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The essence of the Soft Cylinders
is really at the point of the pickup. First, a very detailed glass
drawing—we call it a shard—is prepared before the blowing
starts. Then the glass shard is carefully placed on a hot plate,
with hundreds of glass threads all around the drawing. About halfway
into the blowing process, right after the last gather of glass has
been dipped from the furnace, the gaffer comes down on it
with the glass and it fuses to the surface. This is the most exciting
moment of making the Soft Cylinder. The shard may crack at this
point and the glass threads go flying everywhere. |
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—Chihuly |
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