WHAT WE FOUND IN NORTHROP KING,
OUR FIRST LOVE WHEN IT COMES TO
ART IS GLASS ART.
THIS IS FROM AN ARTIST AND EAST
BETHEL.
WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THIS FROM AN
ART FAIR IN MILWAUKEE.
ISN'T THIS COOL?
THE GLASS ART IS SO PHYSICAL,
SO BEAUTIFUL.
WE STARTED BY COLLECTING
CLASS BITS BY BITS.
WE JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE KIND
OF MAGICAL, THE DIFFERENT
LAYERS OF GLASS.
THIS IS AN ANOKA ARTIST,
ROBINSON SCOTT.
THE COLORS ARE AMAZING.
MINNESOTA DOES HAVE A HUGE
ART SCENE, INCLUDING A GORGEOUS
NEW FACILITY.
ONE OF THE OWNERS IS WITH US
THIS MORNING.
BRYCE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
THANK YOU.
TELL US, WHY DO YOU THINK WE
HAVE SUCH A LARGE GLASS ART
SCENE?
THERE'S SO MANY WORLD-CLASS
GLASS ARTISTS THAT LIVE IN THE
TWIN CITIES AREA.
I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THE
FACILITIES.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT
PLACES LIKE MYSELF, TO OFFER
EQUIPMENT RENTAL TO THE GLASS
ARTISTS IN THE METRO AREA.
YOU GUYS DO ALL SORTS OF
CLASSES FOR PEOPLE.
TELL ME, WHAT IS THAT
EXPERIENCE LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A
NEWCOMER COMING IN TRYING TO
LEARN HOW TO BLOW GLASS?
IT ART.
THAT IS.
IT IS VERY INTIMATE, IF YOU
WILL.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WORKING ONE-ON-
ONE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR.
YOUR NEVER THROWN OUT INTO A
POOL OF PEOPLE.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE GUIDANCE OF
YOUR INSTRUCTOR HOVERING OVER
YOU 100% OF THE TIME.
I MENTIONED WE STARTED
COLLECTING GLASS BY GOING WITH
PAPERWEIGHTS.
THEY ARE AFFORDABLE AND STILL
BEAUTIFUL.
THAT IS OFTEN HOW YOU START
TEACHING PEOPLE, TOO.
CORRECT.
PAPERWEIGHTS ARE GOOD WAY TO
ALERT MORE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS
SO THAT YOU CAN THEN APPLY
THOSE PRACTICES LATER ON.
BRYCE, YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE
MAKING A PIECE FOR US
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.
YOU'LL WORK ON AND
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FOR US.
WE WILL SHOW PEOPLE ABOUT THE
PROCESS.
SOME SLICK SPOTS OUT THERE WITH
THE RECENT SNOWFALL.
I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT TO
EXPECT TODAY, A COLD BLAST ON
THE WAY THIS WEEK, MORE AND A
FEW MINUTES.
LEADING UP TO VALENTINE'S
DAY ALL WEEK WE ARE
HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT THINGS
ABOUT MINNESOTA THAT WE LOVE.
IN THE LAST HOUR I GIVE YOU A
TOUR INSIDE MY HOME, SHARING MY
LOVE FOR THE MINNESOTA ART
SCENE.
I HAVE ALL SORTS OF MINNESOTA
ART THAT I FOUND IN DIFFERENT
GALLERIES, DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES, IN MINNESOTA THERE
IS A HUGE GLASS ART SCENE.
THIS WAS MY FIRST LOVE, KIND OF
THE ENTRIE INTO ART AS
COLLECTORS.
THERE IS A GORGEOUS NEW
FACILITY IN SOUTH ST. PAUL.
ONE OF THE OWNERS AND THE
FOUNDERS, BRYCE IS LIVE WITH US
THIS MORNING.
BRYCE, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS HUGE
FACILITY YOU HAVE.
ANYONE FROM THE TWIN CITIES CAN
GO AND TAKE A CLASS AND LEARN
MORE.
THANK YOU.
TELL US WHAT YOUR IDEA WAS
WHEN YOU FOUNDED THIS.
IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
THE NEED, IT WASN'T THERE.
THERE WERE SOME FACILITIES BUT
ONE DOES NOT FILL THE NEED FOR
WHAT THE CITY NEEDS AS A WHOLE.
TELL US WHAT YOU BEEN
WORKING ON THIS MORNING.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
GLASSBLOWING?
THREE AND HALF YEARS NOW.
YOUR PRETTY NEW TO THIS.
I AM, YES.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS
LIVE IF YOU'VE BEEN CRAFTING
THIS.
TELL US ABOUT THE PROCESS.
TELL US TO SHOW US WHAT YOU
MADE.
THIS STARTED AND ENDED AS A
SHAPE SIMILAR TO THIS PURPLE
ONE.
WITH THIS, I ACTUALLY USE A
COUPLE DIFFERENT SHADES OF
BLUE, I ALSO INCORPORATE SOME
SILVER FOIL, MUCH LIKE YOU SEE
ON THIS.
THIS IS YOUR STANDARD BASE,
GOOD FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.
WHEN YOU WORK WITH GLASS, I
HAVE DONE GLASSBLOWING A COUPLE
TIMES.
I AM IMPRESSED WITH THOSE THAT
ARE REALLY GOOD AT IT.
I'M TERRIBLE AT IT.
GLASSBLOWING IS VERY PHYSICAL,
MORE PHYSICAL THAN SOME PEOPLE
EXPECT.
IT IS.
IT IS PHYSICALLY DEMANDING.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, WHEN
YOU'RE WORKING WITH A PIECE,
YOU ARE HOLDING IT WITH THE
CENTER OF GRAVITY, YOU'RE
HOLDING IT AT A FOUR FOOT POLE.
IT FEELS HEAVIER ON THE
BACKSIDE?
IS IT THE BEAUTIFUL GLASS AT
THE END OR ARE YOU JUST A
PYROMANIAC WHO LOVES BEING
AROUND FIRE?
A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
I MEAN, FIRE IS DEFINITELY
SOMETHING FUN TO PLAY WITH.
THERE IS ALSO SOME SERIOUS
HAZARDS.