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In glassblowing, cane refers to rods of glass with color; these rods can be simple, containing a single color, or they can be complex and contain strands of one or several colors in pattern. Caneworking refers to the process of making cane, and also to the use of pieces of cane, lengthwise, in the blowing process to add intricate, often spiral ...
A marver is a tool used in glassblowing. It generally is made of a polished steel, brass, or graphite surface attached to a metal or wooden table. For fine applications such as lampworking, a smaller hand-held implement may instead be used. As a tool, marvers date back to glassblowing techniques of the Roman Empire and were made of marble. [1] [2]
Cutter removing ends of cylinder and slicing the tube lengthwise Sliced tube of glass is flattened in an oven. Cylinder blown sheet is a type of hand-blown window glass.It is created with a similar process to broad sheet, but with the use of larger cylinders.
But nowhere is the art of glassblowing being pushed to greater heights than in the design world, where consumers looking for something innovative are ready to put their money where their mouth is ...
Higgins Glass, fused and slumped ashtray and bowl Fused glass piece with dichroic glass highlights. Warm glass or kiln-formed glass is the working of glass, usually for artistic purposes, by heating it in a kiln.
Glassblowing, the creation of hollow objects such as bottles and vases by blowing air through molten glass; Glass sculpture, works sculpted or molded from glass; Stained glass, glass colored by various means, usually in an artistic fashion
Dale Chihuly, then the head of the glass program at Rhode Island School of Design, and Ruth Tamura, who ran the glass blowing program at California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC, now California College of the Arts) applied early in 1971 for a grant from the Union of Independent Colleges of Art to operate a summer workshop in the medium of glass.
Josiah McElheny (1966, Boston) is an artist and sculptor, primarily known for his work with glass blowing and assemblages of glass and mirrored glassed objects (see Glass art). He is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program. He lives and works in New York City.