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Hi. My name's Ed Donovan. I'm here at DC Glassworks. You can find us at dcglassworks.com. We are a public access glassblowing facility. We also do metal, metal casting and welding. We are primarily a teaching facility. We want to share with people the magic of glassblowing. It's an amazing substance.

Today I'm going to be talking to you about glassblowing. The best glassblowing museum in my vote is Corning, Corning Glass in New York. Fantastic museum. It's not the only one. There's a fantastic museum also in Tacoma, Washington. A lot of people are familiar with the name of Tacoma or Seattle. It's associated a lot with glassblowing. I think their climate definitely attributes to their great glassblowing. It's a cool, wet climate a lot of the time, so fantastic for glassblowers.

And there's facilities around the world that would be world-class glass museums, but again, Corning, New York, gets my vote as the best. They've got an amazing collection of glass from just about the beginning of time as far as glassblowing is concerned. All the way through to modern techniques for glass and glassblown vessels. So in Corning, New York. I definitely recommend a visit up there. You can see demonstrations by some fantastic glassblowers up there, buy some fantastic glass. Visit the city, which also has amazing glassblowers located in the town because it's just such a well known name in glass.

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.