#cmog

[abpg]

[curatorsday]

Monday-Friday, April 14-18, 2025

It’s been a nice week off. The weather started out wet and chilly but warmed up nicely by the end of the week. We hiked up to Sullivan’s Monument, visited the Corning Museum of Glass, did a scavenger hunt in downtown Elmira, worked on the garden rebuild (check out http://myshakergarden.blogspot.com to read about my adventures in gardening), and ate lots and lots of matzoh.

[lesbianredpanda]

"Carroña (Carrion)" by Javier Perez

Glass and taxidermy installation at the Corning Museum of Glass

Reflected in "Black Cube" by Marian Karel

[ninjadormouse]

Visited some old favorites at CMoG

[thecrankyprofessor]

Above: Roman Cage Cup, Corning Museum of Glass 87.1.1 Overall Diam (max): 12.2 cm; Cup H: 7.4 cm; Metal Collar H: 0.5, Diam: 11 cm, Th: 0.1 cm; Hook and Loop: 17 cm; Looped Elements: 18.8 cm probably 300–399 Purchased with funds from the Arthur Rubloff Residuary Trust

Below: Cage cup replica in process, Corning Museum of Glass 89.2.22. Artist: George D. Scott.

[peacefulanxiety]

I can’t believe that I was able to see two of my favorite glass sculptures from Blown Away in person the other day. It was an amazing experience to be able to watch Deborah create a new sculpture while chatting about the series and her art journey. I can’t wait to see her again in October! Now, if only Momo has been there too, I would have been in heaven...PS: Deborah said that she and Momo keep in touch..it made my heart so happy ❤️🔥

Btw...Deb haters...Netflix did her dirty. She is not as pretentious they made her out to be. She’s gracious, lovely, and a hard worker. Just saying.

[etakeh]

Blown Away

Ok so I’m writing this right after I watched it, because I don’t want to lose my thoughts on it by waiting until I’m out of EEEK SPOILER danger.  

But I will put in a “read more” because I’m that freaking nice.  Don’t read more if you don’t want to know who the winner is, because that’s the only person I’m really going to talk about. 

Ok so the winner looked like this. 

and had an attitude like this

And I immediately disliked her.  She was abrasive and borderline rude, yelled too much in the hotshop, and golldarnit wasn’t normal looking!

But then I watched.  One by one, competitors were eliminated.  But not Deborah!  Because she insisted on making things that weren’t terrible.  Things that had meaning and that were a little...off.  She had skills and purpose and she shoved that into the pieces she made for each challenge.

She remained abrasive, borderline rude, and she still yelled too much.  But I kinda started to see where she was coming from.  She mentioned being a female in what had been a male-dominated profession for most of her career.  How she was non-binary, and that representation was important.  She was sad when a particular person was sent home because she saw the good in her work.  

One of the challenges was to make something food related.  

She made this.

Hey, how about show us some planty-naturey kind of thing.  Ok, sure. 

One of the challenges was going to be guest-judged by a fancy ballet dancer.  The challenge was to demonstrate the human body in motion.  and what does she do?

And the finale.  THE FINALE.  It’s between her and a guy who I wouldn’t have been upset if he’d won.  They both had made some amazing things. 

It was a free round, 8 hours and three assistants, use this space to present it.  

And she made this.

Yes, she made a giant glass egg (female) surrounded by sausages.  

Anyway, I’m glad she won.  I really am.  I hope you watch, even though I’ve ruined the surprise ending.  I’ve been watching @cmog livestreams for a few years now, and that’s the part that I find the most fascinating.  Add a little fancy editing, and it gives it a bit of edge.

[starfaring-princelotor]

My apologies, dear Carl, it seems my assistant decided to take a break on your box.