“Different gaffers have different styles as far as how verbal they are in communicating their plan to their team before starting a project and during the making of a hot piece. Some gaffers, like the famous Venetian glassblower Lino Tagliapietra, barely say anything at all, even at the outset. Maybe just a few words about how the process will start out, and rarely any drawings of the finished product. I’ve watched him work many times,
