GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS | How It's Made

Ever wondered how glass Christmas ornaments are made? Get the full history and 'making of' right here!
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[@cw5451]

Amazing. I really expected the process to be more automated. I enjoyed watching each worker’s slower and purposeful movements to keep from breaking the piece.

[@animequeen78]

Automation would be bad for delicate pieces.

[@BlackKettleRanch]

Well, I'll be dipped. I've always wondered how they made those. It looks like fun...for a while.

[@SunKissedPeach]

0:52 I like how there’s just one crumpled up bulb in the back and nobody noticed, he be going through life like YOLO 😂😂😂

[@jonas2431]

Its another ornimate. I was thinking like you were

[@cynthiagonzales9131]

Beautiful!! These people are so Talented!!

[@johncipriano3627]

FASCINATING !!!!!!!

[@Cheryl_Loves_Purple]

Damn, i bet that is one hell of a hot place to work!

[@cobalt1754]

Not really, if there's a decent ventilation.

[@Cheryl_Loves_Purple]

Cobalt ventilated or not, the people sitting in front of flames with gloves on are feeling heat big time. I’m sure with time they don’t notice it though.

[@daviddiehl197]

Have some over 100 years old. Brought over from Germany by my grandmother when she was little. I'm now 58.

[@tonibauer2949]

david diehl wow, that is amazing! My oldest is a celluloid Santa given to me by my grandmother when I was 6, making it now 67. It is still bright and beautiful on my tree.

[@NumeroLetter]

WOW, I had no idea that this was such a labor-intensive process!! It's a wonder that these kinds of ornaments don't cost more!!

[@jeastwood2737]

They sold boxes of these for $1.29 at Woolworths in the early 60s ... 9 in each box

[@jeastwood2737]

I always wondered how this was done... and I'm in my 70s now... Thank you for solving the mystery!!

[@amhunter9619]

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous, I love them!

[@juliherron8991]

Wow, thank you for sharing this story. I have at times wondered about the processes. Merry Christmas everyone.

[@aggelikakapa7354]

I want to dive in that glitter

[@Sarah-fegari]

This is a real art. We have to buy from this people not from the bad copies made in China

[@NathanChisholm041]

Free trade!

[@tokekkk]

but what if the factory in china made it like this too? same technique, same material, but cheaper.

[@klear19634]

A lot of luxury items that are produced in European countries also do not use great manufacturing conditions for their workers and in the us, lots of it is done by cheap prisoners who dont get paid minimum wage.

[@BelindaShort]

Yes, it's a very real art, making very horrific looking ornaments

[@theoneandmany1990]

@@BelindaShort is that a compliment?

[@robinbird6279]

That was really interesting to see how intricately the ornaments are made! I love the old fashioned looking ones, I always hunt for them at estate sales and thrift stores. Thanks for sharing this art! Merry Christmas! 🎄⛄💖

[@julietaorliacq3295]

Robin Bird 62 Merry Christmas ti you too!!

[@julietaorliacq3295]

Robin Bird 62 Merry Christmas to you too!!

[@robinbird6279]

@@julietaorliacq3295 🎄⛄😊🍭❄🕊

[@rocioaguilera3613]

A very delicate art. Thanks

[@sonshine5038]

Very cool! thanks for this!🌞🎍🎄🎍

[@Forrestianum]

1:12 Those burn marks on the wrist though.

[@paintingjesus90]

you can see scars from what might be burns, these ppl deserve every dollar for their craft

[@BobSmith1980.]

Imagine when nuts and candy cost more than handmade glass

[@ianspike3284]

He can't afford to decorate with nuts so he invented glass ornaments? Nuts seem more accessible to me.

[@tfeya777]

Ian Spike missed what year that was, but he was a glassmaker, thus he had an abundance of glass to work with. And if he was a poor glassmaker, maybe he really did not have money for nuts and candy. Through certain points of history sugar really was not all that accessible, so just bc it is in abundance around you does not mean it is so for others. Kinda like, you know how bananas are some of the cheapest fruit one can buy at a grocery store? I remember when I ate my gliders banana ever in something like 6 years of my life. My mom was able to afford exactly one banana for each member of the family. When scarce, it becomes a luxury.

[@Yinanony]

Nuts and candy were luxury items back then. Only the rich could afford them. Look it up.

[@cobalt1754]

Fun fact: there are two types of glassblowing: flamework (also called lampwork, depicted in this video) and furnace glassblowing (where people use metal blowpipes and get the glass out of a furnace), and ornaments can be made both ways.

[@yellowflower2067]

This is so cool!!!!!!!! No wonder these things are so expensive!!!! 😳😄

[@itsnotmeitsyou4582]

Moskatels Sells these from 6.00 to 14 each! Then put them on sale 40% to 60% off! it’s. A great work of art! I somehow knows it had to be blown! Wow! Amazing! Thank you to all who make these beauties!

[@alexpujols5012]

Merry Christmas!

[@ellenp1437]

Omg that’s amazing

[@VileVisionshaunt]

I was stocking glass ornaments at my Michaels store today and the thought occurred to me, how are these made? I never really considered that you could cast glass in a mold, but you learn something new everyday. However, this is still a process done by man and I am wondering if there is a machine that does it to mass produce what we get at Michaels? Regardless, i definitely learned what I came for.

[@damianreyesavila3402]

Amazing video channel Episode About Christmas Time in December 2019 Night Time.🎅🏻

[@TheWvJACK]

Look at all the cuts and burns on those people arm and fingers talk about a law suit

[@10GGundam]

why? it is literally the job. it would be impossible to be careful and safe when working with fire and glass.

[@louisasmiles]

Are you American?

[@rickseiden1]

I don't believe that they were bandages. I believe they were protective wears to stop the cuts and burns. In the US, they'd only be able to sue if the cuts and burns were caused by the employer's negligence some how. If your job involves working with an open flame, and the station is set up properly, even if you give yourself a third degree burn, you can't sue.

[@rickseiden1]

Well, you can sue, but you can't win. Maybe you can settle.

[@Tiberiotertio]

Sounds like the kind of person who would wear a life jacket when taking a bath.

[@kramnalla]

wow, I had no idea, a shame their hands and arms are so roughed up from the process.

[@kathryncarter6143]

Amazing

[@werelemur1138]

So pretty! We couldn't have any breakable ornaments this year, because kitten.

[@carpii]

imagine a cop giving one of these workers a breath test. Theyd just blow the device apart into 100 pieces

[@dixfer203]

Why did Frosty the Snowman pull his pants down? He heard the snow blower was coming to town.

[@tapsu7269]

Glass christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day You gave it away

[@Ol_wia]

And now nuts and candy are definitely a bit less expensive than glass baubles

[@Nowayjose-vd1wm]

I have SO MANY collectable mercury glassChristmas statues ...ALL but 1, have paint loss..some more than others...they were so expensive..Is there any way for a diy'er to repaint them? What type of paint? Do the paints need to be heat treated to set them?

[@marklancebalisi8696]

Everybody gasta till the bubble glass pop

[@drycool9028]

😉👍verygood!

[@lisatheboywonder6744]

*first day of job* " So you are going literally sit in behind a blow torch right next to people who are also sitting right behind blow torches- kay cool? bye."

[@caitiekiss3171]

The glass blowers arent even wearing gloves :o

[@cobalt1754]

You're not supposed to.

[@animequeen78]

@@cobalt1754 Bc the glass is too slippery?

[@tusharrajput6192]

Merry Christmas .😍

[@konradc.9007]

very interesting

[@MrAwsomenoob]

Just in time to be broke by kids, adults and the fucking cat that wont stay out of the tree.

[@elainegreen5855]

@3:45 wow... talk about slopping the paint on.

[@LinxFox]

A Canadian show with a Canadian narrator blocked in Canada, how does that work Discovery?.

[@gooddypm]

Because this is Discovery UK

[@zamnelna]

Am I the only one with a phobia about blowing things that could possibly explode in your face (eg balloons, glass)? I LOVED the artistry of these, but I swear I cringed the entire video. Haha. Still watched and liked it though

[@veronicarodriguez8171]

Wow

[@awakeLLc]

wait you need glass to make glass

[@thomasanderson9460]

they should be much more expensive, i will never complain about price again lol wowow

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

*note* glass Christmas ornaments and cats do not mix

[@g-bgcg]

Wow you would have to have some very strong lungs to do that all day. Just think, every bulb has personalized spit in it.

[@cobalt1754]

Nah, you don't have to blow hard if you keep the glass hot enough.

[@hanz2002coquilla]

Manual labor

[@feloniousbutterfly]

like from the good old days.

[@danhite8019]

Krebs Glas Lauscha, Lauscha, Germany

[@yaelrar.4460]

Does anyone know where I can get my glass ornaments fixed?

[@JulieWallis1963]

Yaelra R. Try an antique shop, they may know of a local repair company. Antique ornaments can be repaired properly and professionally. I’m not sure if glass can be, but a local antique shop would be a start. Best of luck.

[@howardjohnson2138]

Now they are all done in China

[@jonas2431]

Can you pop a glass bubble

[@wurzelle1999]

Who writes this?

[@BelindaShort]

Man these things are so creepy

[@alfonsobarboza9468]

Please anyone traduction the video help me!!

[@lilmousey]

Why she sound like she has a cold

[@kramnalla]

she has been sick for years, all that glitter and metallic paint, DUH.

[@michaelwestbrook1379]

0:55 Crystal meth pipe Lol!

[@louisasmiles]

The artist and packer gave me OCD. All that hard work for the artist to paint badly. Then the packer put snow white in the bottom right and they were all crocked. Madness

[@NumeroLetter]

Rude. You try doing that for hours and hours a day and see if YOU could do any better.

[@louisasmiles]

@@NumeroLetter I bloody well could actually. Stop being so butt hurt. There's what is called quality control. Plus. Wouldn't you pull out all the stops if cameras were around? I get the twee and nostalgia of handmade and crooked painting. Get that homemade feel... But Snow White is the pull... Put her in the little window.

[@waqarsaleem8611]

Waste of money.

[@dixfer203]

So, Islam is a waste of oxygen.

[@waqarsaleem8611]

@@dixfer203 Lmao another butthurted. well, nope it is the source of oxygen.

[@cw5451]

Okay, Scrooge.

[@kramnalla]

No, nothing hand crafted is ever a waste of money.

[@marymojsovski7666]

Amazing