Posted on Monday, 6 June 2011
In working with a great master, no matter what goes wrong they can correct it; their mind is so fast that they know how to change directions and fix it right away. I always look for that in a young glass blower, to see what their potential is to be a great master, to see how fast they learn to be able to correct a bad situation. You know if you get a young glass blower coming into a strange shop, the first thing they start doing is complaining that something’s too hot, or something’s too cold or the bench is the wrong height. What does the master do? They walk in, there’s no complaints, there’s just instant work.
Dale Chihuly, in Chihuly and the Masters of Venice
