Check out this section, devoted to the greatest material ever invented - Hot Glass.

The History Of Glassblowing

One of the fascinating aspects to the process of glassblowing is how little it has changed since its inception. The hand tools and process of working with hot glass has not been altered; however, the fuel source for these mighty kilns has been radically improved from shoveling wood or coal to the ease of gas and electric. With the introduction of these new style kilns, thousands of independent glass art studios have popped up. Thus was born the Studio Glass Movement.

The Basic Glassblowing Process

Learn how the glass artist manipulates the unformed liquid glass using a thousand year old process. Here you will also learn about some of the equipment and tools that are used in glassblowing, as well as terminology that is used when referring to the glassblowing process



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