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Devitrification in glass art [ edit ] Devitrification occurs in glass art during the firing process of fused glass whereby the surface of the glass develops a whitish scum, crazing , or wrinkles instead of a smooth glossy shine, as the molecules in the glass change their structure into that of crystalline solids.
Conservation-restoration is the practice of cleaning and discovering the original state of an object, investigating the proper treatments and applying those treatments to restore the object to its original state without permanently altering the object, and then preserving the object to prevent further deterioration for generations to come (Caple, p. 5-6). [1]
White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica , dated to about 500 BC. It was especially associated with vases made for ritual and funerary use, if only because the painted surface was more fragile than in the other main ...
The pattern of sowing stations and the use of the thread was what determined the structure of the binding. Because scribes and artists often needed access to the entire sheets of paper to do their work, books from this time period were often prepared in loose bindings that could be easily undone to free a sheet of paper (Hamel 40).
The millefiori technique involves the production of glass canes or rods, known as murrine, with multicolored patterns which are viewable only from the cut ends of the cane. [ 2 ] [ 9 ] A murrine rod is heated in a furnace and pulled until thin while still maintaining the cross section's design.
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Art glass is a subset of glass art, this latter covering the whole range of art made from glass. Art glass normally refers only to pieces made since the mid-19th century, and typically to those purely made as sculpture or decorative art , with no main utilitarian function, such as serving as a drinking vessel, though of course stained glass ...
Accidents in the world of food can occasionally lead to the discovery of something delicious, but most of the time cooking mistakes lead to undercooked roasts, spreading cookies and inedible eats.