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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!
-[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 you're gonna be Blown Away.
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[hissing, sizzling]
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[dramatic music playing]
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John Sharvin, Minhi, John Moran.
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You've made it to the top three.
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Congratulations.
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-Yeah.
-Good job, guys.
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[John S] It's been
an emotional roller coaster.
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I thought I'd go home
on the first challenge.
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And now I'm in the final three.
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It's crazy.
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You three have out-blown,
out-sculpted and outlasted
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seven other artists to make it here.
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You should be very proud of yourselves.
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I know we are.
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But there's just one little thing standing
in your way of making it to the finale,
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and that's the next challenge.
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[Katherine] Win today's challenge
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and you are guaranteed
a spot in the finale.
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Win that and you get
a $60,000 prize package
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that includes cash
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and a residency
at the Corning Museum of Glass.
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I have a one-in-three chance,
and that's, uh…
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It's terrifying and mind-blowing
at the same time.
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[Katherine] And you'll be
joining the ranks
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of previous Blown Away champions,
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Deborah Czeresko and Elliot Walker.
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In Season 2, Elliot famously went
from random British guy to Best in Glass.
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And now he can add something else
to his resume, guest evaluator.
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[chuckles]
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[uplifting string music playing]
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I was definitely hoping
to see Elliot show up at some point.
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Watching Elliot compete
was really inspiring.
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[John S] He's been right here.
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So, he gets it,
and he knows how hard it is.
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When I was in your shoes,
all I did was worry.
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I'd never even been to,
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let alone worked in,
a North American hot shop.
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And once I was in the competition,
I started thinking about winning.
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That scared me too.
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I didn't know how my life would change
and if I was ready for that.
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[John S] I've had, like,
every one of those thoughts.
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"Winning would be terrifying."
Winning would be terrifying.
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For today's challenge,
we want you to face your greatest fear
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and create a piece of art
inspired by that.
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It could be a fear that motivates you,
something you've already conquered,
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or something that still haunts you.
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We want you to be brave and to take risks.
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Trust me, now is not
the time to hold back.
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[Katherine] Our expectations are high,
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so we're giving you
five hours and two assistants.
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We will be evaluating your work
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on concept, technical skill
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and overall presentation.
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Today's winner will be named Best in Blow
and move on to the finale.
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The artist that does not blow us away
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will be eliminated
and asked to leave the hot shop.
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Elliot, will you do the honors?
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Yes, please.
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[chuckles]
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Glassblowers, your time starts
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now.
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[dramatic string music playing]
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[John S] I'm trying to face
one of my greatest fears today.
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I think this is going to be a challenge
that I love and hate at the same time.
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I have two older brothers.
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I'm the baby of the family.
I'm Baby Sharvin.
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What I'm making is
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a piece about what it would be like
if I lost one of my brothers.
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I'm making six bottles.
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The first three are all gonna be
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really strong memories
I have with my brothers.
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And then these bottles on the other side,
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this would be, you know,
if I had lost one of my brothers
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and the other two would be us,
kind of, like, in shambles.
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It's the final three.
I really gotta go for it.
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[chuckling] It's a lot to do.
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[intriguing music playing]
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[John M] My plan
is to make a little baby bird,
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like, kind of, a fairy tale-ish bird
that tried to leave the nest,
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but it crashed and died.
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The nest is also gonna be made
from, like, parts of a human heart.
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The concept of the piece is dying alone
as a failure, or dying as a failure.
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Everything I do is steered
by these fears or insecurities.
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[elegant piano music playing]
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[Minhi] My biggest fear
is unfulfilled potential.
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I watched my husband die six months ago,
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and I feel that I've lost the potential
for what we were doing together.
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Fear motivates me.
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I'm going to make a cage form
which I will blow a bubble into.
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Then I'm going to crack open the top,
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which will reveal
the inside that is crumbling.
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A lot of it is me relinquishing control
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and hoping that
it's going to be beautiful.
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I'm excited.
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[exciting music playing]
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[John S] This is crazy.
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There's one more challenge
before the final.
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I wanna just knock it out of the park.
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That was an awesome gather, John.
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Way to go.
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[Minhi] Whoo!
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Nice and hot. [laughs]
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It feels so good to be
at this point in the competition.
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I just feel like,
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"Well, I've made it this far,
I've got to make it all the way."
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[John M] There's three of us,
we're all amazing. That's the reality.
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It'll take everything I have to get
through the challenge and to the finale.
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Yeah, I would hate
to be eliminated now at this stage.
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I want to get this piece done.
I want it to come out the way I want.
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[shatters]
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Okay. Well, that just did that.
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I almost died.
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You okay, bud?
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[uplifting string music playing]
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[John M] So the challenge
is to reveal your deepest, darkest fear
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and then illustrate it
for the world. [chuckles]
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So I'm making this dead baby bird.
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It's about fragility.
It's about how easily we can fall.
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It's a fear but it's also a reality.
[chuckles]
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Each bottle's its own,
like, separate thing.
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So it's, like, kind of weird.
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So yeah, I'm making six bottles
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that are capturing memories
I have with my brothers.
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So we're gonna do the lighthouse first.
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They are going to have
actual pieces inside of the bottles,
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kind of like a ship-in-a-bottle thing.
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Uh, I'm doing a lot of stuff
I haven't done before.
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We're giving it a shot.
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[Minhi] Ha ha!
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I love that.
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I love the way it looks.
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I'm trying to reference collaborative
artwork that I've made with my husband.
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Very tentacle-like.
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Jesse and I used to make
cage forms out of steel,
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so I am sort of mimicking that
in the hot shop,
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and I'm torching
the surface of the glass to add texture.
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I love letting glass do
what it wants to do.
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Even if it's a crack.
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So, Elliot, how does it feel
to be back in the Blown Away hot shop?
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Are you having flashbacks?
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I'm… I'm having much more fun now
than I did then.
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[all laughing]
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[Nick] I take it
that becoming the Blown Away champion
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has erased all of your fears and worries?
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No, I'm still a bag of nerves.
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[laughs] Yeah, totally.
Still a bag of nerves.
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[Nick] Katherine, your work
is in museums and galleries.
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You're a professor, a glass master.
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Is the fear of failure
still a thing for you?
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Oh, gosh. Yeah, I feel like
with a lot of artists,
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there's always, like,
the fear that you're gonna fail.
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It's lovely to know that that carries on
throughout your career. [laughing]
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-Or just your whole life for everything.
-Got that to look forward to.
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Yeah, yeah. You never feel safe.
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Hi! Hi, competition.
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-[John S] Hi, competition!
-[laughing]
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[John S] Turn just a little bit.
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The first component
I'm making is this lighthouse,
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it's Little Sable Point in Michigan.
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My parents would take
me and my brothers there.
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It's a really special place to me.
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To make the lines in the brick,
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I use this little, tiny
Japanese surgical steel knife.
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It makes just the perfect lines.
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Yeah, precision sculpture here.
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Come on back.
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I'm applying color to the head of the bird
using the stringers.
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So I'm making the head first,
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and I wanna put
a lot of details into the head.
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It definitely feels risky to me.
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I'm basically making, like,
one kinda small piece,
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putting a lot of time and detail into it.
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Not only is there lots of details in it,
there's a lot of color in it.
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That fear of failure
is built into the piece, for sure.
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Five hours seems like it should be
loads of time, but it's not.
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I'm gonna be down to the wire on this one.
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I hope I-- I won't die on this one.
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[chuckles]
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All right, let's just make a bottle.
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[gentle piano music playing]
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[Nick] Elliot, would you like
a crack at this challenge?
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I wouldn't like to have a crack
at any challenge, I don't think.
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I feel like I've done my time.
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[laughs]
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I'm not a natural sharer and this is one
of those challenges where you have to.
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You're backed into a corner.
You have to open up a bit.
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That's something
I would struggle with, I think.
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Like a crazy person,
I'm deciding to do this today.
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How hard is it gonna be
for you to critique these artists,
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knowing what they've gone through?
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[Elliot] I'm gonna try
and just look at the work itself.
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That's what I'm gonna be looking for,
that the work tells its own story.
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Okay. Flash.
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And from what
I've seen of the artists already,
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I'll definitely get that.
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[gentle string music playing]
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It can be a little draining
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to make something that is
so closely tied with how I'm feeling,
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but it's worth it.
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In the end, it's a good way to get it out.
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Never in a million years did I think
that I would be a 33-year-old widow.
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And… here I am.
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When I lost my husband, Jesse,
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it was incredibly difficult
to continue as an artist.
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He was my number-one collaborator.
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We built our studio together.
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When you share everything
with a person and you suddenly lose them,
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you lose a lot,
you lose a part of yourself.
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[intriguing string music playing]
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[John M] So the idea is that, like,
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this little bird tried to fly
and didn't make it.
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I guess I don't want to die trying.
I guess that's the thing.
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Not just be an artist
who lives paycheck to paycheck
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for the rest of my life.
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[Nick] Katherine, John Moran
is kind of a heavy-hitter,
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but are you surprised that we have
John Sharvin and Minhi in the top three?
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Minhi and John Sharvin
are definitely really great up-and-comers
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with fresh eyes,
fresh energy, fresh spirit.
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They have a lot of potential
to really surprise us.
244
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Yeah, go ahead. Get close.
245
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[Elliot] Yeah, I mean,
I think experience counts for a lot,
246
00:11:18,095 --> 00:11:20,514
but, you know, the passion and the ideas
247
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are more than enough
to bring someone to the top.
248
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-[Katherine] Mm-hmm.
-[Minhi] Nice.
249
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[vocalizing] Ah!
250
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[chuckling] It's gorgeous. Love it.
251
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How big of a tree do we want here?
252
00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,863
So right now,
I'm working on the tree bottle.
253
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[thuds]
254
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Whoops. Come here.
255
00:11:40,451 --> 00:11:43,912
Elliot, this is the last challenge
before the finale.
256
00:11:43,996 --> 00:11:47,374
What were you feeling during
this part of the competition?
257
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Well, I think fear is such
an important part of our genetic make-up.
258
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You know, it's in our DNA,
and it's there for survival.
259
00:11:55,758 --> 00:11:58,677
And I think that was
probably the main word in my head,
260
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-is "Survive, survive, survive," so…
-[both chuckling]
261
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♪ Gonna burn my face off ♪
262
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♪ Hell, yeah, for the sake of art ♪
263
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-[whooshing]
-[dramatic music playing]
264
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[Minhi] That's what we're talking about.
All right.
265
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[intriguing string music playing]
266
00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:30,834
-Hi, Minhi. You all right? How's it going?
-Hi, Elliot. I'm well.
267
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So I know this is the ninth challenge,
268
00:12:32,836 --> 00:12:35,672
and you've probably
got your head right in this piece,
269
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but have you been thinking
about the final challenge?
270
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-Have you got something in mind for it?
-Yes.
271
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You have two choices now
272
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about who you want to go up against
in the final challenge.
273
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Is it John or is it John?
274
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-Definitely John. [laughing]
-John, perfect answer.
275
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That's an easy one for you,
I think. [laughs]
276
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[Minhi] I think that
it's going to be tough
277
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no matter which John I'm up against.
278
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It's a really hard thing to say.
279
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-Hard one to choose.
-Yeah.
280
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Do I pick the person
that I think that I could win against,
281
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or do I pick the person
who I respect the most?
282
00:13:07,621 --> 00:13:12,209
I'd certainly worry more
about John Moran than John Sharvin.
283
00:13:12,835 --> 00:13:15,921
John Sharvin's work has been
a little bit hit-or-miss.
284
00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:19,216
-[clatters]
-[music fades]
285
00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:23,971
I saw something on the Internet one time,
and I want to try it now,
286
00:13:24,054 --> 00:13:25,597
so that's basically what's happening.
287
00:13:25,681 --> 00:13:27,432
[chuckling] I might get burned.
I don't know.
288
00:13:27,516 --> 00:13:28,475
[dramatic music playing]
289
00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,813
I've only seen this veil technique
done on social media
290
00:13:32,896 --> 00:13:34,690
or like a video of it somewhere.
291
00:13:34,773 --> 00:13:35,774
Never tried it.
292
00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,443
We're just gonna do it.
293
00:13:38,527 --> 00:13:39,945
[chuckles]
294
00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:41,530
[suspenseful music playing]
295
00:13:42,364 --> 00:13:45,909
There's a big risk in putting
these pieces together,
296
00:13:45,993 --> 00:13:47,828
having them not line up correctly,
297
00:13:47,911 --> 00:13:52,457
having the temperatures be wrong,
the sizes be wrong, which is just…
298
00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:55,627
[groans] Like, it's crazy.
299
00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:58,380
All right.
300
00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:01,717
[dramatic music playing]
301
00:14:10,309 --> 00:14:13,604
Boom. Veil. Fabric. Nailed it.
302
00:14:14,646 --> 00:14:16,315
[intense music playing]
303
00:14:16,398 --> 00:14:17,274
Okay.
304
00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:20,819
It's just so weird without a head.
305
00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:22,279
So I've never made a bird before.
306
00:14:22,988 --> 00:14:24,573
It still looks really odd.
307
00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:26,825
So, uh, I really want to attach the head.
308
00:14:26,909 --> 00:14:29,453
'Cause I think that's what's
gonna give it its kind of completion.
309
00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:30,954
I hope. [chuckles]
310
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Turn… stop.
311
00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:35,042
Yeah, it'll be good.
312
00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:36,335
[suspenseful music playing]
313
00:14:36,418 --> 00:14:39,504
All the details that are in the head,
everything brings it right together.
314
00:14:39,588 --> 00:14:42,507
I feel like it's doing
what it's supposed to do. I'm excited.
315
00:14:42,591 --> 00:14:44,009
Okay, grab it.
316
00:14:45,886 --> 00:14:47,137
All right, next.
317
00:14:47,763 --> 00:14:49,806
We have one hour left, glassblowers.
318
00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:51,224
Sixty minutes.
319
00:14:51,308 --> 00:14:52,267
Super.
320
00:14:52,351 --> 00:14:53,644
[suspenseful music playing]
321
00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:57,189
So that was four hours
for that little bird.
322
00:14:57,272 --> 00:14:59,316
So what I have to do is make the heart.
323
00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:00,817
I have to move quickly on it.
324
00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:03,195
My main fear
is not finishing and going home.
325
00:15:08,909 --> 00:15:11,536
-Hi.
-Hi, John Sharvin. How's it going?
326
00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:14,581
-It's going pretty good.
-Top three. How's that feel?
327
00:15:14,665 --> 00:15:15,916
Top three. It's crazy.
328
00:15:15,999 --> 00:15:20,629
I mean, most people in the glass world
know me as the glass technician guy.
329
00:15:20,712 --> 00:15:23,840
[chuckling] Maybe I'm better at this
than I think I am some days.
330
00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:26,009
Do you see yourself as an underdog?
331
00:15:26,093 --> 00:15:27,386
A little bit.
332
00:15:28,178 --> 00:15:30,472
I almost, like, suffer
from impostor syndrome,
333
00:15:30,555 --> 00:15:32,265
being like, "What am I doing here?"
334
00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:35,644
I'm like, "They're gonna find me out,
like, I'm actually terrible, like…"
335
00:15:35,727 --> 00:15:38,897
But the nice thing is, these are all
happy memories I have with my brothers.
336
00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:41,817
[Katherine] How will your brothers feel
seeing you on this competition?
337
00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:44,444
Uh, I think they're gonna be
extremely proud of me. Um…
338
00:15:44,528 --> 00:15:48,907
They've always been so supportive
of my passion for glass and art.
339
00:15:48,991 --> 00:15:51,868
I want to prove this has been good,
and I don't wanna let 'em down.
340
00:15:51,952 --> 00:15:53,870
-I wish you luck.
-Thank you so much.
341
00:15:53,954 --> 00:15:54,830
[Katherine] Good luck.
342
00:15:58,125 --> 00:15:59,751
[Minhi] All right, you guys.
343
00:15:59,835 --> 00:16:00,919
You ready to do this?
344
00:16:02,379 --> 00:16:04,381
[gentle music playing]
345
00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:07,300
This piece is about breath.
346
00:16:07,384 --> 00:16:10,762
Jesse's cancer
metastasized into his lungs,
347
00:16:10,846 --> 00:16:13,265
and I watched him take his last breath.
348
00:16:13,348 --> 00:16:14,474
[inhales]
349
00:16:14,558 --> 00:16:16,977
And so that's the symbolism here.
350
00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:20,564
The breath is what allows us to carry on.
351
00:16:21,523 --> 00:16:22,733
[exhales]
352
00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:25,652
[timer ticking]
353
00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:31,199
There's 30 minutes left
in this challenge, artists.
354
00:16:31,283 --> 00:16:32,325
[groans]
355
00:16:32,409 --> 00:16:33,535
That definitely went quick.
356
00:16:35,162 --> 00:16:36,204
[John S groans]
357
00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:37,998
Just drained.
358
00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:40,417
[John M] All right. We are on track.
359
00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:43,420
Yep. You guys are killing it today.
360
00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:44,504
I'm here to win.
361
00:16:44,588 --> 00:16:46,965
John and Minhi,
they're two really great competitors.
362
00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:49,468
Having no control
over the outcome is terrifying.
363
00:16:50,302 --> 00:16:51,887
-Okay, that's that-- Whoa.
-[clangs]
364
00:16:52,387 --> 00:16:54,222
That's, like, a cute bottle.
365
00:16:54,306 --> 00:16:55,974
Cute bottle, let's smash.
366
00:16:57,267 --> 00:16:59,644
I'm making these two,
kind of, broken bottles.
367
00:16:59,728 --> 00:17:02,522
Those are representative
of losing one of my brothers.
368
00:17:02,606 --> 00:17:07,527
If we're not a group of three anymore,
it's just these two broken kind of people
369
00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:09,863
left behind, basically.
370
00:17:09,946 --> 00:17:10,822
[Minhi] Turn.
371
00:17:11,323 --> 00:17:12,365
-[assistant] Ready?
-Yup.
372
00:17:12,449 --> 00:17:13,366
[clangs]
373
00:17:14,159 --> 00:17:15,243
[Minhi] Whoo!
374
00:17:15,827 --> 00:17:17,370
Barely fits in there.
375
00:17:17,454 --> 00:17:22,709
The real sketchy part is that
I want to break the bubble open.
376
00:17:22,793 --> 00:17:24,127
Let's do it.
377
00:17:24,211 --> 00:17:27,464
Yes, I know it's gonna crack,
and yes, I know it's gonna break,
378
00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:30,258
but what I don't want
is for the entire thing to break.
379
00:17:30,342 --> 00:17:32,344
[suspenseful music playing]
380
00:17:33,136 --> 00:17:34,221
[Minhi sighs]
381
00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:36,431
Looks good.
382
00:17:42,813 --> 00:17:45,482
Time check, please!
383
00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:47,901
This is your
five-minute warning, everyone.
384
00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:49,778
There's only five minutes left.
385
00:17:49,861 --> 00:17:51,321
[Minhi groans]
386
00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:53,281
♪ Down to the wire ♪
387
00:17:53,782 --> 00:17:55,534
[John M] You're all suited up. Good.
388
00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:57,077
[John S] Last bottle.
389
00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,370
[tense music playing]
390
00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:02,874
[John M] Whoo.
391
00:18:02,958 --> 00:18:04,126
Flash.
392
00:18:04,209 --> 00:18:06,336
Yeah, this one is going into the bucket.
393
00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:07,420
[Minhi] Go for it.
394
00:18:08,964 --> 00:18:09,798
Lift.
395
00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:11,633
[John S] Hold your breath.
396
00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:13,552
Okay, grab it.
397
00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:15,220
Yup. Lift. Pull.
398
00:18:16,138 --> 00:18:18,306
Beautiful. That's fine.
Just keep it together.
399
00:18:18,390 --> 00:18:20,392
[suspenseful music playing]
400
00:18:20,475 --> 00:18:22,477
[hissing]
401
00:18:23,812 --> 00:18:26,606
Tip, yes.
Yeah, that's gonna stay together.
402
00:18:28,692 --> 00:18:29,693
[John M] Go, go, go.
403
00:18:30,402 --> 00:18:31,486
Whoo!
404
00:18:32,195 --> 00:18:33,196
[John M] Whoo.
405
00:18:33,947 --> 00:18:34,990
[laughs]
406
00:18:35,073 --> 00:18:35,907
Nice.
407
00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:37,534
Nice, dude.
408
00:18:38,410 --> 00:18:39,661
[John M] Nice job, guys.
409
00:18:40,245 --> 00:18:41,079
We did it.
410
00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:42,122
Nice job.
411
00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:43,915
[John M] Hell, yeah! Whoo!
412
00:18:43,999 --> 00:18:46,334
-[John S] Yeah! Nice job, man.
-[John M] We did it.
413
00:18:46,418 --> 00:18:48,128
[pleasant music playing]
414
00:18:52,924 --> 00:18:54,050
[clunks]
415
00:18:57,053 --> 00:18:59,347
[John M] I think this piece tells
a lot about me.
416
00:18:59,431 --> 00:19:01,183
It touches on more than just my fears.
417
00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:04,102
It touches on what I do as an artist
and who I am as a person.
418
00:19:04,186 --> 00:19:05,604
I'm really proud of it.
419
00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:07,606
Yeah, I hope it gets me to the final two.
420
00:19:08,899 --> 00:19:11,985
[John S] This piece is definitely
the most personal piece I've made.
421
00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:13,987
It means so much to me.
422
00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:18,742
I hope the evaluators see
that I can make conceptual work.
423
00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:21,870
There's layers to this,
and there's a lot going on.
424
00:19:21,953 --> 00:19:23,455
This is just me.
425
00:19:25,582 --> 00:19:28,376
[Minhi] I hope the evaluators see
426
00:19:28,460 --> 00:19:32,422
the emotional turmoil
encompassed within this work.
427
00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:37,177
It's not beautiful, and that is poignant.
428
00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:39,429
Grief is anything but beautiful.
429
00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,225
[intriguing music playing]
430
00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:48,897
[Nick] Well, here it is, folks,
the penultimate gallery.
431
00:19:49,481 --> 00:19:51,524
Let's start with Minhi's piece.
432
00:19:51,608 --> 00:19:56,279
"This work is modeled after a body of work
Minhi and her late husband worked on."
433
00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:59,199
"Now Minhi is left
to pick up the broken pieces."
434
00:19:59,282 --> 00:20:02,410
Hearing the statement,
it's good to have that context.
435
00:20:02,494 --> 00:20:04,871
Because I wouldn't necessarily know
436
00:20:04,955 --> 00:20:07,123
where the piece is
coming from without that.
437
00:20:07,207 --> 00:20:10,377
It's always a little bit tricky
when you're looking at something
438
00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:12,045
that's broken made out of glass
439
00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:15,590
because your first impression
is that, oh, you know, something's wrong.
440
00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:18,760
It is a bit of a gamble,
I think, on a piece like this.
441
00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:23,014
I think it's hard to define
which breakages are intentional
442
00:20:23,098 --> 00:20:25,767
-and which are part of the process.
-Mm.
443
00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:27,310
But it's a really physical piece.
444
00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:30,313
It has a presence
in a lot of positive ways.
445
00:20:32,607 --> 00:20:34,651
[Nick] This is John Sharvin's piece.
446
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:38,280
"These bottles represent John Sharvin's
memories with his brothers
447
00:20:38,363 --> 00:20:41,616
and also the grief that would come
with not having them in his life."
448
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,535
[Elliot] It's basically two pieces.
449
00:20:43,618 --> 00:20:46,871
This is the joy of the piece,
and then this is the grief and the fear.
450
00:20:46,955 --> 00:20:49,708
[Katherine] I don't know
if he needed all of these three bottles.
451
00:20:49,791 --> 00:20:51,459
He could have, maybe, done some editing.
452
00:20:51,543 --> 00:20:55,130
I think a lot of what he's trying to say
is just encapsulated in this one.
453
00:20:55,213 --> 00:20:56,423
[Elliot] I agree with that.
454
00:20:56,506 --> 00:20:59,551
I do really like
this shroud put over the top.
455
00:20:59,634 --> 00:21:03,430
I find this sort of technique and the lack
of control in it really interesting,
456
00:21:03,513 --> 00:21:04,389
and it works for me.
457
00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:08,476
I'm not too sure
about what this powdered section
458
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,187
is trying to add to the piece,
or trying to tell us.
459
00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:14,232
[Katherine] I will say, he's had to put
both the lighthouse and the tree
460
00:21:14,316 --> 00:21:15,984
inside the bottle, all hot,
461
00:21:16,067 --> 00:21:18,069
and then close the bottle up afterwards,
462
00:21:18,153 --> 00:21:19,321
which is very tricky.
463
00:21:19,404 --> 00:21:21,531
Yeah, it's really hard to do well.
464
00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:22,991
-Yeah.
-[laughing] You know?
465
00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:25,076
[dramatic music playing]
466
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,245
[Nick] This is John Moran's piece.
467
00:21:27,329 --> 00:21:31,499
"The idea of working tirelessly
and making huge sacrifices
468
00:21:31,583 --> 00:21:35,879
only to die alone and as a failure
terrifies John Moran."
469
00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:37,714
I-- I guess I see that,
470
00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:40,759
you know, with the bird
that's fallen out of the nest.
471
00:21:40,842 --> 00:21:44,137
As I recall, the nest is also
supposed to be a heart.
472
00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:46,389
-Mm!
-That's sort of completely lost, I think.
473
00:21:46,473 --> 00:21:48,058
-It is very lost.
-It's completely lost.
474
00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:50,143
[Katherine] You know,
I think it's a fine line
475
00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:54,314
between a piece
being too abstracted or stylized.
476
00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:57,567
[Elliot] I do think that the expression
477
00:21:57,650 --> 00:22:00,653
and the animation
in the bird itself and the sculpting,
478
00:22:00,737 --> 00:22:02,655
and his little eye
being just a little bit open,
479
00:22:02,739 --> 00:22:05,367
so he still has that little flame of life,
480
00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:07,494
-I think that's beautifully done.
-[Katherine] Mm-hmm.
481
00:22:07,577 --> 00:22:11,539
So would you say this piece is good enough
to make it into the final two?
482
00:22:12,207 --> 00:22:14,876
I think it's the same
with all the pieces, you know?
483
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:16,586
There are very strong elements
484
00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:19,631
and then parts of the piece, which--
They're just not hitting home with me.
485
00:22:19,714 --> 00:22:23,051
It's gonna take a lot to reach a decision.
486
00:22:24,803 --> 00:22:26,805
[dramatic music playing]
487
00:22:27,555 --> 00:22:29,265
[John M] I'd be disappointed
to go home now.
488
00:22:29,349 --> 00:22:31,101
I feel like
I've sacrificed a lot to be here.
489
00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:32,936
I really want to get to the end.
490
00:22:33,603 --> 00:22:36,981
[Minhi] At this point in the competition,
I'm feeling terrible.
491
00:22:37,065 --> 00:22:40,068
Making it to this point
has taken a lot out of me.
492
00:22:41,236 --> 00:22:43,613
[John S] I'm really happy
with what I pulled off today.
493
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:46,991
I could see myself in the final two
and winning it, at this point.
494
00:22:48,284 --> 00:22:49,285
For this challenge,
495
00:22:49,369 --> 00:22:53,498
we asked you to face your fears
and create a poignant piece of glass.
496
00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:55,208
Minhi.
497
00:22:55,291 --> 00:22:59,421
[Katherine] The backstory is such
a really big part of your piece.
498
00:22:59,504 --> 00:23:00,755
Do you feel like
499
00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:04,676
what you have on the pedestal…
conveys as much of that as you would like?
500
00:23:06,845 --> 00:23:07,846
I… [exhales]
501
00:23:07,929 --> 00:23:09,556
I really love this piece.
502
00:23:09,639 --> 00:23:13,518
I-- I feel so personally connected
and invested in it.
503
00:23:14,185 --> 00:23:17,897
It's shrouded with this darkness
on the outside
504
00:23:17,981 --> 00:23:21,276
representing the grief that consumes me,
505
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,862
that I battle with every single day.
506
00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:27,031
I'm sure that
it's really, really difficult
507
00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:29,826
to keep it together
under these circumstances.
508
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:31,244
So, thank you so much.
509
00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:32,537
Thank you.
510
00:23:33,121 --> 00:23:36,249
John Sharvin, we'd love to hear
about your bottle collection.
511
00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:40,545
[John S] My brothers, Mike and David,
are my best friends in the entire world.
512
00:23:40,628 --> 00:23:43,214
The bottles are capturing
all these memories we had growing up.
513
00:23:43,298 --> 00:23:47,552
The bottles on the left are cracked,
not able to kinda make new memories.
514
00:23:48,178 --> 00:23:52,515
So I really enjoy the second bottle in
with the rubber bullets.
515
00:23:52,599 --> 00:23:55,101
I mean, being the eldest
of three brothers,
516
00:23:55,185 --> 00:23:59,189
I'm very familiar
with that feeling of being pelted.
517
00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:01,483
Could you just talk me through your use
518
00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:03,943
of powder on the outside
of the right-hand set?
519
00:24:04,027 --> 00:24:06,654
[John S] The powder
are these stained memories,
520
00:24:06,738 --> 00:24:08,698
is kind of the way I was viewing it.
521
00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:12,202
Those memories would be a little tainted,
they wouldn't be as clean anymore.
522
00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:13,745
They'd be a little dim.
523
00:24:14,454 --> 00:24:15,872
-Okay, thank you.
-Thank you.
524
00:24:17,081 --> 00:24:18,458
John Moran.
525
00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:22,086
I love the dynamism in this piece,
the way you've presented it.
526
00:24:22,170 --> 00:24:24,088
And the detail and finesse
527
00:24:24,172 --> 00:24:27,717
that you've put into the bird
on the bottom pedestal is really lovely.
528
00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:30,678
I was wondering whether you think,
529
00:24:30,762 --> 00:24:34,224
like, the heart part
of the sculpture was maybe lost a bit.
530
00:24:34,307 --> 00:24:35,934
[John M] So the-- the heart part
531
00:24:36,017 --> 00:24:38,228
was intentionally
supposed to be pieced together.
532
00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:40,271
'Cause it's supposed to be
a nest that you build,
533
00:24:40,355 --> 00:24:42,357
like it's something that's ripped, like,
534
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:43,650
-from your heart.
-Mm-hmm.
535
00:24:43,733 --> 00:24:45,527
So it's supposed to be pieced together.
536
00:24:45,610 --> 00:24:48,238
It's supposed to have this reference
to, like, a crown of thorns.
537
00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:49,489
Something that'd draw you in
538
00:24:49,572 --> 00:24:51,991
but would still be very intimate
when you got into it.
539
00:24:52,075 --> 00:24:53,368
So there was a lot going on.
540
00:24:53,451 --> 00:24:54,702
Great. Thank you, John.
541
00:24:55,370 --> 00:24:56,204
Thank you.
542
00:24:57,455 --> 00:24:58,373
Thank you, artists.
543
00:24:58,456 --> 00:25:00,542
We know there's a lot at stake
for all three of you,
544
00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:02,544
so we need some time to deliberate.
545
00:25:02,627 --> 00:25:04,003
[suspenseful music playing]
546
00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:09,217
[Katherine] I'm very torn.
547
00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,928
It's hard to think
about eliminating somebody
548
00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:13,304
when the work is so personal.
549
00:25:13,388 --> 00:25:17,475
[John S] I've poured so much emotionally,
physically, technically into this piece,
550
00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:19,936
but it's up in the air now at this point.
551
00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:22,730
[Elliot] We've got to remember
that it's more about the piece,
552
00:25:22,814 --> 00:25:24,983
in the end, than the-- than the story.
553
00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:26,442
[Minhi] I have goosebumps.
554
00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:28,778
I have chills. I'm shaking.
555
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:32,115
I feel like anybody can go home.
556
00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:34,826
All right. Well, let's deliver the news.
557
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,122
I still feel like
I walk away from this a winner,
558
00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:40,373
no matter what happens.
559
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:43,084
[tense music playing]
560
00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:44,085
Thank you for waiting.
561
00:25:44,627 --> 00:25:47,964
This is one of the hardest decisions
we've ever had to make.
562
00:25:49,257 --> 00:25:51,426
Today's Best in Blow goes to…
563
00:25:55,597 --> 00:25:56,431
John Moran.
564
00:25:59,475 --> 00:26:00,602
Thanks.
565
00:26:03,479 --> 00:26:05,857
I'm ecstatic that I-- I got this win.
566
00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:07,692
Just the amount of excitement right now,
567
00:26:07,775 --> 00:26:09,611
it's, uh-- I can't even--
I can't express it.
568
00:26:09,694 --> 00:26:13,948
Congratulations, John Moran.
You have secured a spot in the finale.
569
00:26:14,574 --> 00:26:16,284
Thank you. Really.
570
00:26:16,367 --> 00:26:18,286
I'm just really excited to go forward.
571
00:26:20,204 --> 00:26:24,208
[Nick] John Sharvin, Minhi,
for one of you, your Blown Away journey
572
00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:26,586
ends right here right now.
573
00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:34,260
The artist who did not blow us away and
must leave the hot shop immediately is…
574
00:26:38,222 --> 00:26:39,349
John Sharvin.
575
00:26:39,932 --> 00:26:41,184
Totally. Thanks, guys.
576
00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:44,395
It's been… like nothing else
I've ever done.
577
00:26:44,479 --> 00:26:45,688
It's fantastic.
578
00:26:45,772 --> 00:26:48,024
-You guys are awesome.
-[Minhi] You did great.
579
00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:49,442
[John S] You did fantastic.
580
00:26:50,193 --> 00:26:51,110
Love you, dude.
581
00:26:51,194 --> 00:26:52,820
[contemplative music playing]
582
00:26:53,571 --> 00:26:54,656
Thanks, John.
583
00:26:54,739 --> 00:26:58,284
[John S] I was a little lost
coming into this competition,
584
00:26:58,368 --> 00:27:02,705
and I've learned just so much about me
as an artist and as a human being.
585
00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:05,958
I accomplished
getting this far in the competition,
586
00:27:06,042 --> 00:27:07,460
and I'm thrilled about that.
587
00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:09,545
It's been such a great experience.
588
00:27:09,629 --> 00:27:12,757
Thanks so much, guys.
Have a good one. You guys rule.
589
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,635
I came into this competition
as a studio technician,
590
00:27:15,718 --> 00:27:17,720
and I'm leaving as an artist now.
591
00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:18,805
Yeah!
592
00:27:18,888 --> 00:27:19,722
[chuckles]
593
00:27:20,348 --> 00:27:23,184
[Katherine] Congratulations,
Minhi and John Moran.
594
00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:25,561
You guys'll be going
head-to-head in the finale.
595
00:27:26,229 --> 00:27:27,313
[both chuckle softly]
596
00:27:27,397 --> 00:27:28,731
All right.
597
00:27:28,815 --> 00:27:30,233
[Elliot] I've been in your shoes,
598
00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:33,444
and it's impossible
to give advice at this point
599
00:27:33,528 --> 00:27:35,279
because it's your own journey.
600
00:27:35,363 --> 00:27:36,322
But to be honest,
601
00:27:36,406 --> 00:27:39,450
I think everyone is gonna be in awe
of what you've done so far.
602
00:27:39,534 --> 00:27:41,828
[chuckling] So, well done.
And keep it going.
603
00:27:41,911 --> 00:27:43,413
[chuckles softly] Thanks.
604
00:27:43,496 --> 00:27:47,291
Minhi, John Moran,
we'll see you at the finale.
605
00:27:47,375 --> 00:27:48,459
[exhales]
606
00:27:48,543 --> 00:27:52,130
Moving into the finale is horrifying.
607
00:27:53,047 --> 00:27:55,258
I have no idea what's next. [chuckling]
608
00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,135
I really don't.
609
00:27:58,886 --> 00:28:01,013
-Here we go.
-[both chuckle]
610
00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:02,974
[closing theme music playing]