Pittsburgh Glassblower on Netflix's Blown Away
Shown here: "Blown Away "Season 3 cast and hosts.
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Pittsburgh artist and glassblower John Sharvincompetes in "Blown Away" Season 3, a glassblowing competition on Netflix. All 10 episodes of Season 3 will be released on Friday, July 22, 2022.
To celebrate the launch and find out who was chosen “Best in Glass,” Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) will hold a free "Blown Away" watch party and demonstration on Friday, July 22 from 5-9pm. Visitors are invited to watch John Sharvin in action creating hot glass art, talk to him and learn about his process and his experience on “Blown Away.” Season 3 will be streaming throughout the evening.
Pittsburgh Glass Center Director of Operations Chris Clarke, who appears in Episode 3 as a guest judge will be available to talk about judging the competition.
Sharvin was one of 10 selected for the competition that was filmed in Canada over 5 weeks in September and October 2021.
"Being a contestant on 'Blown Away' Season 3 was an incredible experience. It was hot and challenging but was a truly life changing time for me," Sharvin said.
John Sharvin is the studio technician manager at Pittsburgh Glass Center. He began working in glass in 2008. After graduating from The Ohio State University in 2012 and working in Columbus for a few years, he joined the staff at PGC as a technical apprentice in 2014.
John makes his one-of-a-kind artwork at Pittsburgh Glass Center and also a line of glassware that he describes as “handmade glass with robot assistance” that is inspired by his interest in the interplay between technology and human creativity.
Learn more about John on Instagram @yeahsharvin
Blown Away Season 3
"Blown Away" is back for Season 3 with some of the glass world’s heaviest hitters, all competing for the title, Best In Glass. Ten glass artists have come to North America’s largest hot shop to push themselves to their creative limits. In each episode, the glassblowers must impress the evaluators or risk being eliminated. At stake is a life changing prize that will send their careers to new heights. "Blown Away" is hosted by Nick Uhas, with Resident Evaluator and Glass Master Katherine Gray.
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