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[mybeingthere]

Like a beautiful sea creature, David Patchen’s sculpture makes one marvel at how such detail, color, and complexity could be possible within its graceful form. Influenced by textiles, ethnically distinct colors and shapes, and the marine environment, the artist creates multi-layered cane and murrine, then contrasts complimentary tertiary tones in complex woven patterns. The resulting work reflects the artist’s desire to explore a variety of ideas simultaneously and challenges the role of glass in the art world at large.

Patchen says: “I find glass as seductive as it is challenging. As a particularly unforgiving medium, an artist has endless creative opportunities to design for its unique properties — the only limitations are their imagination and skill in working with the material. I’ve always been captivated by how one can use this enigmatic material to achieve virtually any form, hold elements in suspension, and achieve great detail or soft abstraction. Its flexibility as a medium is matched by the difficulty it presents in using it to execute precise work.”

Patchen’s process begins with meticulously planning and designing colors and patterns. After cane and murrine is pulled, the artist carefully composes these elements to design the final work, sometimes days prior to blowing it. This process of thoughtful creativity contrasts with the immediacy of executing work in the hotshop, where the limited window to shape molten glass demands precision and urgency.

Primarily self-taught, Patchen grew his skills through experimentation informed by observing talented local artists and a few visits with Afro Celotto, maestro and former assistant to Lino Tagliapietra from Murano, Italy. He has served as guest artist at the Corning Museum of Glass, studied at the Pilchuck Glass School, and in 2010 was selected as Artist in Residence in Seto City, Japan, spending a month lecturing and demonstrating his work through an award from the Seto City Art and Cultural Foundation.

[miidnighters]

@narrativeanomaly liked for a drunk starter

"Drink of champions!" Morgan holds up the mostly empty bottle of Fireball when he looks over and sees them wandering into the hotshop. The forge is off, but his own higher temperature - made higher by the cinnamon whiskey - means that it's not exactly cool. "You want a shot? Here, take a swig."

[thedappleddragon]

The orange is meant to represent molten glass, the glass marble calls back to colors in her mane, and the butterfly theming is because I’m working in Dollywood’s hotshop for the summer (maybe coming back after graduation 👀) tbh I’m leaning more towards the first one, but if the butterfly looks cool I’d be down to incorporate it

Inspiration pics under the cut

[crystal-grotto]

As someone who's worked in a hotshop before working with glass, I think Alex would giggle the first time Alex heard we use a machine called a "gloryhole" to reheat glass as we work

She is not immune to the childish humour giggles.

[shopkeep-inthewoods]

what does shopkeeper sell?

A few common spells you'd find with traveling merchants such as the Sleepy Traveler, but custom ones too! Spells that change the color of your call, spells that can temporarily grant you extra wedges, spells that draw light creature towards you! There's many more, as well as some he's experimenting with.

He also sells custom umbrellas, as well as glass trinkets! He has a little hotshop where he does glassblowing. In fact, he makes quite a few of the bottles in circulation, he trades and sells them for other merchants to use!

All they cost is some candles...or some fascinating stories :)

[slapbass]

all the people at the hotshop hate me because i keep touching the molten glass to see how hot it is. h

[vraska-theunseen]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. Get to know your mutuals and followers!

talking and hanging out with friends

when i step out of buildings and am stopped in my tracks because my view expands from a fluorescent room to the whole of the horizon and i'm dumbstruck anew by the sublime

been watching/reading dungeon meshi lately and it's very good. chilchuck jordans

taking a lukewarm shower after toiling in the hot shop (not literally the hotshop merely a shop that is hot) all day and it reminds me that i like being alive

breakfast sandwiches

thanks moss this was fun it's fun to take a moment to think about good things

[couragemuscle]

15.01.24 TᕼIᖇᔕT 2.0 back at Stockholms Glasbruk hotshop the series of watering cans is expanding, Yass! 1st day - 🔥🔥🔥 HRS 2nd day – 🔥🔥🔥 HRS 3rd day - 🔥🔥 HRS

[philemonday]

Is the expansion of global hotshops into London an endorsement?

The recent flurry of agency openings in the UK capital suggests business here is good. But is there more to it than meets the London eye? More about, read Source Read the full article

[bradleiby]

Lucky Cat for DOJO GLASS

My friend Aaron Rovner-Buck @dojoglass is an awesome flame work and hotshop glass artist. His parents opened Hands on Glass in 1990. It is the first hot glass studio in Corning NY where visitors can experience making their own glass. Aaron really grew up in the hotshop, and his parents’ passion for creating art out of flowing molten glass was passed on to him.

Aaron has now been a professional glass artist since 2008 developing his signature style. His Japanese food and specifically Ramen inspired glass work has been very popular and earned him 1st place pendant at World Series of Glass in 2021 and 2nd place in 2022. 

It has been awesome to see where Aaron’s dedication to his art has taken him, and I am so glad that I get to have some of my artwork going along with him! 

Follow Aaron on instagram @dojoglass - find links to where his work is sold, and ask him about a custom piece!

This post was originally shared on my blog in 2022

[juliacael3016]

Final Work: Progress Update

I’ve captured all the footage I can for my film, but unfortunately it was not in ideal circumstances. I wanted ‘authentic’ footage in a sense of people who had actually completed a glass object and were feeling exhausted afterward. Unfortunately, the day I came in to do my filming all of the hotshop was off and couldn’t be turned on. My friend Nell was my actress, however it’s somewhat noticeable in the background that the hotshop is not operational, but I’m hoping this won’t effect my film as I don’t think this would be an obvious spot to the average eye. Additionally, I wanted some footage of Nell collapsed on the ground but she didn’t seem too keen on this idea. I contemplated getting her to film me collapsed on the ground but thought that it wouldn’t make sense in the final version having two actresses. 

The film I’ve taken adds up to one minute of footage, however I’m not worried about meeting the 2 minute minimum requirement as I was planning on repeating footage anyways to add to that delirious feeling. I’ll now need to begin rotoscoping - wish me luck!

[hotshopbimbo]

Glass artist Jaime Guerrero opens a plate

[staffordartglass]

Mystery took me into her shadowed chamber to show me the light that came about because of the three, The divine szygy, a path beyond the burden a final freedom beyond words... Which is why I prefer images over words. . . . #szygy #nonduality #hotglass #glassblowing #staffordartglass #parkerstafford #nrv #hotshop #glasslife #oceanaseries #oceana (at Stafford Art Glass) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ZcpcGhE_y/?igshid=vry9dacqmj4g

[kpopmultifan]

HOTSHOT’s Ha Sungwoon has released the 1st MV teaser for “Blue,” the title track of his upcoming 2nd mini-album “BXXX” which is scheduled to be released on July 8th.

[madhotglass]

Cocooning/inflating a diamond in gossamer glass. TIG welded structure 🌫
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