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The folks at Olivari Olive Oil have a documentary series that "profile unique folks who obsess over their craft and believe in carrying on a tradition of detail and care."  I was honored to be chosen as the subject of a video.  

I was interviewed a few weeks ago for a feature in this cool new online arts magazine.  The interview is here:  Creating Linus Feature

So Joey from Martha's Vineyard Glassworks visited the studio today and just as I was about to make a large murrine pull he whipped out his iPhone and shot this short video.  The glass I'm hanging up on the pully system is layers upon layers of colors that I stretch into 8' or so of patterned rod.  A few days from now after it's cooled, it will be cut into slices and the cross sections will have the pattern I designed.

I was recently contacted by the Centro Studi del Vetro (Glass Study Center) library in Venice, Italy to add my book to their permanent collection.  According to their website:

"The Giorgio Cini Foundation has set up a dedicated Study Centre with a specialised library in its Institute of Art History....

The crew from Strike Anywhere Films was in the studio shooting me and Michael making a Bloom and a mixed pattern Foglio.  They also recorded some interview audio and the chatter between me and Michael while we made work.  They were really engaged on ensuring they got great shots and great to work with.  I can't say what it was for until they release it publically; suffice it to say I didn't hire them, they hired me for a project they are working on.   I'm eager to see the final edit!

So in the course of my week I will be doing many hours of glassblowing but I'll also be busy doing lots of prep, design, composition, coldwork, photography, packing, shipping, etc.  While I work with an assistant blowing glass who also does a good amount of coldworking, there's still a ton I have to do throughout the week.  This week had two galleries that ordered five Bloom but I was all out of stands so...I made up a dozen stands.  I designed these stands to suspend a Bloom sculpture, cradling it at a precise angle.  While I make them in batches of twelve but when I match a stand to a Blo

The current version of my book was sent to me by the publisher as a .pdf that I've posted on dropbox.  So if you would like to dowload a copy to click through, feel free to get it from this link:  https://dl.dropbox.com/u/27473469/DavidPatchenGlass.pdf