Philip Jacobs Blowing Glass

The Risk Appeal

An artist’s decision to make his living from his art is always risky, but for glassblower Philip Jacobs, risk is part of the appeal.  After all, working with molten materials and flame at temperatures well above 2000˚ is physically dangerous.  But playing with fire has taught Jacobs to transform risk into faith, just as fire transforms the most basic of elements–sand, limestone, soda ash and potash&n...
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