Waggle Dance from Bee Kingdom Glass

This is a live recording of an evening lecture at the Alberta College of Art and Design given by Ryan and Phillip to the professional practices class about how Bee Kingdom brands and promotes themselves and how to develop and maintain professional relationships.

Bee Kingdom is firmly rooted in blown glass but they've recently crossed over into inflatable fabric as well. Ryan and Phillip talk about their super cute inflatable characters, the 35 foot tall, yellow-antlered Fabulist and the 40 foot long Saturnian, a space exploring whale.

Glassblowers, Phillip and Ryan, discuss their adventures and strategies in self-promotion and self-representation as full time working glass artists.

Ryan and Kai talk about what life was like coming out of art school and facing the real world as working artists. They discuss forming collectives, finding ways to create and exhibit their art work, and how they approached establishing careers as professional artists.

In the third episode of Waggle Dance Ryan is joined by guest Kai Scholefield. Both of them went through the glass program at the Alberta College of Art and Design before turning glass into a profession. They discuss the value of art school and share their own experiences of how it shaped their approach to art and life.

What does it mean to blow glass? Where did glassblowing come from?? What is the "studio glass movement"??? Ryan and Phillip describe what glassblowing is and give a brief history on its origins and where glassblowing is today!

In this pilot episode studio founders Ryan and Phillip introduce you to the Bee Kingdom Glass studio. Future episodes will focus on various aspects of running a full time glass studio and their adventures from starting as young art students to becoming established Canadian glass artists.