Inside A Master Glass Blower's Studio Making Unique Works Of Art | Architectural Digest

You may recognize Deborah Czeresko as the winner of season one of Blown Away on Netflix. Today, she lets Arch Digest into her studio for an up-close look at how she fashions molten glass into massive abstract vases. “Glass is very elemental, and some of the tools we use are also very elemental. Heat, water, air, gravity, centrifugal force - a lot of people don't think of those as tools. But they are for the glass maker.”
Director: Hiatt Woods
Director of Photography: Josh Herzog
Editor: Louis Lalire
Starring: Deborah Czeresko
Glass Blowing Assistants: Ali Feeney, Alex Kreuger
Senior Producer: Alyssa Marino
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon Fuhr
Production Manager: Melissa Heber
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Zach Eisen
Production Assistant: Carlo Betia
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Graphics: Léa Kichler, Samuel Fuller
Shot on location at UrbanGlass
Buffet photos of Deborah’s work courtesy of Amy Wang
@amywang.art
amyyutingwang.com
UrbanGlass, the NYC-based nonprofit established in 1977, fosters experimentation and advances the use and critical understanding of glass as a creative medium. They offer classes and other opportunities to get involved in the art of glass blowing - check them out: @urgbanglass_nyc / urbanglass.org/
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[@Cstylinn]

I loved this video!! I was introduced to Deborah by watching Blown Away, and as fun as that series is, they never took time to really break down the process. This was terrific!

[@Pww642]

You learn more about the mechanics of glass blowing in this one video than in 3 seasons of blown away.

[@plainjane8920]

Love watching creative artists at work. It's kind of like living vicariously.

[@Kellfiree]

I saw Deborah in the thumbnail and was like, DEBORAH????

[@RachelIlous89]

Omg the winner from last season of blown away !!!!! Such a good show

[@MartinClimbs]

Deborah on AD, so cool. Congrats

[@alineroberts]

I first saw her on Blown Away. What a treat to see this video on how she is doing. :-)

[@ski2itri]

I love Deborah, she has a passion for life and for her art...have seen her work before...thanks for sharing this with everyone.

[@sandrabrown6326]

That is amazing. Just beautiful!

[@Sunvalleycode]

Hey AD, this is the kind of material people want! Excellent piece ❤

[@Lenalennnnnnn]

Not according to the amount of views 😟

[@kathleenweinberg6442]

Glass is a great idea to have fun doing

[@WALK_AND_TREK]

The video was great, my good friend, thank you for sharing this beautiful video❤❤❤

[@Julheartstudio]

As an artist I love seeing videos like this!!!! I hope there’s more to come💖💖💖

[@kathleencummings7545]

So cool to watch. I love glass making.

[@kathythompson9931]

Thank you for your educational & interesting tutorial! It was great!

[@peachnecctar1658]

super cool. love this!

[@beachysands4036]

What an amazing talent!

[@origamiwithsendy7069]

I am very impressed with this amazing glass art 🥰

[@senik64]

so creative!

[@simple_naildesigns]

Amazing artist ❤

[@KB-lw1lr]

So beautiful.

[@_rmichaeltannn]

Amazing artist! I’ve known her from Blown Away ❤

[@briannahall6828]

Blown Away fans, wya? 🔥

[@AndrewMalkin]

I never realized how many people were needed to do this.

[@akshar_dave]

Thank you for making this! 😊🍳

[@ketibakaradze841]

Amazing

[@EduArchs]

Nice

[@rodolfocoronel487]

I love this woman! She won the first season of Blown Away (netflix)

[@helmut666kohl]

Cool Jazz Egg!

[@walkinginiran.]

Hello my friend🖐 I am sorry for my late reply Thanks for sharing the videos🤗 Good luck💪

[@robw1571]

As a person who works in clay I've always wanted to try glass blowing but I've also been very weary of it since my instincts are to get my hands on it. Ouch!

[@roospooscreate]

Humans are amazing.

[@echognomecal6742]

Just my own personal opinion- Very enjoyable, informative video. The other works were so cute/impressive! The featured work, however...not looking like an egg to me...kinda gross...but everything else (aside from the music if I'm gonna be super picky), really cool :)

[@artisthusnatalal3099]

*Yeah there's one in Kenya called....KITENGELA HOT GLASS!* 👌

[@skullandbones1832]

❤️

[@superjules21]

It's Teamwork !

[@tvommy]

Ford Museum has alot of glass work!

[@silverred3169]

The vases are not abstract if they represent an egg

[@carolz5090]

Ummm…respectfully disagree. I think you can have an abstraction of a figurative subject and it still be a recognizable form. Using something well known as an example - Picasso’s Guernica, or Henry Moore’s women for a 3 dimensional example. I don’t wanna get into a KZbin thread food fight here, this is just my view.

[@LisaApril]

I respectfully disagree. Look at Monets water lilies series. They are obviously lily pads and water, but they are not done realistically. Its the artist’s impression, oftentimes looking like a scene out of a dream.

[@NicolesNaturals]

How on earth can you do that with out wearing gloves!?!?

[@TheFatblob25]

Because you just get used to the heat, to a point, & furthermore gloves get in the way of having control of the pipe. You can't turn it easily with gloves on. Sometimes you will put on a glove for certain moves, trimming a lip, or tweezing, times where you have close proximity for a long time. Assistants also use wooden paddle for shielding your fingers.

[@georgepatakos3170]

Hey

[@lukepookie93]

Hi Alex 👋

[@cleverusername9369]

Drink every time she says "playful"

[@michaelfreeze2949]

You can tell she was in the USA as there was no occupational health and safety, especially the assistants wearing shorts and tee-shirts

[@Kolious_Thrace]

1:31 * colour ✅

[@cleverusername9369]

Not in the USA

[@Kolious_Thrace]

@@cleverusername9369 the correct spelling is colour. If Americans want to spell it wrong… it’s their problem. They speak Americanish not English!

[@FuelledByKanin]

lol, mid