I don't disagree that Blown Away doesn't go into the techniques or that doing so wouldn't have made it a stronger show, but I still would recommend it if someone is interested in blowing glass.
My wife and I got into the show about a month ago, breezed through both seasons, and really enjoyed it. While I'd love to know more about the techniques (and my wife and I have talked about taking classes once things get back to normal), I literally have practically zero reference for how to blow glass, so to get into any techniques the show would really have to get into a Glass 101 type explanations, which I think would have dragged the format that they chose (30min slot, 22m of content) down a bit too much.
The other side is that while the technique is certainly interesting, it very much was an artistic show, not a technique show. There were some pieces that were better artistically that were "judged" to be better than more technically proficient pieces. That's just a choice the show decided to make.
My wife and I got into the show about a month ago, breezed through both seasons, and really enjoyed it. While I'd love to know more about the techniques (and my wife and I have talked about taking classes once things get back to normal), I literally have practically zero reference for how to blow glass, so to get into any techniques the show would really have to get into a Glass 101 type explanations, which I think would have dragged the format that they chose (30min slot, 22m of content) down a bit too much.
The other side is that while the technique is certainly interesting, it very much was an artistic show, not a technique show. There were some pieces that were better artistically that were "judged" to be better than more technically proficient pieces. That's just a choice the show decided to make.