feat.
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[inhales] Uh, it's gonna be hard.
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[chuckles]
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So we're giving you each
five hours and two assistants.
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Nice.
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-[John S] Thank you.
-Yeah.
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We will be evaluating your finished pieces
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based on size,
technical skill and realism.
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The winner of the challenge
will be named Best in Blow.
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And as ever,
the artist that does not blow us away
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will be asked to leave the hot shop.
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Glassblowers, are you ready?
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[cases clicking]
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Your time starts now.
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[dramatic string music playing]
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I got caramel popcorn.
The realism of it is gonna be a challenge.
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There's a lot of nooks and crannies,
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especially with the scale
that we have to do.
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This is gonna be a hard one to win.
I'm a little guy, uh, but I can go big.
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I think.
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I got the pushpin. You know,
this one's pretty straightforward,
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this challenge, which,
I think, will be great for me.
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This whole competition,
I've been kinda on the bottom.
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I don't like losing.
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So I'm hustling because I want to win.
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-[pleasant music playing]
-[Dan] I got a thimble.
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That's got a lot of texture,
so that's gonna be the trick.
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Realism is difficult.
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I mean, we're taking the molten material
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and trying to will it in
to resemble something else.
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I've made a fair amount of big glass,
but it-- it's never without its challenge.
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[John M] I'm not a big fan of olives,
but studying it, it's a cool object.
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But to make sure that I get the texture
and the elements in perfectly
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is where it becomes a lot more tricky.
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Then when you throw scale into the mix,
it's a whole nother ballgame.
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Internally, I am freaking out
a little bit.
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[intriguing piano music playing]
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I've been given the knight chess piece,
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and I'm gonna shoot for
maybe 14-15 inches.
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I love a challenge.
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[chuckles]
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I definitely don't need
a knight in shining armor today
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because I'm the queen.
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[giggles]
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[Grace] I got a dice.
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So I don't typically work in realism,
so this is gonna be a challenge.
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But I… I mean, I put my head down,
and I work my ass off.
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And that has been, like,
my MO since day one.
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It's do-or-die time.
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[chuckles]
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[dramatic music playing]
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Going big today.
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This looks good.
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Feel the burn, baby.
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[John S] This is
a very technical challenge.
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It's, here's your object,
now make it large.
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-Caramel.
-Yeah.
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[Dan] So, we're working on a thimble,
like, a sewing thimble.
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So I'll get all the glass,
kind of, sort of, set up in a taper.
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We're going a little bigger
than the 12 inches on this thimble.
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Don't know how this will work.
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Okay, so we gotta close it up a bit.
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I got green olive with a pimento inside.
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I'm gonna start with the pimento first.
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It's not as simple as it looks.
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It has all these
kinda nuances in the form.
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So I'm trying to match it
as much as possible.
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Oh, yeah, looks good.
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[dramatic synth music playing]
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[clanking softly]
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[whooshes]
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[music fades]
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All right, that's good.
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Briony, I heard that you binged
every episode of Blown Away.
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What was it about the competition
that got you hooked?
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So as an artist, I feel like I put a piece
of my soul into everything that I do.
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So to watch them create pieces
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that could potentially break
all the time was so riveting to me.
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[John M] All right, let's do this.
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[Nick] Who do you think has
the hardest piece to replicate?
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You know, they all have their challenges.
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[Minhi] I like my knight, but it's hard.
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I've never made a horse before. [chuckles]
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Good times.
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[Katherine] John Sharvin
has caramel corn as his object.
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I actually think that that might be
one of the harder ones to do.
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You know, it's like this kinda lobed form,
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the color's really particular,
there's a lot of detail on the surface.
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Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, we got this.
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Now we're getting somewhere.
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I think Grace and I
have the hardest pieces.
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Mine has a lot of detail,
Grace has a dice.
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Blow, blow, blow, blow, blow.
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It's a little bit do-or-die here.
[chuckles]
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Let it go on center. Center. Center.
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It's gonna be a bitch.
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[laughs]
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[in sing-song] Hanging on by a thread.
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[mellow jazz music playing]
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I am now starting on the olive.
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I want to try to recreate this color
of the olive to achieve realism.
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But I can't tell right now
if it's too much orange.
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Colors of glass can change when you
heat them up and cool them back down.
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Some look different when they're hot
than when they're cold.
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[John M] Blow, blow, blow!
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Okay, and stop. Whoo! My nipples.
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The color and realism is, like, one thing
we're gonna be judging them on.
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They really want to make sure
that they get really close on the color.
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[Dan] Let's get that frit on the marver.
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You know, I kind of opt
to use a reducing color,
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which puts a metal sheen
on the outside of the thimble.
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It's all about getting
that internal temperature right.
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All glass color is made with metal oxide.
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And a really gas-rich flame
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will make the metal and the color
raise to the surface.
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Science.
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They want it to, like,
look like an actual pushpin,
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so I'm gonna waste,
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you know, a couple hundred dollars
in silver leaf today.
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So after I get
my overall shape of the needle,
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I take silver leaf,
and you kinda just roll it onto the glass.
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It's like a blanket.
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I think the silver leaf
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Almost there.
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The challenge is realism.
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So if it doesn't look real,
I don't think I can win the challenge.
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Say I were to start
taking a glassblowing class,
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how long would it take me
to get good at it?
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[Katherine] It really depends
how much you do it.
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If you're doing it every day,
even a little bit every day,
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it'll probably take a couple of years.
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I often say if I had known
how long it would take to get good,
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I probably wouldn't have bothered.
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[chuckles] But I'm glad I didn't know.
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[Minhi] It's tough.
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Get it nice and gooey.
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Sometimes glass doesn't wanna do
what I want it to do,
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but I feel that I grow every day.
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Beautiful.
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There we go.
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And a lot of that is remembering
my late husband, Jesse.
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My husband used to tell me,
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"If you ain't scared,
you're not hot enough."
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[Minhi and assistant chuckles]
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I feel Jesse with me here,
and every time something good happens,
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I feel like it's him giving me like
a little nudge, like, "See, I told you."
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[chuckles]
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What's next? What's next? What's next?
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[Grace] Flip.
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Push harder, Em.
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Dice is pretty hard
because glass doesn't like to be a square.
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[laughs]
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Glass is this round,
fluid, beautiful babe.
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And it doesn't want to go into a box,
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but I have to kind of coach it
into doing that.
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Flip.
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[Dan] Pulling cane.
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Noodle-roni.
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I got the thimble.
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In realism,
one of the things is-- is the texture.
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That's good.
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I'm picking up the cane
to add the texture to make those lines.
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[Katherine] Ooh, this is good,
what Dan Friday's doing.
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[Dan] Hold it down, uncap. Uncap.
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The timing has to be right
for the canes to stick correctly.
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It's a one-shot deal.
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Like, once you stick 'em on,
they're not moving.
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Good job, guys.
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See, that's the part where
we could have screwed it up but we didn't.
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Katherine, you were super adamant
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about giving the glassblowers
two assistants.
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Why?
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When you are working on this scale,
it just makes a huge difference.
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It's pretty much essential.
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The pipes are bigger,
bigger diameter and heavier.
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[straining] Beauty is pain.
Pain is beauty.
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[groans]
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I would need to, maybe,
work out a little bit more if I did this.
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-[Grace] Let's get it a little hotter.
-[assistant] Yeah.
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[Grace] The moment I found out
I was in the competition,
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I hired a trainer.
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00:11:11,463 --> 00:11:12,840
My endurance is up.
244
00:11:12,923 --> 00:11:14,758
I've never been in better shape.
245
00:11:14,842 --> 00:11:16,260
I've worked for this.
246
00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:17,970
This cube is whooping my ass.
247
00:11:18,053 --> 00:11:20,264
It feels a lot heavier
than it actually is.
248
00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:25,394
Because it's like taking a 25-pound weight
and putting it on the end of a pipe.
249
00:11:25,477 --> 00:11:29,189
Oh, and twist it for five hours
in, you know, 2,000-degree heat.
250
00:11:29,273 --> 00:11:30,149
[chuckles softly]
251
00:11:30,232 --> 00:11:31,692
Small and mighty.
252
00:11:31,775 --> 00:11:32,651
[grunts]
253
00:11:32,735 --> 00:11:35,779
There's a term in the industry
we like to call "boner arm,"
254
00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:38,115
and that's when your hands, like, lock up.
255
00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:40,325
It's never good
when you get the boner arms.
256
00:11:40,409 --> 00:11:42,995
There you go. Do it like you mean it.
257
00:11:43,078 --> 00:11:45,748
[dramatic music playing]
258
00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,586
Right now we're just shaping up the olive.
259
00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:53,088
The olive has to be
a minimum of 12 inches,
260
00:11:53,172 --> 00:11:54,465
but I'm planning to go larger.
261
00:11:54,548 --> 00:11:56,592
We're already over 12 inches.
262
00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:02,347
[Trenton]
I'm working on the pushpin handle.
263
00:12:02,431 --> 00:12:04,099
I blow a sphere on the bottom,
264
00:12:04,183 --> 00:12:06,602
and then have my assistant
push really hard with the paddle,
265
00:12:06,685 --> 00:12:08,812
and that'll create that very sharp edge.
266
00:12:09,313 --> 00:12:10,522
All right, everyone off.
267
00:12:11,982 --> 00:12:12,941
[John S] Flip!
268
00:12:13,025 --> 00:12:15,944
I'm really happy
with the overall look of the caramel corn.
269
00:12:16,028 --> 00:12:18,614
I'm using a technique
called inside sculpting,
270
00:12:18,697 --> 00:12:22,743
where I'm gonna be pushing
all the detail out from a bubble.
271
00:12:22,826 --> 00:12:26,872
I'm making all the little kernels
and the dimples all over it.
272
00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:29,333
Stop.
273
00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:32,461
So, to make this dice look realistic,
274
00:12:32,544 --> 00:12:35,255
I had to make sure
all the dots are in the right place.
275
00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,009
We have to do this 21 times.
276
00:12:41,053 --> 00:12:43,430
Working beside me is Grace…
277
00:12:43,514 --> 00:12:45,057
-One, two, three, go.
-[crunches]
278
00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:47,351
Man, they are slaying it.
279
00:12:49,353 --> 00:12:50,979
-[shatters]
-[Grace] Ugh.
280
00:12:51,063 --> 00:12:52,481
Goddamn you.
281
00:12:53,315 --> 00:12:54,191
Okay.
282
00:12:55,317 --> 00:12:57,194
[suspenseful music playing]
283
00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:59,863
[Minhi] Oh… it's devastating.
284
00:12:59,947 --> 00:13:01,573
I feel for Grace.
285
00:13:02,241 --> 00:13:04,409
Your heart gets a little hard
over the years.
286
00:13:04,493 --> 00:13:07,246
You just-- That's the pill
you have to swallow is, glass breaks.
287
00:13:07,913 --> 00:13:08,831
[Grace] …me, dude.
288
00:13:08,914 --> 00:13:10,833
I mean, it sucks, but, you know,
289
00:13:10,916 --> 00:13:14,086
you can, like, fuss over
what's going on in front of you,
290
00:13:14,169 --> 00:13:16,505
or you can make the most of it
and work around it.
291
00:13:16,588 --> 00:13:20,008
As a queer person, I have to do that
in my daily life all the time.
292
00:13:20,676 --> 00:13:22,094
Gotta bust ass.
293
00:13:22,636 --> 00:13:25,305
I'm not as upset
about the piece hitting the floor.
294
00:13:25,389 --> 00:13:27,808
I'm more upset
that now we have to do it again.
295
00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:30,269
We're just gonna make another one.
296
00:13:30,352 --> 00:13:31,645
We're just gonna go smaller.
297
00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,773
[pleasant music playing]
298
00:13:35,524 --> 00:13:36,692
[Dan] Turn, turn, turn.
299
00:13:37,651 --> 00:13:40,112
Ooh, that's a hot bench. Burning my fat.
300
00:13:44,950 --> 00:13:47,911
-Hi! How you doing?
-I'm doing well. How are you doing?
301
00:13:47,995 --> 00:13:49,246
[John S] Things are going great.
302
00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:52,457
How are you feeling about
working with this much glass?
303
00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:53,917
It's a challenge.
304
00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:56,587
I've done inside sculpting before,
but not on this scale.
305
00:13:56,670 --> 00:13:58,338
[Katherine] Are you ready for a win?
306
00:13:58,422 --> 00:14:00,257
I'm so ready for a win, please.
307
00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,801
-[laughs]
-I don't wanna go home without any wins.
308
00:14:02,885 --> 00:14:03,844
[laughs]
309
00:14:03,927 --> 00:14:07,055
I know there's me and Trenton
that haven't won one yet.
310
00:14:08,432 --> 00:14:09,808
John Sharvin's popcorn,
311
00:14:09,892 --> 00:14:12,352
I mean, to be honest,
it looks like a turd.
312
00:14:13,228 --> 00:14:14,980
What time? What's the time?
313
00:14:15,063 --> 00:14:16,690
Thirty minutes left, everyone.
314
00:14:16,773 --> 00:14:18,191
Thirty minutes.
315
00:14:18,901 --> 00:14:20,319
[suspenseful music playing]
316
00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:23,530
[Minhi] Phew! Beauty.
317
00:14:23,614 --> 00:14:27,492
In order to get the horse head flat,
I have to get the whole piece hot,
318
00:14:27,576 --> 00:14:33,624
and just brute force with corks
get it to squish as much as I can.
319
00:14:33,707 --> 00:14:36,585
And I have to do it over
and over and over again
320
00:14:36,668 --> 00:14:38,587
until I'm happy with the profile.
321
00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:40,923
It's looking pretty good.
322
00:14:41,006 --> 00:14:42,466
[Grace squeals]
323
00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:44,134
I'm a total train wreck.
324
00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:47,429
Well, once again, I'm making a dice.
325
00:14:47,512 --> 00:14:49,264
Process is going much better.
326
00:14:49,348 --> 00:14:51,642
This time I made sure
the bottom's thicker,
327
00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:54,227
the sides are thicker, everything's even.
328
00:14:54,311 --> 00:14:55,395
So far, so good.
329
00:14:55,479 --> 00:14:57,856
Been rolling the dice all day. [chuckles]
330
00:14:57,940 --> 00:15:00,651
All right, everyone,
you have 20 minutes left.
331
00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:03,695
Make sure your piece
is a minimum of 12 inches.
332
00:15:03,779 --> 00:15:06,198
[Trenton] Doing great, team. Almost there.
333
00:15:06,281 --> 00:15:08,784
Getting ready to make
the bottom half of the thimble.
334
00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:09,743
Push down.
335
00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:12,120
I'm turning. Turn with me.
Turn. Go, go, go. Off.
336
00:15:12,204 --> 00:15:14,915
We're gonna stick the pimento in
and just torch it.
337
00:15:14,998 --> 00:15:16,333
Torch that lip.
338
00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,670
I want you to be ready
with the torch when I tell you.
339
00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:22,005
Turn, turn, turn. Stop for a second.
340
00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:22,965
[timer ticking]
341
00:15:23,048 --> 00:15:23,966
[sizzles, clanks]
342
00:15:29,179 --> 00:15:30,138
Dump it.
343
00:15:30,681 --> 00:15:33,850
When I put the pimento in,
it falls inside of the olive.
344
00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:36,019
No, no, no, go on the bench,
rest on the bench.
345
00:15:36,103 --> 00:15:38,772
-[assistant] What?
-Rest on the bench. Rest on the bench!
346
00:15:39,398 --> 00:15:41,817
So I'm lying on the floor
in a pile of broken glass,
347
00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:45,529
and hoping that I'm gonna be
able to get this pimento free.
348
00:15:45,612 --> 00:15:47,656
Come on. It's stuck in there.
349
00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,449
It is what it is. [chuckles]
350
00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:50,617
Can't get that out.
351
00:15:50,701 --> 00:15:52,661
It was not "pi-meant to be."
352
00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:55,080
Gonna make another pimento
that will fit inside,
353
00:15:55,163 --> 00:15:56,832
probably right next to that one.
354
00:15:56,915 --> 00:15:59,334
On the inside I am screaming.
355
00:15:59,418 --> 00:16:00,711
Fifteen minutes!
356
00:16:01,712 --> 00:16:02,921
We're all in a race.
357
00:16:03,714 --> 00:16:05,674
We're gonna make it in time.
It'll be great.
358
00:16:05,757 --> 00:16:10,053
Okay, let's get this thing off.
Lift it, grab it. Down there, yep.
359
00:16:10,137 --> 00:16:11,263
[clanks]
360
00:16:11,346 --> 00:16:13,849
I got my piece away,
and I still have some time,
361
00:16:13,932 --> 00:16:16,935
so I'm going to make
a couple added details.
362
00:16:17,019 --> 00:16:18,353
Keep poppin'! Keep poppin'!
363
00:16:18,437 --> 00:16:22,149
We're getting ready to attach
the needle to the pushpin.
364
00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:24,943
-[glass thunks]
-Oh, no!
365
00:16:25,444 --> 00:16:28,071
I go to transfer it,
and the needle breaks in half.
366
00:16:28,155 --> 00:16:28,989
Flip.
367
00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:31,283
Might have to glue it, eh?
368
00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:34,494
What's a little bit of glue
amongst friends?
369
00:16:34,578 --> 00:16:35,996
Five minutes left.
370
00:16:36,079 --> 00:16:38,248
Time to get your pieces into the annealer.
371
00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:40,959
-How do you put this on?
-It's gonna be cutting it close.
372
00:16:41,043 --> 00:16:43,754
Hit it with the back of the pipe
straight up and down, hard. Yep.
373
00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:45,797
-There you go. Well done.
-Got it?
374
00:16:46,715 --> 00:16:48,633
Coming through, guys. Watch your back.
375
00:16:49,217 --> 00:16:50,260
[clanks]
376
00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,636
Get under it!
377
00:16:52,262 --> 00:16:54,556
[dramatic string music playing]
378
00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:56,224
Good job.
379
00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:58,185
Oh, my God.
380
00:16:58,727 --> 00:17:00,812
Glassblowers, your time's up.
381
00:17:00,896 --> 00:17:02,105
[John M] Nice job.
382
00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:03,523
Nice redemption.
383
00:17:03,607 --> 00:17:05,650
[Grace] It's over.
I don't have to make a dice again.
384
00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:08,779
Nobody ever ask me to make a dice again
because the answer is no.
385
00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:09,696
[chuckles]
386
00:17:09,780 --> 00:17:11,114
[music fades]
387
00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:13,033
-[steam hissing]
-[birds chirping]
388
00:17:13,116 --> 00:17:15,118
[pleasant piano music playing]
389
00:17:19,581 --> 00:17:20,457
[clunks]
390
00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:30,467
[Minhi] For this challenge,
each artist was given a tiny object,
391
00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:34,554
and we had to replicate
that object in a large scale.
392
00:17:35,263 --> 00:17:37,849
[Trenton] So with this piece,
I want to hit all three boxes.
393
00:17:37,933 --> 00:17:40,268
I want it technical,
I want it to look realistic,
394
00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:42,687
and I want the scale
to be larger than what was required.
395
00:17:43,522 --> 00:17:46,608
[John M] I hope the evaluators
see the details I tried to put into it.
396
00:17:46,691 --> 00:17:50,237
That I really wanted to get this, kind of,
imperfect color that mimics realism.
397
00:17:51,113 --> 00:17:54,616
[Dan] There were struggles with this.
It's got silver leaf on the outside
398
00:17:54,699 --> 00:17:57,452
because the reduction didn't work out
quite how I had hoped.
399
00:17:57,536 --> 00:18:01,123
It burned off.
And it-- it needed to be shiny.
400
00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:06,461
I hope that my piece shows
that I didn't give up, I tried my best.
401
00:18:06,545 --> 00:18:10,340
So I hope that
that transparency proves positive.
402
00:18:10,966 --> 00:18:14,052
I'm pretty happy with how
everything worked out on the caramel corn.
403
00:18:14,136 --> 00:18:16,179
It's kinda hard to tell
who has the winning piece.
404
00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:18,265
I think it'll be pretty close.
405
00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,021
[intriguing music playing]
406
00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:32,529
Well, well, well, I don't think
I've ever seen such an upscale gallery.
407
00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:33,905
[all laugh]
408
00:18:35,407 --> 00:18:40,579
[Katherine] I am super impressed
with the scale and the accuracy.
409
00:18:40,662 --> 00:18:44,291
I just want to touch everything,
and I don't know if I'm allowed to.
410
00:18:44,374 --> 00:18:45,208
[all laugh]
411
00:18:46,710 --> 00:18:49,379
-[Nick] John Moran's piece is up first.
-[Katherine] Mm-hmm.
412
00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:50,881
[Nick] This is what he started with.
413
00:18:50,964 --> 00:18:52,465
-[imitates munching]
-[laughs]
414
00:18:53,091 --> 00:18:55,260
[Katherine] It definitely reads as olive.
415
00:18:55,343 --> 00:18:57,304
-[Katherine and Nick] Mm.
-Oh, wow.
416
00:18:57,929 --> 00:19:00,348
I cannot get over the texture of this.
417
00:19:00,432 --> 00:19:02,142
-How do they do this?
-[both laugh]
418
00:19:02,225 --> 00:19:06,271
[laughing] I… This is incredible.
I can't get over just even the coloring.
419
00:19:06,354 --> 00:19:08,064
I love the details,
420
00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:10,984
like this little cross hatch
down in the bum area here.
421
00:19:11,067 --> 00:19:14,362
I think John Moran has really exhibited
his skills here at sculpting
422
00:19:14,446 --> 00:19:17,199
and, kind of,
capturing the essence of a real object.
423
00:19:17,282 --> 00:19:20,327
Even the details
around how he's put the pimento inside,
424
00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:21,828
I think, are pretty spot on.
425
00:19:21,912 --> 00:19:23,330
Now the moment of truth.
426
00:19:23,914 --> 00:19:24,915
-Ah! Uh-huh.
-Oh!
427
00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:27,250
Yes. So this ruler is 12 inches,
428
00:19:27,334 --> 00:19:30,086
and this olive
is definitely bigger than the ruler.
429
00:19:30,170 --> 00:19:32,380
-[Kathy] Mm-hmm.
-[Nick] Nailed that part of it.
430
00:19:32,464 --> 00:19:35,050
The only thing that I'm gonna point out
431
00:19:35,133 --> 00:19:39,429
is that it's not actually
the color of the olive.
432
00:19:39,930 --> 00:19:43,391
But I feel like
a fresher olive out of the jar,
433
00:19:43,475 --> 00:19:45,685
this is pretty emblematic of that color.
434
00:19:45,769 --> 00:19:46,978
I love "olive it."
435
00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:49,773
[both chuckle]
436
00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:51,566
[upbeat music playing]
437
00:19:51,650 --> 00:19:53,568
[Nick] This is Dan's thimble.
438
00:19:53,652 --> 00:19:55,153
I'm a little disappointed.
439
00:19:55,237 --> 00:19:58,740
Don't know if it's as good
a reproduction of the thimble
440
00:19:58,823 --> 00:20:00,742
as I think he could possibly make.
441
00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:04,162
The color on the surface
is actually silver leaf
442
00:20:04,246 --> 00:20:07,082
that's been applied after the piece
has come out of the annealer.
443
00:20:07,165 --> 00:20:13,338
You know, I've used gold leaf quite a bit,
and this just seems a little messy.
444
00:20:13,421 --> 00:20:17,801
Would you say that the silver leaf
is kind of like lipstick on a pig?
445
00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:19,594
Oh, that's a little harsh,
446
00:20:19,678 --> 00:20:23,723
but it is, I think, trying to camouflage
some things that didn't go right.
447
00:20:23,807 --> 00:20:24,641
All right.
448
00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:27,394
We have one more little measurement here.
449
00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:29,938
So let's see. Okay.
450
00:20:30,021 --> 00:20:32,357
-[both] Oh.
-Definitely on scale, he's good.
451
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,441
[Katherine] Yeah, yeah.
452
00:20:33,525 --> 00:20:37,279
-[upbeat string music playing]
-[Nick] This is Minhi's chess knight.
453
00:20:37,362 --> 00:20:39,656
[Katherine] This is
a challenging piece for anybody,
454
00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:42,158
but I feel like
when you look at this thing,
455
00:20:42,242 --> 00:20:46,121
she has done a really incredible job
of matching some of these details.
456
00:20:46,705 --> 00:20:48,999
[Briony] The horse head
is one piece, right?
457
00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:51,126
The horse head is all one piece.
458
00:20:51,209 --> 00:20:52,043
That thing's huge.
459
00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:54,838
Yeah, I mean, just the horse head
is probably 12 inches.
460
00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:56,840
-Just the head alone.
-[Katherine] Yeah.
461
00:20:56,923 --> 00:21:01,052
[Nick] We have realism here.
We definitely have scale and size.
462
00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:02,971
And a lot of technical skill.
463
00:21:03,054 --> 00:21:04,723
[Katherine] Mm-hmm. Agreed.
464
00:21:04,806 --> 00:21:09,519
One thing is, in some areas
you see kind of clear glass windows,
465
00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:12,522
you know, where the color
doesn't carry all the way to the edge.
466
00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:14,983
So it does sort of reveal that it's glass,
467
00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:17,277
and maybe you lose
some of that sense of it being,
468
00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,154
like, an opaque plastic object.
469
00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:24,367
But I think she more than
makes up for that with the sculpting
470
00:21:24,451 --> 00:21:28,288
and the risks she took in, kind of,
completing this as all one hot object.
471
00:21:30,665 --> 00:21:33,418
-[Nick] This is Trenton's pushpin.
-[intriguing music playing]
472
00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:34,669
[Briony] This is incredible.
473
00:21:34,753 --> 00:21:38,715
This is a piece that
I would very proudly put in my house.
474
00:21:38,798 --> 00:21:40,717
The size is incredible.
475
00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:44,763
I mean, that's almost two times
the requirement here.
476
00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:47,599
Trenton's been skating on thin ice
for a while now,
477
00:21:47,682 --> 00:21:49,184
and this is a really great piece.
478
00:21:49,267 --> 00:21:50,643
[Katherine] It is a great piece.
479
00:21:50,727 --> 00:21:54,773
But, I feel like you see in the original
how the edges are a little bit sharper.
480
00:21:54,856 --> 00:21:58,443
Like, it's a crisper corner down here
and a bit crisper corner up at the top.
481
00:21:59,069 --> 00:22:02,572
That's definitely something
that Trenton could have achieved.
482
00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:04,199
When the challenge is realism,
483
00:22:04,282 --> 00:22:08,036
I feel like he maybe should have paid
a bit more attention to those details.
484
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,163
[whimsical music playing]
485
00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:12,248
[Nick] This is Grace's die.
486
00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:17,295
Okay, I'm dying to do this.
I just have to see how heavy this is.
487
00:22:17,379 --> 00:22:18,213
Oh, wow.
488
00:22:19,589 --> 00:22:21,591
-[Nick] Can you-- Can you roll it?
-No.
489
00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:23,510
[all chuckling]
490
00:22:23,593 --> 00:22:26,805
I'm just eyeballing that.
That does not look like it's over a foot.
491
00:22:27,305 --> 00:22:29,182
If I tip it up like this,
492
00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:31,726
and then you measure
from the top of the pedestal…
493
00:22:31,810 --> 00:22:33,895
[Nick] Just… Uh, it's not cuttin' it.
494
00:22:34,437 --> 00:22:37,690
It broke my heart
when they dropped their piece.
495
00:22:37,774 --> 00:22:39,067
I can't even imagine,
496
00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:43,863
so this one just seems a little smaller
and not as good, unfortunately.
497
00:22:43,947 --> 00:22:46,199
The markings are actually indentations.
498
00:22:46,282 --> 00:22:50,161
Here they've got the opposite,
where they're, like, raised dots.
499
00:22:50,245 --> 00:22:51,287
That being said,
500
00:22:51,371 --> 00:22:54,249
it is one of the hardest
pieces here to replicate.
501
00:22:55,750 --> 00:23:00,088
This is John Sharvin's caramel corn.
And let's just see how large it is.
502
00:23:01,423 --> 00:23:02,674
I'll give him credit for that.
503
00:23:02,757 --> 00:23:05,510
Yeah, I feel like there's
a square foot of air inside there.
504
00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:07,429
-[laughs]
-So that's gotta count for something.
505
00:23:07,512 --> 00:23:10,265
[Briony] I mean, as an avid popcorn eater,
506
00:23:10,348 --> 00:23:12,767
I was very excited for this piece.
507
00:23:12,851 --> 00:23:15,478
I do very much love the kernel.
508
00:23:15,562 --> 00:23:19,065
I think that that just adds
such a cool element to it.
509
00:23:19,149 --> 00:23:22,360
I can appreciate how hard this is.
510
00:23:22,444 --> 00:23:24,696
I think there was
a real big miss in color.
511
00:23:24,779 --> 00:23:27,031
[Katherine] I'm not really
feeling the shape.
512
00:23:27,657 --> 00:23:29,742
It's big, he really labored on it,
513
00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:31,870
he persevered, he's got a lot of heart.
514
00:23:32,370 --> 00:23:35,373
But I don't necessarily feel
like it's captured
515
00:23:35,457 --> 00:23:37,542
the-- the essence of the kernel.
516
00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:39,836
So before we decide on
a winner or a loser,
517
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,963
let's bring in the glassblowers.
518
00:23:44,299 --> 00:23:46,384
[dramatic music playing]
519
00:23:47,552 --> 00:23:50,972
I know that at any time I can go home.
I think that's the-- the reality of it.
520
00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:55,268
[Grace] It was a rough day,
but I bounced back, I recovered.
521
00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:58,146
If I stay or go, like,
I'm proud of myself.
522
00:23:58,855 --> 00:24:02,692
I think I was brave in this challenge.
There's no room to be mediocre now.
523
00:24:03,485 --> 00:24:07,697
Each elimination round that I go into,
I'm waiting for the harshest critique.
524
00:24:08,615 --> 00:24:09,699
[music ends]
525
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:13,703
Artists, you all deserve a big hand
for your gigantic glass.
526
00:24:14,245 --> 00:24:15,580
Whoo!
527
00:24:15,663 --> 00:24:17,457
[intriguing music playing]
528
00:24:18,833 --> 00:24:20,752
Dan, how do you feel about your thimble?
529
00:24:21,461 --> 00:24:24,297
I was happy with it.
At the end, I kind of experimented.
530
00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:25,757
I wasn't sure how to approach it.
531
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,593
I mean, you definitely hit the mark
on the size thing.
532
00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:32,180
But I think maybe in that translation,
you lost a little with the proportions.
533
00:24:32,263 --> 00:24:34,682
It feels like
it's just a little too tall and thin.
534
00:24:34,766 --> 00:24:35,767
Okay.
535
00:24:35,850 --> 00:24:36,976
I don't know. Whatever.
536
00:24:37,602 --> 00:24:41,481
John Sharvin with the caramel corn.
Talk to us about your piece.
537
00:24:41,564 --> 00:24:43,775
[John S] It was a hard form,
there's a lot of detail.
538
00:24:43,858 --> 00:24:46,361
The more you look at it,
you're like, "Crap, there's that there."
539
00:24:46,444 --> 00:24:47,612
There was a lot going on.
540
00:24:47,695 --> 00:24:51,366
You know, the thing
that I was a little bit let down about
541
00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:53,409
was the color of the popcorn.
542
00:24:53,910 --> 00:24:57,372
I thought the caramel would be brighter.
But ended up a little dark.
543
00:24:57,455 --> 00:25:00,458
-You know, left on the stove too long.
-Thanks, John Sharvin.
544
00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:01,417
Thank you.
545
00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:03,253
Grace.
546
00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:05,630
[Grace] You know,
this was a challenging shape to make.
547
00:25:05,713 --> 00:25:07,298
Glass does not like to be square.
548
00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:10,093
Especially doesn't like
to be big and square.
549
00:25:10,176 --> 00:25:11,261
Not many people do.
550
00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:13,096
-Uh…
-[Katherine and Briony chuckle]
551
00:25:13,596 --> 00:25:17,809
[Grace] So, I wanted to try,
but it just didn't work out.
552
00:25:17,892 --> 00:25:21,938
But at least we're looking at something.
I'm glad to see something on the pedestal.
553
00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,064
Thank you.
554
00:25:23,147 --> 00:25:25,692
Trenton, with the pushpin.
555
00:25:25,775 --> 00:25:30,238
It seems like an easy form to create,
but I don't work at large scale like this.
556
00:25:30,321 --> 00:25:32,657
But overall, I'm satisfied with the piece.
557
00:25:33,157 --> 00:25:37,453
I will say that you had
the largest piece at 23 inches.
558
00:25:38,121 --> 00:25:38,955
Nice.
559
00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:42,834
I mean, in some ways, I think you had
maybe the simplest object to replicate.
560
00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:46,671
And certainly from here there's no doubt
that we're looking at a pushpin.
561
00:25:47,422 --> 00:25:50,008
I guess, maybe,
because it is such a symmetrical form,
562
00:25:50,091 --> 00:25:52,010
I feel like
there's a bit of a missed opportunity
563
00:25:52,093 --> 00:25:54,429
for some of the crispness
of some of the edges,
564
00:25:54,512 --> 00:25:56,431
the corners at the top and bottom.
565
00:25:56,514 --> 00:25:57,432
I agree.
566
00:25:57,515 --> 00:26:00,143
Thank you, artists.
We're gonna step away to deliberate.
567
00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:02,604
[suspenseful music playing]
568
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,150
Somebody has to win
and somebody has to go home.
569
00:26:07,233 --> 00:26:09,819
I don't want to be eliminated,
but I also don't want Dan to leave.
570
00:26:10,862 --> 00:26:13,615
[chuckling] I'm just worried
about myself at this point.
571
00:26:14,324 --> 00:26:19,120
[whispering] There are other things too,
but I feel like size is a big issue.
572
00:26:19,203 --> 00:26:23,374
I really just can't get over the color.
I really think it missed the mark.
573
00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:25,752
It's out of my control.
I've done what I can do.
574
00:26:26,377 --> 00:26:29,547
Artists, we had two decisions to make,
and neither was easy.
575
00:26:29,631 --> 00:26:31,549
[tense music playing]
576
00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:34,802
Today's Best in Blow is…
577
00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:37,722
Two artists.
578
00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:42,393
There's never been two winners before
in Blown Away history.
579
00:26:42,477 --> 00:26:43,978
John Moran.
580
00:26:45,229 --> 00:26:47,190
And? [chuckles]
581
00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:49,567
And Minhi.
582
00:26:49,651 --> 00:26:50,735
Oh! Really?
583
00:26:50,818 --> 00:26:51,653
[chuckling]
584
00:26:52,570 --> 00:26:53,780
Super shocked.
585
00:26:53,863 --> 00:26:54,781
[chuckles]
586
00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,159
To be a winner with John Moran,
587
00:26:58,242 --> 00:26:59,285
I'm elated.
588
00:26:59,369 --> 00:27:00,787
I wasn't expecting that.
589
00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:02,538
[tense music playing]
590
00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:05,124
And now for the artist
that did not blow us away.
591
00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:07,168
[music building]
592
00:27:09,712 --> 00:27:11,714
Leaving the hot shop today is…
593
00:27:12,423 --> 00:27:13,341
Grace.
594
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:16,302
Please say your goodbyes
and exit the hot shop.
595
00:27:17,845 --> 00:27:18,888
I'm so sorry.
596
00:27:19,514 --> 00:27:22,600
-It was so good to meet you.
-Good job, you guys.
597
00:27:22,684 --> 00:27:24,394
[Grace] I'm super proud. I mean…
598
00:27:25,228 --> 00:27:28,022
Let alone getting this far,
but winning a challenge…
599
00:27:28,106 --> 00:27:29,982
There's nothing
I could've done differently
600
00:27:30,066 --> 00:27:32,068
other than picking a different box.
[chuckles]
601
00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:33,820
Thanks, guys.
602
00:27:33,903 --> 00:27:35,279
[sentimental music playing]
603
00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:38,991
It was a wonderful time.
604
00:27:39,075 --> 00:27:41,994
We had so much fun,
and I wouldn't change anything.
605
00:27:42,078 --> 00:27:44,622
This won't be the last time
you'll see me, you know.
606
00:27:44,706 --> 00:27:47,375
I'll be around
and still kicking ass in other places.
607
00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:48,292
[chuckles]
608
00:27:48,376 --> 00:27:49,502
Congratulations.
609
00:27:49,585 --> 00:27:52,046
You're still all in the running
for the grand prize
610
00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:53,756
and the title Best in Glass.
611
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,425
We'll see you at the next challenge.
612
00:27:56,134 --> 00:28:00,179
At this point in the competition,
it's me and four men.
613
00:28:00,263 --> 00:28:02,306
It's a big weight on my shoulders.
614
00:28:03,266 --> 00:28:05,059
[closing theme music playing]