[PA-NJ Glassblowers] MIT's most popular class isn't what you think
Tony Patti
gaffer at glassblower.info
Tue May 28 20:39:21 EDT 2013
http://www.dvice.com/2013-5-28/mits-most-popular-class-isnt-what-you-think
MIT's most popular class isn't what you think
Deep underneath MIT there lies a subterranean laboratory, one which lay
moldering and forgotten for years. These days, however, it is a place of
<http://www.dvice.com/archives/2009/03/robot-gardening.php> wondrous sights
and sounds - and one that plays host to MIT's most over-subscribed class.
The lab in question is known as the MIT Glass Lab. And the course in
question is glass blowing. Students from all across the institute,
regardless of their field of study, are able to sign up for the course. And
though there is no credit offered for taking glass blowing at
<http://www.dvice.com/archives/2010/05/mits-future-jet.php> MIT, the
introductory class is so popular that students must participate in a lottery
to take the course.
Over the years, students from every focus on offer at MIT have taken glass
blowing, each of them bringing a bit of their own field into the lab with
them. A couple of years ago, for example, a music major who was taking part
in the glass-blowing class wondered what might happen if a glass band were
to be formed, utilizing creations made in the glass lab. This year, with all
manner of glass implements in hand, that band materialized. To see and hear
some of their creations, as well as plenty of other works made in the
<http://www.dvice.com/archives/2012/05/image-of-the-da-364.php> MIT glass
lab, check out the
[six minute] video below.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ayP_04cQseQ>
http://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/blog_post_media/public/MITLab1
.jpg?itok=d6BG8Hzn
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