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Glass Vocabulary: glassmaking techniques and other vocabulary A to Z – Part 1

Air bubbles: these appear particularly on early soda glass vessels and stained glass windows. But today they are sometimes used for decorative purposes.

Abrasion: using wheels to cut shallow decorative areas in glass. Process of using hard particles and stones to cut or mat the surface of glass, or to shape glass objects.

Annealing: process of slowly cooling a completed object in a separate part of the glass furnace or in a separate furnace.

Applied decoration: A form of relief ornamentation, by adding to the vessel's surface glass threads, trails, blobs, prunts, and other motifs.

Art glass: a term used very loosely to describe much of the ornamental glass produced in the latter part of the 19th century.

Baluster: Early English drinking glass, which rests on a stem of baluster (slender above, swelling below) or inverted baluster form, often with knops. Balustroids are lighter and taller.

Batch: Mixture of prepared and measured glassmaking ingredients, used for melting.

Battuto: (Italian: beating) A style of wheel-cutting, in which the surface is cut to produce innumerable small irregular markings running in the same direction.

Blank: A plain-surfeced object, before subsequent adornment.

Bloom: The dulling of the glass surface when it is affected by smoke or fume.

Blowing: The process of introducing air into glass to form hollow ware.

Blowpipe (or blow iron): The length of thin tubing made of hollow iron used by a lampworker for working glass. The thick end is used to gather a blob of molten glass. The other end is used for blowing.

Borosilicate: This type of glass has heat- and shock-resistant properties. It was developed by Schott in Germany and Corning in the USA in the 20th century.

Bottle glass: unrefined glass, naturally dark green or brown, used for 17th century English bottles and early Nailsea domestic wares.

Cameo glass: Glass layered or cased, and the outer layer then removed in part, for designs in relief against a background of contrasting color.

Carrot: Rods of glass, mostly containing twists of various kinds, for forming the stems of goblets.

Casing/cased: Glass made up of different colored layers. These are used for cameo decoration.

Cast: Work which has been produced by forming the glass in a mold.

Cold painting: painting on glass with lacquer or oil based pigments, with no subsequent firing.

Combed decoration: glass threads applied to an object's surface, pulled with a pointed tool to form wavy, zig-zag and other patterns, and marvered flat. This method was used in ancient Egyptian glass.

Cristallo: Venetian soda glass, colorless.

Crizzling: Degeneration of glass, usually due to inaccurate mixing of ingredients. Also called ‘diseased' glass.

Crystal: general term for high quality clear glass. They contain a minimum amount of lead oxide.

Cullet: Broken pieces of glass added to the batch; they melt readily, saving fuel and material costs.

 

(To see the entire list of glass vocabulary, visit the Glass Art Encyclopedia.)

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Interested in art glass?
Visit Mirakkul Glassware for exquisite hand blown glass vases, bowls, and paperweights that combine beauty and functionality.

What to do with empty glass bottles?

What to do with empty glass bottles?
I just bought some glass bottles(big)and i want to put them as decoration but they look plain..... any suggestions?
btw i dont want to use candles

Do you like glass window like the type in the church?
Choose a simple motif, trace on to the bottle then use white glue mix with some water colour to paint the bottle.Leave it dry.

Do you like Bling? Buy some shinning studs(those use to stick on handphone) to decorate the bottle.

Are you romantic?
1. Use a glue gun to glue some strips of ribbon or lace around the bottles.
2. Use a glue gun to sticks some shells, sea glass, sand and pearls around the bottom of the bottle.
3. Glue on some dry flowers

Are you Funky? Use a glue gun the stick some button collection(Prefer bright colour) to the bottle.

Do use like cooking?
Put 2 stalks of Rosemary,Dill, Fennel or Thyme into the bottle fill the bottle with olive oil. (Away from direct light)

Person who enjoys life.
Put stalks of Lavender,Rosemary or Mint into the bottle then fill up with scentless massage oil, bath salt, olive oil(For conditioning hair) give you a nice display in the bedroom or washroom(Away from direct light).

Tommy Cooper - The Famous, "Glass Bottle, Bottle Glass" Routine

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