Kliszewski Glass. The Artist

"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. "
 -James Whistler


Last time we were introduced to the art of Kliszewski Glass, now let's watch as Bob creates one of his teapots for us.

After attaching and heating a blob of colored glass on to the glass blowing tube, Bob pulls it out of the furnace and begins rolling it back and forth on a steel table to begin the creation process.

Creating a glass bubble, Bob then reheats it, begins to shape it as shown above by spinning the blob in a wooden shaper, and then reheating. This process is repeated several times, each procedure producing a larger bubble of glass.
 

Giving the glass a twist produces the spiral veins above.

Here Bob and his assistant are placing a handle, spout and top to the teapot.

Back into the furnace for one of the final firings.

¡Voila!