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“#Blown away: Glassblowing\u2019s blazing hot moment on Netflix<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n How Sheridan College students helped a Netflix series<\/a> raise the profile of the artistic medium\n <\/div>\n
\n Terms like \u201cannealer\u201d and \u201cpulling cane\u201d entered viewers\u2019 lexicon when the glassblowing competition series Blown Away<\/i> first aired on Netflix in 2019. The show features 10 contenders who fashion glass art and are eliminated throughout the series; the winner receives a prize valued at $60,000, including an artist residency at the prestigious Corning Museum of Glass in New York state.<\/p>\n

Koen Vanderstukken, head of the glass studio at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ont., helped the show come to life. Producers app<\/a>roached Vanderstukken\u2014a renowned artist with decades of experience in the industry\u2014with the idea, and he mobilized the college and its resources. Students and graduates of Sheridan\u2019s honours bachelor of craft and design (glass) were recruited and paid to assist the competitors with their sweaty, high-pressure escapades during the show. \u201cGlassblowing is a team sport,\u201d says Vanderstukken. \u201cYou have to have good skills as an assistant to help your glassblower.\u201d<\/p>\n

The setting of the show was an empty industrial building in Hamilton that was transformed into the largest glass studio in North America. The series came together so quickly that the first episode was the first time the studio was ever used. With 10 blazing \u201cglory holes\u201d (the furnaces artists use to heat their work), 10 competitors, their glassblowing team and the production crew all filming on one of the hottest days of the year, temperatures in the shop surpassed 50\u00b0 C. (Filming was postponed until panels in the roof were removed so hot air could escape; industrial air conditioning was later added.)<\/p>\n

The show cracked the Netflix Top 10 in Canada. Two seasons in, Vanderstukken says it has significantly raised the profile of glass as an artistic medium. \u201cThere hasn\u2019t been any other event in the history of contemporary glass that had such an impact,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s just unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A look at glass art by Sheridan College graduates<\/p>\n

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View stunning glass sculptures by 2020 and 2021 graduates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul van den Bijgaart’s<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Ink Panel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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