
Last month we looked at neon light artist David Ablon and briefly mentioned Brooklyn Glass, the outerborough studio Ablon co-founded. The 4,000-square-foot facility boasts two furnaces and multiple shop areas, where everyone from experienced glassblowers to newbies taking their first class work the material.
Now there's a new video showing what goes on within Brooklyn Glass' walls. In an exceptionally well-shot and -edited two minutes, Ablon's co-founder Alan Iwamura breaks down what glassblowing takes and what you can expect to get out of it:
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You may also enjoy this short film of Etsuko Ichikawa creating artwork on paper by "painting" with molten glass:
http://vimeo.com/27252835