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If you pay for multiple glass blowers at a University, then you can have a Master and an Apprentice. But you are paying for more blowing than you strictly need.
by ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
If you pay for multiple glass blowers at a University, then you can have a Master and an Apprentice. But you are paying for more blowing than you strictly need.
If you pay for the exact amount of glass blowing you need, you will only have 1 glass blower per institution and there isn't room for apprenticeship.
Seems like an easy fix would be a "Glass Blowers of Southern California" shop, where a few glass blowers could service USC, UCLA, and a couple other schools at the same time.
That way you could still easily meet with the blower locally, but it wouldn't be on campus.
Northern California wouldn't need a shop because Stanford, and Berkeley already have a bevy of glass blowing experts.
- ethbro 8y agoOr better yet, have apprentices at each institution, with a traveling master whose cost is shared across institutions. Apprentices take care of day-to-day work on their own, have oversight, and universities don't have to afford their own master glassblower.
- lev99 8y agoWhy are several apprentices and one traveling master better than a centralized group of glassblowers?
- ghostbrainalpha 8y agoI think he meant better in terms of long term sustainability of that skill set.
- thefifthsetpin 8y agoOne benefit would be the logistics of getting an apprentice's glass to an institution that needs it.