Japanese glass artist Nao Yamamoto executes high-stakes “dances” in her glassblowing workshop

Shot on 16mm, an intimate look at glass artist Nao Yamamoto and her assistant as they work molten glass in a hot workshop, where every move depends on timing and trust.

Glassblowing filmed as a tense, graceful dance where one slip can ruin everything.

“Fiery liquid spun into an orb, tenuously attached to a smouldering metal pipe, cues a set of hands waiting to shape it with wet newspaper, which cues a rhythm of puffs, which cues another set of hands - eager to catch a

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