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Glass Blowing – blocking and papering hot glass

Bernard Katz — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:12:24 +0000

A short video clip of Bernard Katz with his glass blowing team blocking and papering a hot gather of glass. This is the final gather of glass for a custom glass sculpture. The video clip was taken during one very hot humid day in August. Wet wooden blocks and wet folded newspaper is used to shape hot gathers of glass while blowing glass.

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Glass Blowing – marving hot glass sculpture

Bernard Katz — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:24:11 +0000

A short video clip of Bernard Katz glass blowing shaping a hot glass sculpture on a marver table. The video clip shows Bernard Katz marving hot glass on the marver table to chill and shape areas of the glass piece in progress. The thick steel table is called a “marver”. A marver table is an essential piece of equipment in any glass studio.

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Glass Blowing – necking glass with jacks

Bernard Katz — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:45:25 +0000

A short video clip of Bernard Katz and his glass blowing team working on a custom glass sculpture. The video clip below shows the glass blowing team necking glass during the blowing process. Using a glass blowing tool called “jacks”, Bernard is creating a “neck line” in the glass sculpture.

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Keep Your Art Glass Secure from Falling – Interior design tips

Bernard Katz — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:44:14 +0000

When it comes to interior design, tips are always welcomed. The video below from Bernard Katz Glass offers some practical interior design tips on a common question. We are often asked at our studio, “How can I keep my glass art from being accidentally knocked over?”…

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Why Good Ideas Go Bad

Bernard Katz — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:31:16 +0000

Why do some good ideas go bad? All ideas start out as “good ideas”… but along the way some ideas become bad. It is easy to claim an idea as being good or bad when looking back in time. In art and in life, choices are the bits and parts of an idea as it is happening – “I think it would be a good idea to use this color because (fill-in-the-blank). “… Or, “This will be great as soon as I do (fill-in…

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Dependency in Art and Life

Bernard Katz — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:22:17 +0000

The motif of dependency in art and sculpture has long been an explored subject matter. Whether blatant or subtle, relationships depicted are concluded to have a certain dependency. One could say that all art is dependent on something to validate its existence. Take away an important element and the artwork becomes void, lacking, or in need of a reason.

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Four Seasons Hotel | Fountain Restaurant | Glass Sculpture

Bernard Katz — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:17:13 +0000

We are proud to announce that the glass sculpture by Bernard Katz is being exhibited at the Fountain Restaurant located in the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia. Since the Fountain Restaurant is considered one of the city’s – and the country’s – best restaurants, we were honored to be asked to have our artwork represented in such a legendary place. Knowing the long standing reputation of this…

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Can’t Draw a Straight Line

Bernard Katz — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:42:53 +0000

“I can’t draw a straight line.” – I’m sure there is a good chance you may have heard someone make this statement at one time or another. When I hear someone say this, it usually means it is code for – “I am not creative enough to do thing (x), or thing (y).” Basically, it is just a way to down play their creative abilities. I personally have always believed that a big part of what separates human…

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Is this piece perfect?

Bernard Katz — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:10:27 +0000

This is a question people sometimes ask me when looking at one of my glass sculptures, vases, or bowls. I think I was most surprised the first time someone asked me that. I felt a little defensive… not because the piece was defective in any way, but because I didn’t have a good answer.

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When Craft becomes Art

Bernard Katz — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:41:00 +0000

In part one of Art vs. Craft; I rolled through some of the aspects for the term, “craft”. Good or bad, craft tends to rely more heavily on the mechanical end of the creative process – that is, the physical act of making something. In part two; I made my attempt at defining “art”, or more specifically, ” fine art”. Ambiguous terms such as the word “art”, are almost impossible to define in a…

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