with ailing eyes 55 year old kakade sits on his wooden chair firing up mounted on his work bench to create fascinating articles using soda glass every the years has not only made glass masterpieces but a few youths from the city the art of glassblowing 25 years kakade has been making glass artefacts at kk scientific agencies near shivaji market the store was established by his father and in to to apparatus requirements of laboratories my uncle was the head of of the glassblowing department at national chemical laboratory while my father was working administration there along with some other they set up kk agencies to manufacture glass apparatus for several industries manpower they could undertake large scale production and deliveries however time the manpower and switched to manufacture of glass articles kakade explained when kakade took store a new product range in mind was sceptical i turning at iti and was doing a job over the in i learnt the basics of from my uncle and brother in they were primarily manufacturing laboratory equipment but i took over i used the knowledge experiment with other products now we manufacture variety of products ranging from pens show pieces ganapati persons and glasses a lot more he stated kakade said that he has been catering to several restaurants and interior designers over the years we make products for sales also customize designs as per needs of the consumer people place for gifts to be distributed on like parties and others an assortment of festive and seasonal products also sees a lot of demand we have customized table lamps for restaurants and other for various interior designers he stated the prices of products stated depend on the time taken skill involved and uniqueness of design of the product according to kakade business was flourishing until advent of chinese showpieces in the market shops like opened in market the year 2003 or 2004 which sold pieces and idols at cheaper rates these mass items competitive prices impacted the glassblowing significantly we are limited in terms of manpower and thus can not take larger orders we can undertake only two jobs day which makes it impossible to cater to larger orders he added enthusiastically about his work and his talents of glassblowing kakade further added that the art glassblowing is last in glassblowing wo nt survive much as there now very in pune involved in i had taught some of which about four or continue to glassblowing commercially recommend interested in learning art to only as a hobby and not for a living the does nt stand a chance to the onslaught of chinese goods kakade