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Potato in Glass

Bernard Katz — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:56:26 +0000

Dipping a potato in a hot glass furnace may seem like an odd thing to do. This is actually an old glass factory trick. This little known trick helps with melting clean, bubble-free glass… And there is some actual science to back this up.

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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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Glass Blowing – using torches on glass sculpture

Bernard Katz — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:30:39 +0000

A short video clip of Bernard Katz and his team blowing glass during one very hot humid day in August. The glass blowing team uses bench torches to spot heat a piece in progress. While working on a custom glass sculpture with custom colors, using the bench torches helps keep areas of the piece hot.

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Glass Sculpture from Clay Sketch

Bernard Katz — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:36:29 +0000

Creating our glass sculpture begins with a thought, idea, and concept of direction. I develop these thoughts and ideas in a number of ways before actually creating them in glass. Almost everything I make has had its origin in the form of simple quick sketches on paper. These quick sketches may be derived from a past glass sculpture series I want to explore further.

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