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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 – 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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Stand Placement video

Bernard Katz — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:01:14 +0000

Quick video instructions for stand placement of selected glass sculptures, the Avelino, the Caladesi, and the Montara. Proper placement of the glass on the custom made metal stands is easy, but important to insure the work is secure. If you have any questions about stand placement, please contact us.

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Glass Blowing basics Tutorial 3

Bernard Katz — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:28:05 +0000

This is the 3rd tutorial video in a series of glass blowing basics and glass studio processes. In this short tutorial video, Bernard Katz covers what the main components are that make up a basic simple glass formula. Bernard fills the furnace with the ‘batch’ along with some recycled glass.

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Glass Blowing Basics Tutorial 2

Bernard Katz — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:05:29 +0000

This is the 2nd tutorial video in a series of ‘basic glass blowing’ and glass studio processes. In this video, Bernard Katz narrates as Steve Stens and Chris Wheeler demonstrate how a color overlay is done in glass blowing. The color overlay is one of a few main ways that color is added to clear glass to get colored glass.

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Glass Blowing Basics Tutorial 1

Bernard Katz — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:54:56 +0000

This is the 1st tutorial video in a series of basic glass blowing and glass studio processes. These short videos cover some of the basic questions that we get from people about how we make our hand blown glass. In this video, Bernard Katz shows examples of the color that we use to mix with our clear molten glass.

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