WATCH: Giant Solid Crystal Chandelier Made from Molten Glass
The Science Channel’s How It’s Made takes a trip to Baccarat crystal studio to watch molten glass transform into a beautiful crystal chandelier.
The Science Channel’s How It’s Made takes a trip to Baccarat crystal studio to watch molten glass transform into a beautiful crystal chandelier.
Dutch glass crasftman Ramon Vink runs a studio called Poelgeest Glass. Using modern lampworking techniques and tools, he makes scientific apparatus and artistic pieces like this Klein bottle, the forming of which he has documented in a series of five YouTube videos. The videos themselves are pretty raw, with minimal post-production and no narration, but taken altogether they do a good job of documenting not just the general process of forming a Klein bottle from stock glass tube, but the specific tools and skilled manipulations required for each operation.
Mika Aoki makes glass art inspired by mold spores, viruses, plants, life, and death.
Glassblowing is beautiful to watch: seeing the artist mold the pliable molten glass into a shape using just their breath (and sometimes tongs) as the primary tools. This video shows a glassblower making a horse sculpture. The way the horse twists and curves as he tweaks the shape, it appears to be coming to life! […]