Thomas Chapman--Liquid colors, frozen in space-- Part 2

[XxslitwristsxX]

Beautiful.

[thekingsora]

how hot is that glass when your spinning it when your sitting down?

[jonsirockman]

good god stop torching just flash it

[BradenHammondGlass]

man this guy is good. He should get an assistant and make love to the glass

[MrRollandMartin]

Great Video! Love explanations!Keep it up!

[tervic3]

Спасибо за Ваше видео !

Хорошая работа !

[6G3rm4N9]

Wow glass making is some serious stuff makes you think about the stuff we take for granted huh?

[karemjm1]

I would love to learn how to assist, where do you go to learn that stuff? I make glass beads, but my first interest was blowing glass, until I saw how involved and expensive it was, glass beads are much, much less expensive to make...lol.

Can you just find someone who blows glass and ask if they would teach you or is that too simple?

[joorisuian]

You might check around in your area. In Columbus OH we have a coop that allows people to learn and work. It's called Glass Axis.

[offcenteredpotter]

I am a potter, so don't know much about glass, but it looks interesting. I am curious to know... is this piece that he made one that is difficult for beginners to do, or is this a fairly basic technique?

[HawtGlass]

ccooool stuff. solo working is amazing

[ramanglass544]

eh..

its a pain when you do canework or large pieces

[atmosser]

imo its the coolest job in the world

[macaddict1980]

All those great tools. That shop is the most modern I've seen so far. Wow. I'm sure he's blowing by himself because lack of good assistants. Awesome video.

[67561a]

all the pnumatic stuff and the "work alone enviroment" take away all the fun of glass blowing

[mhansl]

for you, maybe. they're just tools, dude. not to mention, solo blowing is cool old school. coolest transfer i ever saw was when this solo blower grabbed the neck of his piece in the d-shears, slapped the moyle on the rail to crack it off the pipe, turned the piece around and reattached the bottom to the still hot glass on the pipe. bing, bang, boom. me and my team where watching and we were like "whoa!" totally awesome.

[NuitSanWoggaWogga]

yeah. we do that all the time at school. grab the neck of like a bong-vase and slam the end of the pipe down and flip it around to the still hot glass on the BOTTOM of the PIECE. Not the pipe. the pipe is cold.

[mhansl]

but you know what i mean. no punti. or, pipe-as-punti, if you wish.

[NuitSanWoggaWogga]

tools are great and all but this is a bit too far. It takes away the classic glass blowing experience of having people make a wrap for you, make a punti, shield your arm, paddle, or just talk to you. its not as fun.

[mhansl]

again, that may be true for you. a lot of ppl, myself included, enjoy the solitude. and the tools he's using aren't any different from what a team would use. even the pneumatic soffi - some guys want the control. also, like macaddict said, some folks don't have the benefit of a pool of capable ppl. i suggest trying a solo session. just you and the glass. it's quite fun.

[NuitSanWoggaWogga]

yeah. i'll try it.

[macaddict1980]

I know that technique. We were taught it at Osu, it was referred to as a "Mexican" punti. Saves time when you're working by yourself.

[kaylodahl]

Very impressive and informative video.. thanks so much.

[buttless1der]

Doing what he does without an assistant is very impressive.

[mauiglassblowing]

Yo this guy is rad - it is very hard to do what is being made to look so easy !

[SeldomShroom]

really great job but it looks kinda dangerous. you gota be real practiced hehe =D

[Stetzoid]

Absolutely Fabulous!!! Thanks for the birds eye view. I'm a lampwork bead maker with a whole new perspective. You've inspired me to begin some off mandrel vessels. :]

[Search4Knowledge]

By the time I learn that, I am broke cuz of the costs of glass and energy (for fire), lol.

[bootlegsaint]

i watched this video while on acid. after dosing myself with buckets of water to put the flames out, i came back to watch and tripped out on old fellows glasses. what is with his glasses?

[Sylyom]

Beautiful glassworking. I want to give something like that a try someday, see what I can do with it :).

[scriptum60]

Interesting the way you must be able to use both hands, the racing back and forth, and to keep the glass constantly spinning. *sheesh!* Bring more vids!

[DragonSniper7]

plus you have to train your hand to do seperate tasks at the same time for a long period of time. Seems easy enough for a short while but with time a small screw up can happen which can ruin the whole thing.

[KarrotKun1]

Wow, I thought it was going to be a vase, and then, bam, he opened it up! I guess there are surprises everywhere with this profession.

[canderso]

Ain't Art surprising! And inspirational!

Chris

[TehCream]

Wow that is a work of art, until he change the form of it I didn't realise thats what he was aiming to make, I thought it was gonna be a vase but very interesting none the less.

[HugeK]

that is soo cool, i want to do that when im older!

[atomicpigeon]

i was just going to say i preferred it as a plant vase thing rather than a fruit bowl

[zernage]

lovely work! I'm envious of the shop.

[mnemotronic]

Aha! So that's what the extra yokes on the glory stand are for (pipe in left hand, lipwrap color on puntil in right).

[catman72]

man, he is the BEST !!!

and so modest, too.

[canderso]

So many artists I've taped have commented that they feel priviledged to be able to work in their art form. Thomas is no different and maybe expresses it best. Hoping to get more of his tape up soon. Stay tuned, Chris

[catman72]

you're the one who filmed this?

great job!

say, did you film any other glass people except Chapman, Kellogg and the lady who does the beeds ?(forgot her name, sorry)

[Marihani]

When he knocked it off the blow-pipe - I nearly fainted! LOL!

I think I prefer it wavey. Things put in it will accentuate it all the more.

[renilicious]

Funnily enough, I liked it when it was round and not all wavy. *LOL* Great video though!

[canderso]

I kinda agree. If you compare it with Dawson's making of a very similar bowl (w/o the "foot") it really is amazing how Thomas is able to work solo. It's been commented that the video is a great "tour" of an exceptionally laid out studio.