Also called: Glass Artist, Hot Glass Production Worker
Blows and shapes molten glass into vases, ornaments and art pieces in a hot shop.
You gather a glowing blob of glass from a 2,000-degree furnace on a long steel pipe, blow it into a bubble and shape it with wet wooden blocks and tweezers. Production studios make hundreds of glasses or ornaments a week; artists sell in galleries.
Estimated; income varies hugely for independent artists.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 2 years after high school. No degree required; learned through classes, college glass programs or assisting in a studio.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Glass Art, Fine Arts (Ceramics/Glass).
Growing slowly. No BLS projection.
Low risk for 10 years. Hand-blown glass art is valued because it is handmade; making a living depends on selling work.
Classes: Art, Ceramics class, Chemistry.
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