Micke Johansson Guest Artist Demonstration

Watch Guest Artist Micke Johansson demonstrate his unique style of glassworking in the Amphitheater Hot Shop during his demonstration on July 13, 2018.
See the final piece out of the annealer at 1:53:40.
The Guest Artist Series features world-class visiting artists at work in the Amphitheater Hot Shop. These special, extended demonstrations provide a fascinating peek at the techniques, artistry, and improvisation that comprise contemporary glassmaking. Our own Hot Glass Demo Team assists and narrates for each artist, answering audience questions in real time. Learn more at www.cmog.org/p....
Micke Johansson is a master glassblower and designer from Sweden. When he was 16 years old, Johansson began working at Orrefors glassworks and stayed there for 15 years. He became a master glassblower at Orrefors at the age of 24. In 2004, Johansson started working at Pukeberg Glassworks where he could develop and produce his own art glass. In 2007, Johansson opened he own studio, Mickejohans Konstglas AB, where he produces all of his glass. He particularly loves glass techniques and his specialty is in old Swedish techniques like ariel, graal and Swedish overlay. www.cmog.org/b...

[@rcWizzard]

Thank you for showing the final piece at the end!!!!

[@alexcraig8543]

Man, the color reaction in this piece is totally magic! Micke's work is so rad! Love it!
*Edit* Oh damn, the mishap at the end was a gut punch! That lip encalmo was super soft, and George couldn't see what was happening before it was too late!

[@cantnv1]

WOW, his style is so neat!!

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching, Jessica!

[@banditVa]

Hello George and all glass blowers. Everything you all do is absolutely amazing to me.

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@Cronus_1]

I loved the teamwork when swapping this to the secondary puntie was fantastic.

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@lilianabead]

Thank you for doing this, CMOG! I really enjoyed the commentary: highly informative and all inclusive narrative. Happy holidays to you all 🙏😊💕

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@TripleG69]

It's beautiful and unique.

[@pianystrom8137]

Thank you, Corning, for sharing this fantastic video! Micke Johansson is a true star. It's interesting to see how a finished piece takes about x times 100 steps to get to. I didn't count, but there were a lot of steps... And to have this image in your head, and work with this temperamental medium is just a marvel of skill and artistic foresight and daring. Beautiful!

[@rosiepisatcky7877]

Bravo well done.

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@sjpearson14]

so amazing

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@nisuaiucorowa3703]

Nice work .....true artistic flare

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@tinderbox218]

Interesting to watch the process as always, but not a fan of this design, color palette, or the remaining big flaw at the top that happened at the end. Curious why he chose these colors.

[@perrydavis5433]

Hey smarty the colors are ho

[@perrydavis5433]

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[@KieranShort]

The heating after this blowing at 1:39:28 really stuffed up the top cup. It was smooth when it went into the oven, was in there too long probably, and when it came out it started to sag, and it all went wrong at 1:40:50 causing a fold. Afterward it retained a blemish 1:41:14 which was never worked out of the piece 1:49:52. Such a shame, after all that work.

[@rcWizzard]

To Kieran. So what's your glassblowing background???

[@KieranShort]

1:40:38 watch over the following 5 seconds, you can see the exact point where it collapses. I'm surprised Micke was as cool as he was at the end of it. I'd be somewhat visibly upset.

[@JanisFroehlig]

That's one of the difficulties in going so large, and in black & white. I still 'felt' like the back third, in front of the punty, was risky-cold. George knows big. My guess is his mind was on the length & white vs. the green. That iron in the green heats up easy.

[@danielcorich7942]

@@KieranShort A glassblower of that many years has had many pieces go sour. You just try not to get emotionally attached to work until it's room temperature.

[@jesseerickson662]

Best commentator

[@draven3838]

Incredible piece ,dont like the neck though

[@sethcragan6908]

I was just about to ask how they get that inside shot....

[@richardjones4080]

heatproof glass as used in the shuttle screens behind the furnace a small window

[@ohayosumodayton1226]

When you can't make it good, make it big or blue.

[@MrJohnblaine]

Wow

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching, John!

[@hoodheisenberg]

First. I love glassblowing

[@jeffreypick57]

Why didn't he just cut the blemish off and put a rim around the heads, it would have looked much better - now he will sell it as a second ?????

[@l.farmer1268]

Around 16 minutes he says that newspaper is the cheapest tool but having to buy all that newspaper is not cheap