At the end of each challenge, the regular judge (Katherine Gray, a coolheaded glass artist and a professor) and a guest judge evaluate the contestants’ work. Once finished, they place their work into an “annealer,” another, cooler oven that slowly returns the glass to room temperature. As they work, they “flash” the glass into what’s known as a “glory hole,” a small personal oven that keeps the glass from cooling or cracking. They then use a long iron rod called a “punty” to grab hold of the molten glass so they can manipulate it. They then add color, and pick up a glob of melted glass with a blower, which they breathe through to enlarge the material into a shape. Each contestant first has to melt a mixture of sand and minerals to a taffy-like consistency in a oven heated to more than two thousand degrees. Uhas describes the process of blowing glass using a slew of industry lingo. The show’s host, Nick Uhas, a science YouTuber and a former “Big Brother” cast member, informs the contestants that they have arrived at the “hot shop,” where they will labor to create works of stunning, breakable art.
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The series begins with ten experienced glassblowers arriving at a warehouse in Hamilton, Ontario. I only learned about the show because a friend of mine was travelling, and was bored enough in his hotel room to sift beyond Netflix’s usual recs and take a risk on a reality-TV competition about, of all things, the art of glassblowing. It did not recommend that I watch “Blown Away,” which premièred earlier this month. The site’s algorithm is supposed to populate one’s dashboard with fresh offerings, but in my case it keeps offering more of the same: decades-old episodes of “Friends,” a smorgasbord of quirky cooking shows, B-plus romantic comedies, and “ Stranger Things.” Rinse and repeat. Furthermore, Pozniak said in a recent interview with Seattle Times his wife urged him to enter the show so that his impressive style of glassblowing could gain more awareness.The current glut of content on streaming platforms is less a bubble than a constantly growing haystack Netflix seems to bury its own shiny gems as quickly as it churns them out. All throughout the series, Pozniak speaks about his child being the reason he decided to enter the competition. On top of all this, of all the contestants of the show, it’s very clear his motivations with his artwork as well as joining the competition stem from being a family man. Not because he has a YouTube channel but specifically because there are videos all over the web with Pozniak giving demonstrations to different colleges, institutions, and other places overseas helping others become better glass blowers. Even before the show made a splash on Netflix, fans of his artwork knew of him from YouTube.
In addition, Pozniak was already known around the world for his work giving lessons, and mentoring others in the field. He moved from the UK to Seattle in his teens to study under the arm of Dale Chihuly–who is also a world-famous glass sculptor.
Given this knowledge, it’s no wonder he is so skillful in the art form. Who is Janusz Pozniak from Netflix’s Blown Away?Īccording to his website, Pozniak has actually been involved with glass blowing for three decades, starting at the age of 19. Here is everything to know about Janusz Pozniak from the Netflix show Blown Away. But fans of the series might be curious about who the glassblower is beyond the confines of the series.
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