Jason adds a very special new product to his collection of handblown glass! #3

pattuto drinking glass
Battuto drinking glass, made by Jason Stropko

A very special drinking glass, a style of which not many exist anywhere (because it requires time consuming multiple work steps to great and there is no other way of creating it..)

The process is called battuto. The glass is first blown into a mould to create ripple lines, blown a little thicker than usual. Then annealed overnight. Then the glass is ground with special glass grinding wheels, a process that in total take around 2 hours in the hands on making + the annealing time. THEN the glass is hot torched to soften the ground glass edges and sandy appearance. Then the glass is once more annealed and finally examined to check if the desired affect was achieved.

The total time worked and equipment used accounts for the uniqueness and price of this luxury, special occasion item! We are thinking about developing a full table set of these battuto glasses to offer at gallery price to the right person.

Today in the studio

spending the day developing project ideas and making more of the blown glass table set items.. drinking glasses, bowls and functional vessels will be ready soon!

The process benefits tremendously from teamwork. Good communication, a sense of humour a steady hand and years of skill are all requires from both the gaffer (Jason) and his assistant; today Evan Kolker who is an incredible glassmaker, on other days Jason assist him in the making of his intricate and highly technical skill requiring glass art objects! It is a real stroke of luck that Jason found this glassmakers community. Where many colleagues also have very high skills levels. There is also Alex Abajian, the studio owner and another outstanding glassmaker. A series of glassmakers rent the studio and there are a lot of fantastic projects happening here. You wouldn’t know what you are missing until you see what these people make out of molten glass..

these are the tools of the day…

Preview of one of the latest additions to the line of Jason Stropko’s glass works…

Small sample vases that double as mini servings wine jugs..
Small sample vases that double as mini servings dessert wine decanters..

Fresh from the Glass Studio are these sample vases / wine decanters. Beautifully made, elegant and intricate but not too fragile for daily use.

So many amazing new projects starting to come into shape for the Autumn and Winter Season…

Jason is working overtime and then some more, we are pulling out all the stops that we can to create an amazing line of projects which are covering :
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* seasonal objects
** the continuation of the nuts and seeds in glass;
*** 1 each of basic and an exclusive home ware line;
**** and the beautiful objects of Art, the first of which we are introducing in this post.
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Sometimes it takes this much dedication, a leap of faith, compromises, and the sacrifice of movie nights to make a dream career take off! We are not flying yet but we believe the chances are strong.. What do you think?
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Introducing the first Lidded Jar that will contribute towards an Art Installation in late 2016 (more on that later).
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Decorative and functional jar that can serve as a flower vase, as a jar for treats or let your imagination run free.
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Jason is making a line of these bulbous, voluptuous, ornate yet contour line, luxurious vessels for our homeware collection. (& art project, too…)
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The making of one of these jars requires an above intermediate level of glassmaking skills and sincere dedication to the process. This is not something that a glassmaker can learn in a short timespan but instead takes years of professional engagement with the medium to build the technical ability as well as confidence and understanding that working with hot glass requires to shape it into such a controlled and elegant form.
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This line of jars is part of a larger project of Art Objects that will culminate in an Art installation in the future.
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We look forward to sharing these projects with you. Please make sure to sign up to our mailing list, which you can do by texting Jason your email address and we will manually add you until our contact forms work across our online platforms. As a member of our mailing list you will be the first to know when Jason when new projects become available for purchase.

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Glassblowing Classes

Jason (on the right) teaching glassmaking to a private student

Jason (on the right) teaching glassmaking to a private student

Private and group glass blowing classes

currently teaching public classes at Public Glass in San Francisco, The Crucible in Oakland and private classes at Glow Glass Studio in Oakland, Ashby area. For costs please select the tab above labelled:

“LEARN GLASSBLOWING WITH JASON”

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