Jason Christian Red Dragon - process narration by @gmanonfire

yeah Jason Christian is working with the star-studded teams at area to 5/3 glass in beautiful Tacoma Washington today the team will be combining their skills to make a red dragon around Jason gathered up a little clear glass out of the furnace he's going to use that to pick up a lay across the barber from Jason chris has a chunk of red glass that red glass is going to get laid on the outside of the dragon's leg oh yeah that you got it Jason made the Dragons like earlier his own studio back in Seattle he brought it down to two five three and put it in their pickup up so he could heat it up and then add this new bit again that's some of the red glass that Chris had earlier he got it hot and brought it over so the Jason can sniff and then he'll go on to squeeze that down which will be the armor on the side of the dragon's leg each of the four dragon legs will rest in the garage until it's time to assemble the finished piece together the final dragon leg is gonna be a little bit different and then it's holding the crystal ball Jason has gathered up some clear glass he's starting to lightly separate it from the pipe with the jacks before picking up what we call the marble tool which is essentially a metal ring on the end of a metal rod with that tool you can get a nice round marble shape and then cut it down a little bit more using these Aqib on the shears yes yeah [Music] now it's time to add that crystal ball into the dragon's claw have you where'd the torch Chris gave the ball little heat Jason's gonna cool the neckline down with this shears and then he'll break off the ball into the special ring tweezers he's asked Chris to heat up the break off area with the oxy propane torch and then to heat up the center of the Dragons cloth before pushing the two together [Music] lately I think it's just this season once those fingers wrapped around the ball he'll go so far as to grab each individual end after heating it pulling it out until it gets very thin snipping or breaking that off to a point you can repeating that process grabbing the glass stretching it out into a long point and then snipping it off that was the last of the dragon's legs now it's time to make the dragon's head lay in a wonder all Chris has some of that red glass he's brought it over to Randy who has a clear bubble on the end of a hollow blowpipe so far everything we've seen the team make has been solid glass but this is now a bubble though it won't stay a bubble for long Randy rolled the color back over the clear bubble and now Jason has gone back into the furnace this is where the liquid clear glass is kept at 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit you can see the pot in there it's like a big flower pot being used as a Super Bowl in that pot is liquid molten glass Jason would like to make everything out of pure color but sometimes that isn't practical in this case he wants clear glass over the color but just a little bit so he's pulling most of the clear glass off the end that clear glass will get recycled and thrown back into the furnace another day well you got a good start so jason has a bubble it's gonna stretch that bubble out cut a little notch in the end and blow [Music] he's working on making a hollow tube and then he'll make that tube into what we call a snorkel after opening up the end Jason has started to bend the tube do an angle turning while he gathers he'll put that snorkel down and make a seal with the liquid glass on the surface of the furnace he's inhaling literally sucking the molten glass up into the tube just like a straw can't really turn the glass around too much but he's letting it drip off so he doesn't trail any glass on the sill of the furnace it's rolling around on the steel table cannoli dude I love it you can see that opening in the end filled with clear glass do you have a San Juan and open he wants the color to wrap all the way around so he's gone with his jacks he's starting to squeeze the glass down drawing the color from the sides into the center going with his diamond shears and cut that extra glass off it's still very hot as we can watch it sink and melt in real time so now we've got a solid rod of glass most of its clear but there's a thin layer of red glass on the outside yeah he is a strange strange mechanic yeah it's time to shade the dragon's head essence using the jacks to press three indentations into the circumference of the glass yeah right the next step is to define the mouth of the dragon Jason will use the flat crimps to round the outer perimeter and then use the tag to cut a crease in and separate the upper and lower sections of the jaw the reason he does it this way is because he wants the color to come back with him instead of cutting with the shears which would leave a big clear spot on the inside of the dragon's mouth big Owens nasty man on fire Randy can hold the pipe regard Jason is very concerned about keeping the Dragons head on center even though he knows the dragon is a mythical creature we'll look more realistic if everything is perfectly symmetrical to create the Dragons snow Jason will work from the outside and then on the inside with the interior sculpting tools Johnny I ever thought it was oh really and she didn't have any tools the conventional kind of torch on it built up to the bench and she would blow and here the team talked about the development of this sort of technique which is relatively new in the history of glassblowing Jason uses the torch to spot heat the area he wants to move the most and then they'll go and slowly push and pull the glass coaxing it into the form he has in mind Jason is making a series of red dragon they'll all be a little different but they'll all go through the same steps to be completed the next step is to create the lips and the teeth of the dragon starting the first the bottom jaw and their room heating the process on the top Disney heating and then going in with the knife to cut a crease in the glass the inside will be the tea they're all made in China outside will be the lips [Music] some raging furnace you know like once the teeth are in the place the next step is to pull back the crease of the jaw and make sure everything is on center hey looking back there Jason can now eat the individual jars and cut the teeth into that section no longer and Jason will repeat that both the lower and then the upper jaw been up there and he's like oh you guys should come to the studio you know like check the studio a little longer yeah take a moment to straighten up the teeth asking Chris to site down the center of the paper before using the tips of the shears to cut the nostril into the end of the snout yeah pull the tip of the nose then one by one heat can stretch the teeth Thank You Randy yeah yeah then throwing it out to a long thread and then breaking the thread to create a sharp point you're getting on it Jason squares up the end of the lower jaw and then starts to make the eyelids listen to it I listen to a book on the eyes will be separate bits of black blouse it's called boys in the boat it's about I I hated me when I was driving here and then one last time Chris cut in some teeth and little lower front lip yeah I'm sorry Pookie now it's time to place the I don't start like this now pushing in the ball to create the eye socket again making sure that these holes are symmetrical and even the ice themselves are black glass Jason has taken a rod of black and heated the ends up to make them into small marbles those marbles get placed inside the eye socket and then they're broken free from the rod Jason wants to work quickly to draw the outer edges of the eyelids and then press the upper eyelid down over the eye once the left side is complete the same thing on the right he's the eye socket push in the marble of black glass break it off the rod and then start to heat install the eyeball the next bit to be applied is the armor on the underside of the dragon's jaw neck this comes on as one long bit which Jason works quickly to snip have you ever seen them those dragons and I love their piece of art have you ever seen her make one with a lower arm in place now the upper fangs can be applied it's that same rod of red glass this time simply poked in and stretched to be made into a point Jason starts by heating the end of the rod where he wants it to attach to the mouth Beni heats up a little higher causing the glass to melt where he can then stretch it and break it off into nothing I remember the first time I had got my opportunity where Pitino once the front of the dragon's face is pretty complete it's time to break it off and work on the back of the dragon's head to do that a new rod was made the punty will be the new handle for the piece Jason will go in and expand that massive glass they'll then snip on the top and the bottom to create two sides working with the flat crimps you can begin to squeeze those two sides and flare them out into the armor on either side of the dragon's head and then go up and down another Randy Walker and he's got a bunch of oh yeah the flaps are heated up and then snipped into the individual sections of armor plating oh really got my bath crazy okay yeah don't bathe one the glass needs to be at least a thousand degrees Fahrenheit to move in order to cut it it needs to be much much hotter than Jason wants to take a moment and prepare the area on the back of the head that will attach to the Dragons neck the armor plates are flattened with the flat crypts and then pulled to Jill Reza knows credit card that will put it on the Hat the reheating chamber used in the glass studio is called the glory hole it burns at 2300 degrees Fahrenheit [Music] Chris just gave the dragons having flash in preparation for attaching the whisker to the side of the dragon's face the whisker starts as a straight red glass rod and then Jason continues to heat and shape it and attach it to the side of the dragon's head it's challenging enough to do this on the first side but far more challenging is to do the same thing on the other side making a perfect mirror image from the first Jason wants to make sure that those whiskers are firmly attached to the side of the dragon's head so that they don't pop off later on once he's content that both the whiskers are symmetrical and even the next step will be to attach the ears to the top of the dragon's head [Music] the red glass is attached to the top of the dragon's head snipped off and then squeezed with the tweezers [Music] not only am i like the dragon's armor those ears are then pulled to points broken to create a sharp edge I got them I got the lucky number her pool and there's more work to do on the dragon's head but for now it will rest in the garage staying warm at about a thousand degrees Fahrenheit it's time to make the body of the dragon so that we can attach all the parts that we've been working on so far and complete the project the body of the Dragon will be a much larger mess than we've seen the team work with so far jason has started by gathering up a bubble of clear glass and now he's laying out red glass rods called cane that cane was pulled earlier just for this project red glass coating clear glass in the middle all the Canes should be the same width the same circumference in the same density of color yeah my ears birthday we put the Canes on a hot plate so that they get preheated and are less likely to crack before going into the hole the cane will be heated up and melted together into a continuous sheet that sheet then will be rolled up on the outside of Jason's bubble you can see the edges of the cane got warm in the glory hole Chris will lightly squeeze the Canes together right behind him Jason comes without gather of fresh hot glass the Canes get rolled up like a tractor tread on the outside of the bubble Jason will then spend a few minutes pushing that came down into the surface of the bubble normally he's very concerned about where the two sides of the cane meet up for this project though he wants a gap in the middle Randy has picked up some of the same red glass they've been using all day and covered it with a layer of fresh glass from the furnace that blob that gets laid down over the seam of the cane this new mass will be the breastplate for the dragon's armor and define the belly of the beast now it's time to start to elongate the Dragons body Jason begins by arrowing a mass just beyond that section of breastplate now then begin the process of grabbing the glass with the diamond sheers and stretching it to its full length the team will repeat this process a few times heating stretching and then pulling the mask until it gets to the desired length as Jason and Chris work together they're especially concerned about keeping all the canes straight and that one okay we'll strain this one once this side of the mass has reached the desired length do a little rotation Jason will start to nip in a bit with the diamond shears in preparation for removing some of the extra material this class will stop moving at about 950 degrees Fahrenheit even though the outside may be cool to the touch the inside is still quite warm in resists breaking the team will take a moment to Center the glass in preparation for applying the roll around this roller wrap will be a mass of clear glass freshly gathered from the furnace and marvered to a point the pipe holding the Dragons body is placed in to offset rollers while the mass of clear glass is placed on a stationary yoke when Chris spins the pipe it turns like a screw in that thread of clear glass gets stuck to the outside of the body [Music] this will be the armor around the Dragons body Randy is using the torch to make sure that thin thread of glass doesn't cool down too quickly and pop off we gotta make sure that that we keep the chest straight you know enemy from here the team can start to draw out the curves of the dragon's body and tail towards me is that looking pretty straight after [Music] Jason wants a long fluid graceful curve so he'll take his time and work each section individually from time to time he'll use those cork pads to push the glass around so we wanted looking this way yeah trim the neck to create the place where the Dragons head will attach to the body [Music] it's time to create the mane of armor plating that will be flowing down the back of the Dragons neck Randy brings a bit of a hot red glass that Jason lays on in one fell swoop let's say that Randy they'll then proceed to flatten that bit down into a Ridge using the textured crimps he'll segment the rich with a side of the knife and then he'll proceed to reheat flatten and stretch to a point each and every segment of armor on the back of the Dragons neck as he works he'll jump around he works this way so that each of the dragons armor points has a chance to cool down and not to pull around while the other one is created it's time to begin work on the Dragons tail in order to access the tail we need to break it off the blowpipe and in order to do that we need a new way to hold on to the dragon brandi is making that now a new punty this one will support the weight of the dragons body and its legs and its head so it's got to be a pretty good sized piece of glass brandi is rolling it into a dome Jason will apply it right into the center of the Dragons chest this is a special kind of punching called the sculpture punting and fullback Sal Randy push the punty onto the piece and then pull back so that Jason could cut a small notch with a little water in a tap the dragons body is broken free chris has picked up another bar of red glass from the color evident in preparation for creating the armor plates on the back of the dragon's tail now's when Jason gets to have fun and play with the glass yeah sighs let's go front to back using the cork pads Jason is going to find two that is the curve of the Dragon this will be his last chance to make major movement in the body before applying the bits for the tail there are a few things more exciting than laying down a half a bar of beautiful red glass in one fell swoop Chris had to work extra hot so that Jason could get in with the crimps and flatten it before the glass cools down too much just like the armor plating on the back of the neck Jason segments the long bed into sections and then heats each section in turn and pulls it to a point to create the spiny armor plating for the back of the dragon's tail the very tip of the Dragons tail will get to final bits which will be cut and pulled into a flaming point Jason has to work quickly to slice the bit into separate sections yet before it's too cool to move [Music] Chris knows that Jason will expect this new bed to be just like the last one he heats it in the furnace while Randy heats the dragon in the glory hole Chris brings the bid over Jason taps it on and then draws it down the side of the tail it's taken over four hours for the team to create all the parts of the Dragon the legs the head and the body and tail it'll take less than one hour to assemble the final Dragon together Jason begins by heating a section of the body where the first leg will be attached so we'll leave this one my dad another one's gonna go forward the leg is brought from the garage given a light flash and then pushed into that hot section of the Dragons body Jason will jump from the back left leg to the front right leg and you could see how the Canes get pushed out of the way as the dragon leg is pushed into the body during the leg with a grabber tool Jason will take a moment and straighten everything up using the cork pad the cork is much softer and much less likely to break one of the delicate parts of the leg the fourth and final leg is the one holding the crystal ball and now it's time to attach the dragon's head to the body and I know it'll find its way back a couple flashes just like the legs the head has been hanging out the garage on the cold side Chris has moved it over to the hot side in preparation for running it into the glory hole and bringing it over to Jason [Music] timing is everything as the team prepares to attach the head to the body and open again Jason will use the oxy propane torch to heat up the top of the neck where the head is too attached [Music] unlike the legs the head is still attached to that sculpture punty that it was made on earlier so jason has to work quickly to attach the head and then break the punty tree that punty left a little bit of glass on the tip of the Dragons snout so Jason wants to heat that up pull it and cut it free with his shears Jason thought he was just about done but he forgot to attach the horns to the top of the dragon's head he's having Chris bring those over now like the claws the horns were made earlier back in Jason's studio in Seattle he brought them with him put him in the oven and warmed them up so that he can attach the horns once all the larger pieces are already on the dragon [Music] you see how Chris hangs out under Jason with that paddle if that small bit should drop Chris could catch it with a last piece in place Jason will take a moment to fine-tune and straighten all the different parts of the dragon [Music] the sharpest and smallest points are saved for the very end you see Jason uses finger to flick off the very tip of the dragon's tail after all these hours of work the most important step is removing the dragon from the punty and placing it into the oven where it will cool down overnight Jason goes in with his shears and narrows that connection point on the punty Randy takes the final flash yeah [Music] Jason uses a little water to create a stress crack on the plenty this grabs the piece with his Kevlar gloves and places it into the Anila after cooling down a couple days in the annealing oven this dragon was cold worked to clean up the area where it broke off the punty Jason had a talented metal Smith create a stand to display the finished piece Jason Christian and his red dragon pretty sweet dude I'm Greg Owen g-man on fire thanks for watching

Channel: Greg Owen

Views: 2,061,054

Rating: 4.8752131 out of 5

Keywords: glass, dragon, glassblowing, satisfying, red, cane, sculpture, crystalball

Id: EhNj9qbbv5s

Length: 36min 26sec (2186 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 22 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/YOUREABOT]

Thank you for making such a great video to showcase all the hard work, craft, and coordination that went into making that magnificent creation! That dragon is glorious!!

[u/6data]

Wow. Not only is the work amazing, but the teamwork and coordination is incredibly impressive as well.

[u/aweeleprechan]

This is one of those things that sort of looks/sounds like a cross between some kitsch truck stop bauble and /r/mallninjashit right up until you spend the entire half hour watching the video of it being made. The craftsmanship and skill of each member of that team was amazing and the end result looks so much better than I thought it would when I started watching the video.

[u/grydes]

Just saw this [0:57] GIF, was going to cross post it and then decided to do the adult thing and search for it first.

Wow. Thank you for the full post.

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