You may recognize Deborah Czeresko as the winner of season one of Blown Away on Netflix. Today, she lets Arch Digest into her studio for an up-close look at how she fashions molten glass into massive abstract vases. “Glass is very elemental, and some of the tools we use are also very elemental. Heat, water, air, gravity, centrifugal force - a lot of people don't think of those as tools. But they are for the glass maker.”

Director: Hiatt Woods
Director of Photography: Josh Herzog
Editor: Louis Lalire
Starring: Deborah Czeresko
Glass Blowing Assistants: Ali Feeney, Alex Kreuger
Senior Producer: Alyssa Marino
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon Fuhr
Production Manager: Melissa Heber
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila

Camera Operator: Zach Eisen
Production Assistant: Carlo Betia

Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Jarrod Bruner
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Graphics: Léa Kichler, Samuel Fuller
Shot on location at UrbanGlass

Buffet photos of Deborah’s work courtesy of Amy Wang
@amywang.art
https://amyyutingwang.com

UrbanGlass, the NYC-based nonprofit established in 1977, fosters experimentation and advances the use and critical understanding of glass as a creative medium. They offer classes and other opportunities to get involved in the art of glass blowing - check them out:  https://urbanglass.org/