Blown Away: how to turn molten glass into science art

Photo caption: Then and now Perspective by John Sharvin represents the controversy that science has always faced. Photo © 2022 Netflix, Inc.. Article by Sarah Tesh. Physics World – September 23, 2022. Sarah Tesh highlights the crossover between art and science in season 3 of Netflix’s Blown Away.

One of my guilty pleasures is watching TV competitions where people make stuff. Whether it’s clothes on Sewing Bee, cakes on Bake Off or pottery on Throw Down, I can’t get enough of the amazing skills and creativity of the contestants. Though sometimes it’s their failures that also make compelling viewing. At the moment I’m absorbed in a Netflix series called Blown Away. It features 10 glass artists competing to win $60,000 and a residency at Corning Museum of Glass in the US. The challenge for the contestants in each episode is to create a glass sculpture based […]

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