Blog Posts - Steven Ciezki Glass

They Arrived...!

5/5/2017

Ayyeee!!!

I am speechless holding this book in my hand...all I can do is smile.
This book and the people in it mean so much to me.

Looking back on the past 19 months, I moved to three different places. Each of them I called home; twice in phoenix and back to Cal, City, IL. I travelled to Turkey, filmed Life on the Rails: The Video in North Carolina, visited Mt. Mitchell: the highest peak in mainland eastern North America, became an uncle, and snowboarded the Rockies. All inspired the creation of this book in some way. Words of encouragement from so many people made it all possible.

For the remainder of the year, I will slowly piece together an international book tour in the US, Canada, and Europe. In 2018, I am honored with a residency in Australia. After that, I’ll find a new home to write the Advanced Book!! I’m not sure where it’ll be yet, but I’m excited about it.

The first 100 book are almost all sold! Future orders may be delayed an extra few weeks until the next shipment comes in. All copies ordered through me will be signed unless otherwise noted.

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Time to start shipping books!!!!!
Enjoy the weekend! I know I will.
Steve

Final Touches

4/6/2017

Hello!

May is arriving faster than I thought!
All the little details are coming together. I've been polishing the book title, intro, acknowledgments, afterword, author bio, and back cover. The last piece of information is to organize the index and send it to the press!

I am starting to collect for the first print run!
Pre-order the book here!

The following is an example of the chapter art!

Thanks for all the support!
Steve

Full Page Illustrations

3/23/2017

Hi glass peeps,

The illustrations are finished!!

Over many years and primarily in life drawing classes, charcoal on toned paper became my favorite medium to draw with. The fifteen full page charcoal illustrations scattered throughout the text are dedicated to only a few of the many people who have inspired my glass life in some way. The following are my favorite moments of a few. Each is accompanied by a hand written calligraphy caption.

Have a good one!
Steve

Work Continues...

3/16/2017

Heyyy!

I recently contacted many of the major glass suppliers for permission of their inclusion in the book.

More full page illustrations are underway as well as continued tweaking of information. I am finalizing the intro, acknowledgments, and index.
I am excited to present a new standard for glassblowing technique books! Everything is still on track for a book release in May.

Don't forget to flash your glass,

Steve

Filming is Finished!

2/25/2017

Hey everyone!

Coming at you from the wonderful city of Louisville!!

Brandon, SaraBeth, and I completed nine successful days of filming at Pablo Soto's studio in North Carolina. Life on the Rails: The Video will directly coincide with the chapters laid out in my intermediate glassblowing technique book. I learned a lot about my own technical abilities throughout the filming. I am also coming away with a number of additions and edits to the book. This was an important and necessary experience to personally run through all of the information I will soon share with the glass world.

Pablo's studio was the perfect atmosphere that enhanced an inspirational mindset for shooting this video. Teaser videos are coming soon!

I am taking my time on the road headed back to Cal City, IL. I spent a day in Asheville checking out the glass scene, a day in Knoxville with Matt Cummings at the Pretentious Glass and Beer Co. and now a couple days in Louisville to reconnect with old friends. Soon, I'll be back at my desk to tie up all the loose ends of the book and FINALLY get it released in May!!!!

Thank you for all the continued support,
Don't forget to wet your newspaper!

Steve

The Crew's All Here

2/4/2017

Good morning!

Day one of filming starts today!

I got the chance to take some long exposure photos of the studio the other day on a warm night.

Steve

The Furnace is Lit!

1/30/2017

Good afternoon,

Today I got Pablo's furnace lit with the help of Nick up at Penland. If all goes as planned, we will be filming in four to five days!

We got a couple inches of snow here. It's quite wonderful.

Have a great day!
Steve

North Carolina

1/27/2017

Hello wonderful people,

I have been house sitting for Pablo Soto while he and his family are in Australia. He lives just down the street from the Penland School of Crafts in NC. Pablo was the first professional glass artist I was an intern for five years ago. His glass work inspired me and I knew that having the chance to watch him work would revolutionized my technical thinking of glass. Soto Glass!

And now I am back. This time with more goals in mind. This weekend I will fire up his studio to start the production of a downloadable glassblowing technique video that will coincide with the processes explained in Life on the Rails. The atmosphere here is amazing, I can't wait to start filming. My buddy Brandon is flying in from AZ to film and the amazing SaraBeth is driving over from KY to assist.

The index for the book is in the works. It definitely takes a lot of brain power to organize but it's coming along.

I went on a little camera adventure the other day. It was so beautiful out!

I also started on more full page illustrations. The most recent one is of Pablo. The people depicted have influenced me a great deal technically, professionally, and artistically. I am working towards 15 of these scattered throughout the pages where each depicted technique is explained.

Goodnight!

Contents

1/5/2017

Good evening,

As promised, here's the table of contents as it currently stands. I still have to do some fidgeting, but would love feedback on the order and organization.

Thanks,
Steve

Trimming

1/4/2017

Hey friends!

Today was dedicated to illustration edits of trimming a vessel. The following is a sample page.

The end of the month I am headed to North Carolina for three weeks to film a downloadable video that coincides with the book!

I will throw together a table of contents soon to give everyone a better idea of the entire scope of the book.

Goodnight,
Steve

Steven Ciezki

I was raised in Calumet City, IL. My professional glassblowing career led me to Phoenix, AZ where I was given the opportunity to teach glassblowing classes. Notes and chalk drawings of different techniques for the students resulted in my current book project.

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