Exhibition Video

Shot and edited by my lovely roommate, Carmelo Di Stefano



Fresh From The Oven

Sixteen Glass Design Students from ten countries display results from a two week workshop with master blowers Micke Johansson and Wilke Adolfsson at Pukeberg Glassworks, Nybro, Sweden.

Galleri Svalan, The summer gallery

Front: Cailey Buye
Back: Sara Näslund

Yasemin Uyar

Front: Anna-Riitta Järvenpää
Back: Sandra Huxoll

Jehja Hjalmarsson

Tiantian Zhou

Karmen Saat

Front: Ramona Stelzer

Dana McLean

Karmen Saat

Jehja Hjalmarsson

Andrew Bearnot

Front: Louisa Geyer

Anna Sténson

Front: Dana McLean
Back: Sara Näslund

Left: Sandra Huxoll
Right: Ariya Bunyapamai

Tiantian Zhou

Pernille Gormsen

video projection inside Pernille's piece

Jinghan Xu

Left: Yasemin Uyar
Right: Anna-Riitta Järvenpää

the Gallery's website

Press

Photo and article published in a local Kalmar newspaper, written about glassblower Micke Johansson and his participation in my classes' glass workshop. (I can be seen in the back of the photo :P )

Local television channel interviewing Jehja about her experience working with the glassblowers during our 2 week workshop

Television channel interviewing Sara about our glass exhibition

Third blow slot with Micke and Wilke

For my final blot slot, I designed a salad bowl.  Because I needed a bowl for my salad.


Applying Opal Violet and Gold Aventurine wraps to the first bubble

Overlaying opaque Celadon on the spiral pattern

Jacked and blown out

Transferred, trimmed and opened 

2nd bubble (Opaline), blown, bottom picked out and trimmed  (then I got to paddle the lip.woohoo.ha)

Joining the first 2 bubbles

Transferring

3rd bubble added (clear), pulled and trimmed



Celadon lipwrap added.  Soffied into shaped

Final shape.  Perfect for a yummy caesar salad!

Roadtrip to Kalmar

Today after class, a couple classmates and I went on a roadtrip to the big(ger) city!  Kalmar is located 30 minutes southeast of Nybro, and has a population of approx 35 000. 

First stop, IKEA!

Anna and I

And for the full Swedish experience...Swedish meatballs, potatoes, gravy and lingonberries from the Ikea cafeteria



Then it was off to the large shopping centre, across the street, marked 'Mode' (meaning 'Fashion' in Swedish).  :)

2nd blow slot with Micke Johansson and Wilke Adolfsson

For my next blow slot, I designed a piece that plays with suspension of one color over another, and how density of the surrounding glass creates variations and magnification. 

Color / pattern application

2nd gather

Rice paper

3rd gather

Crown punty

The finished piece