![]() ![]() Glassmaking can be soothing, but it’s also an athletic endeavor, pursued in an environment that is sweltering. While the general sensibility of Blown Away emphasizes the pressure that the artists are under to get their work completed in a brief period of time, the camera occasionally pauses to linger, almost lovingly, on some of these more hypnotic steps in the process. The artists also often roll their still-in-progress pieces through frits, bits of crumbled, hard glass that adhere to the primary surface the way kosher salt sticks to the rim of a margarita, another extremely tactile, satisfying thing to witness. Even though I know it would scald and possibly permanently remove my skin from my body, I kind of want to bathe in a vat of scorching liquid glass when I watch Blown Away? They shape and press what look like huge globs of goo but will eventually harden into sculptures, vases, or perfume bottles. They blow - hence the name blown glass - into the punties to expand the bubbles and balloons on the other end. Contestants stretch it for several feet like it’s a huge, infinitely flexible piece of bubble gum. The things that can be done with glass, especially when it’s hot and malleable, are mesmerizing to watch. Slide on the fuzziest socks, brew the hottest tea, burrow under your favorite blanket, and turn on Blown Away.įor those not previously exposed to the world of punties (the rods used for sculpting glass) and glory holes (that’s what they call the furnaces where glass sculptures are heated - really, it’s not dirty!), there is major ASMR-adjacent action in Blown Away. What’s different is that it focuses on glassblowing, a physically demanding, primal, and tactile endeavor that most people have probably never witnessed, let alone attempted themselves.Ĭertain aspects of that process make this an inherently winter watch, which is to say it’s the sort of show that will fit seamlessly into whatever hygge routine you have established. The series is structured like pretty much every other competition show that has ever existed: Ten contestants engage in a different challenge during each episode, with one person getting knocked out in every installment until, in the finale, a champion is named. Blown Away, whose second season arrives on Netflix today, is a winter show, always has been, and that should have been obvious to me two years ago. At the time, I characterized it as ideal summer viewing, but I was wrong. The first season of Blown Away dropped on Netflix in July of 2019. ![]() Seeing the flow of growth in the rainbow color of plants gives us a sense of ease and a silver lining."įor additional information on Nao, be sure to read the May 18th Coast News article 'Blown Away star takes up residency at Carlsbad glass studio' by Steve Puterski.Nao Yamamoto, generating heat in Blown Away season two. From emotions, to desire, we experience it as a story. She will be creating a wall installation (rendering below) called "Let Your Thoughts Grow" that will then be assembled and on display at Barrio Glassworks.Īccording to Mary Devlin, co-owner of Barrio Glassworks, "The wall installation visualizes the growth of our state of mind. She will be blowing glass live with the assistance of local glassblowers throughout the day during the studio's regular hours of 10am to 6pm, and the public is welcome to come watch her in action. Nao will be in residence at Barrio Glassworks (3060 Roosevelt St.) from May 25 - May 28. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in studio art and design from California State University, San Bernardino in 2014, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tama Art University, in Tokyo in 2011, specializing in glass art. She creates artwork inspired by the simple beauty of glass and nature, to celebrate the power of life. ![]() Nao was born in Japan and has spent the last nine years building her artistic practice in the United States. Nao Yamamoto was one of 10 master artists chosen out of hundreds of applicants from around the world to be featured in Season 2 of the Netflix show “Blown Away.” And, she is also the first artist-in-residence at Barrio Glassworks, the only public glassblowing studio and retail gallery in Carlsbad Village. (Photo above by Steve Puterski, Coast News) ![]()
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