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Hello my name’s Todd Hansen, we’re here at the Art of Fire Contemporary Glass Blowing Studio in Laytonsville, Maryland. We're at www.artoffire.com. I’ve been a glassblower for about twelve years now, I’ve got several different lines of glass work that I work on and I’ll be talking to you about glass blowing. Glass blowing is as versatile as any other art form, you have painters that do different styles, ceramists mold different forms, glass is no different, whether it’s in the eye of the beholder or not, glass can be a really, collectible, valuable, beautiful thing, it’s an aesthetic that you enjoy. I can look at technical pieces of work from Venetian glass blowers and just be dumbfounded by how they did it, then you look at something that’s a whole other style of glass working, it can be a really large piece with lots of color in that’s just as beautiful so it really depends on what you like and what you collect, there are paperweights that are mind boggling there are tumblers that are really beautiful there’s lots of things for different people to collect and buy, many different glass blowers as there are, there are that many styles of glassblowing being done, so the best way to find something that you think it s artistic and beautiful is go out to the studios in your area and support your local artists.

1. Introduction to Glassblowing
2. What Tools Do You Need?
3. How to Find a Class
4. How to Find a Job
5. How to Pick a Kit
6. How to Rent a Studio
7. Where Is the Best Glassblowing Museum?
8. How Much Do Glassblowing Artists Make?
9. Is Glassblowing School Necessary?
10. How to Use a Blow Pipe
11. 6 Tips, Tricks & Techniques
12. How to Shape Glass
13. 4 Glory Hole Tips
14. How to Use Puffers & Steam Sticks
15. How to Use Tweezers to Shape Glass
16. How to Use Jacks & Pacioffis
17. How to Use Diamond & Straight Shears
18. How to Get Started
19. History of Glassblowing
20. What is Glass Art?
21. History of Handblown Glass
22. Can Glassblowing Be Done at Home?
23. Glassblowing Safety
24. How Hot Does the Glass Get?
25. How to Pick Supplies
26. How to Dress for Class
27. How to Marver Glass
28. How to Decorate Handblown Glass
29. How to Use Newspaper as Heat Protection
30. How to Handle Hot Handblown Glass
31. How to Handle Fallen Molten Glass
32. How to Color Handblown Glass
33. How to Use Blocks & Paddles
34. How to Blow Glass with Todd Hansen
35. How to Blow Glass with Ed Donovan

Learn about glassblowing from pros Todd Hansen and Ed Donovan in these Howcast videos.