Other
Tempering (Quenching / Annealing)
Annealing is a crucial, invisible step in glassblowing: the controlled, slow cooling of the finished piece in a special oven. It determines...
Read more →Encyclopedia
Other
Sandblasting
Sandblasting is a process in which the glass surface is treated with fine abrasive material. This creates a matte, velvety surface –...
Read more →
Other
Implosion
An implosion is a glass technique in which a colored pattern is deliberately "collapsed" inward, creating a three-dimensional effect within clear glass....
Read more →
Other
Glass Frit
Glass frit (frit for short) is finely crushed colored glass in granular form – from coarse like sand to fine like powder....
Read more →
Other
Dichroic glass
Dichroic glass is glass with a wafer-thin metal oxide coating that shimmers in different colors depending on the viewing angle and light....
Read more →
Other
Wig-wag
Wig-Wag is a glassblowing technique where colored lines are arranged in a uniform wave or zigzag pattern. The name perfectly describes the...
Read more →
Other
Murrina
Murrine (singular Murrina, also Murrini) are glass rods that show a pattern or motif in cross-section. If such a rod is cut...
Read more →
Other
Millefiori
Millefiori – Italian for "thousand flowers" – is a glassmaking technique in which a flower-like pattern is created from many small, patterned...
Read more →
Other
Reticello
Reticello is one of the most elegant glass techniques: a fine network of crossed glass threads, with a tiny air bubble enclosed...
Read more →