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RYUKU GLASS VILLAGE WORKSHOP
Glassblowing artisans at Ryukyu Glass Village craft vibrant glass products in a workshop, utilizing a kiln reaching 2372 F (1300 C). Amid their creative process, the workshop's internal temperature can soar up to 105 F (40 C). This artistic endeavor involves shaping molten glass by blowing air through a blowpipe, resulting in items such as cups, plates, bowls and more, enhanced with color and meticulous shaping.
Glass artists at the Ryukyu Glass Village factory dip molten glass in small colored fragments, creating Ryukyu Glassware's distinctive vibrant colors.
Glass-blowing artists at the Ryukyu Glass Village factory immerse their blowpipes, bearing molten glass, into small colored rock fragments. These fragments give the distinctive vibrant hues to the glass products. The artisans repeat this process until the desired coloration is attained. The craftsmen then will shape the glass by maneuvering the blowpipe or gently blowing into it. These globs of molten glass will later transform into meticulously crafted vibrant glass products.
Mr. Sueyoshi, one of the many talented glass-blowing artisans, poses for a portrait inside of the Ryukyu Glass Village factory.
