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Art in glass photo story
Paul IndigoIn 2014 one of my highlights was photographing a glass blowing session, together with my wife and fellow photographer Magda, at Marcel Vlamynck's Art in Glass studio in Brugge, Belgium.
During the session I concentrated mainly on shooting still images but also took a moment to film Anneleen who was working together with her father, master glass artist, Marcel Vlamynck. She is a talented glass artist too.
The famous Flemish actor and photogenic artist, Luk D'Heu, a keen glassblower himself, was also there adding his good humoured comments to the ambiance.
During the session I concentrated mainly on shooting still images but also took a moment to film Anneleen who was working together with her father, master glass artist, Marcel Vlamynck. She is a talented glass artist too.
The famous Flemish actor and photogenic artist, Luk D'Heu, a keen glassblower himself, was also there adding his good humoured comments to the ambiance.
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| Master glass artist Marcel Vlamynck and daughter Anneleen put the finishing touches to a vase while Flemish artist and actor Luk D'Heu looks on. |
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| Master glass artist Marcel Vlamynck uses a wad of wet newspaper in his hand to shape a piece of molten glass. |
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| Marcel and Anneleen examine a glass vase, glowing hot at around 1,000 °C, as he rolls his blowpipe on the rails of his work station. Gravity is used to help shape the glass. |
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| When glass is at around 1,090 °C it glows orange. Marcel Vlamynck uses a tool to shape molten glass. |
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| Marcel Vlamynck concentrates as he blows down a blowpipe (or blow tube) to inflate molten glass so that it forms a bubble (or parison). |
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| Master glass artist Marcel Vlamynck clearly enjoys his work as he stands in front of the furnace waiting for his molten glass creation to reach the right temperature for the next stage of the process. |
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| A tense moment as the glass vase Marcel is working on is transferred from his blowpipe to Anneleen’s ponty. |
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| Master glass artist Marcel Vlamynck adds the finishing touches to Anneleen’s vase. |
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| Marcel and Anneleen high-five each other with their heat resistant gloves in celebration after their glass creation is put into the annealer machine. There it will slowly cool down so that the glass is as free of stress as possible. |
The video shows a number of other exciting still images from the session and selection of 22 images from are viewable on Flickr.
I hope you've enjoyed the photo story. Comments always welcome.
Till soon,
Paul
