The only cast photo Netflix released of Blown Away season 2’s contestants, which doesn’t actually show all of the cast members.įirst, I’m still just baffled by Netflix’s investment in the show, which seems oddly minimal. That was true in season one, too, and after watching season two, I re-read my Blown Away season-one review, and everything in that still holds. I’m in awe of what these artists are able to conceive of and create in just hours. The art produced by the contestants is nearly always stunning, both in craft and in concept. The editing is rapid-fire, shifting the image from contestant to contestant, piece to piece. They stand together above the hot shop and chat, usually awkwardly, with the episode’s guest judge.īlown Away’s short episodes breeze by, and that keeps the show light on its feet, but also light on details. Head judge-I mean, resident evaluator-Katherine Gray delivers sharp but never withering critiques. It still host (and former Big Brother contestant) Nick Uhas enthusiastically talking about glory holes. The Netflix reality show still has quick, 30-minute episodes that each have a single challenge. Kudel’s work will be part of the Coming Up Next exhibition at the Alberta Craft Gallery sometime this fall.Blown Away has not changed significantly in season two, which is both a relief and, honestly, a bit of a disappointment. “I’m kind of hoping it’ll be the same for glass blowing that people will have a little bit more of an understanding of what it is,” she adds.īlown Away starts streaming on Netflix worldwide on July 12. “I’ve heard from a lot of people in the pottery field that when they had The Great Pottery Throw Down in the U.K., when that show came out it was really good for the pottery community because lots of classes filled and people became interested in pottery and how it’s made,” Kudel says. She hopes that this will help elevate glass art’s global profile, much like another reality show did for pottery in the U.K.
There’s a certain level of adrenalin with glass blowing that makes it pretty fun.” Glass blowing makes for good TV because of not only the visual nature of the finished product, but the dynamic creative process. It was quite an adventure.” A red-hot oven used for glassblowing. “You’re trying to run around cameramen,” she adds. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
This was a little more stressful because you’re desperately trying not to break anything.” “Usually you only have a certain amount of hours. “It’s a little bit stressful, but often, glass blowers, we do create under a time constraint anyways because you’re renting time in a studio,” Kudel says. She says that although there is added stress from the competitive element, it’s not too different from making art typically as a glass blower. Contestants are given a different challenge each episode and one contestant is eliminated. Kudel says the competition is very similar to the British baking competition show The Great British Bake Off. I think it’s going to be really good for the glass community.” You learn a lot about the craft and the art, how it all works. “It’s really informative, especially for people who know nothing about glass blowing. “They really display glass art in a really good way,” she says. She says it’s weird to watch herself on TV, “it’s kind of like an out of body thing,” but that the show is a great ambassador for glass art.
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The show has already screened in full on cable TV channel Makeful, so Kudel has watched it all.
Leah Kudel, wearing yellow, is competing in Blown Away, a Netflix show about glass blowers. She was living in New Zealand at the time, working at a glass studio, and they flew her back to North America to compete. “I decided I had never heard of anything like it, so I decided that it’d be fun to apply,” says Kudel, a 2015 graduate of Alberta University of the Arts’ glass program in Calgary.Īfter sending in a questionnaire and images of her art, she was picked after Skype interviews with the show’s producers.
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