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Her glass video was awesome!
by PartiallyTyped 3y ago
Her glass video was awesome!
- defrost 3y agoDamn you, I had to hunt, it was the one self described with the deliberately misleading clickbait title: the most important material in science The most important material in science is glass. This is a video about the history of glass. Glass is important. Glass is complicated. Professional scientific glass blowers are the coolest people in the world. And a little discussion on art versus science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eUI38MpiYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eUI38MpiYo
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoIt's a great video isn't it?
- defrost 3y agoTBH I stepped through it, it seems pretty good with no obvious errors and it's on the aspirational "to watch" list .. I worked with a few glass blowers for both craft and science applications some decades back so I have a few solid books on the history of glass and a few hundred hours batching glass recipes. My benchmark for a great glass video is (say) any > 30 minute full piece video of Lino T. working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbtaKfab7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbtaKfab7k he's the Robert Fripp of cane work, the Eno of free form, ... EDIT: here's a short nail biter for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qt8-5Vx1HA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qt8-5Vx1HA
- PartiallyTyped 3y ago> EDIT: here's a short nail biter for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qt8-5Vx1HA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qt8-5Vx1HA That was the most stressful video I have seen in a long time.