Inside the studio.
Watch glass being shaped in the studio and see the finished pieces from different angles.
Short studio films. Choose a film to play. New: how a glass pumpkin is made.
Explore Dancing Pants with your scroll ↗12 films
Autumn / 40 sec · with music
How a glass pumpkin is made
From the furnace to the finished pumpkin: gathering, reheating in the glory hole, shaping at the bench and finishing with a torch.
Watch with key moments and FAQ ↗Autumn / 29 sec
Adding the stem
Hot glass is pulled and curled onto a green pumpkin, then finished with a torch.
See how glass pumpkins are made ↗Cane pulling / 52 sec
Pulling candy-striped cane
Glassworkers pull hot, striped glass into a long cane. The red-and-white stripes look like candy canes.
Explore the cane-glass collection ↗Artwork / 9 sec
Dancing Pants, in motion
A view of the blue glass pants from the front, side and back.
See the artwork ↗Autumn / 11 sec
Giving a pumpkin its form
The glowing orange form is turned at the bench and worked on the pipe.
Explore autumn glass ↗Autumn / 39 sec
The finishing curl
Hot glass is drawn into a stem, cut, and shaped above the pumpkin.
Explore autumn glass ↗Studio / 11 sec
Back to the heat
The glass goes back into the furnace during shaping.
Studio / 35 sec
Shaping hot glass
Caroline turns the pipe as she works the glass. The clip shows her rolling it on the table and blowing into the pipe.
Studio / 12 sec
At the glass bench
An excerpt from a glassworking demonstration.
Details / 8 sec
Green glass, close up
A pale green glass form turning on the pipe.
Details / 7 sec
Pattern in the round
A close view of a patterned glass form as it turns.
Autumn / 6 sec
Color before the finish
A multicolored glass form turns on the pipe.
Explore autumn glass ↗