Glass Fishing Floats information from the Virtual Glass Museumhttp://www.theglassmuseum.com/fishingfloats.htm
were formed using a blowing pipe, punty and pincers and are also much rarer. Their knobs or neck would have been perfect for tying to a hand-held fishing line or attaching to the
Sea Glass Fishing Floats article with information and pictures, from the Virtual Glass Museum
Overshot Glasshttp://www.theglassmuseum.com/overshot.htm
to its full shape. The blowing process enlarged the spaces between fissures to create a labyrinth of channels in varying widths. When cooled in the annealing lehr, the surface of
Overshot Glass: a detailed acccount by Stan & Arlene Weitman
Peter Raos glass information from the Virtual Glass Museum.http://www.theglassmuseum.com/raos.htm
first time I saw glass blowing I knew I wanted to do it. I knew on some deeper level that I could do it . The past twenty years has been a process of unfolding that dream. My idea
Peter Raos Glass, contemporary art glass from New Zealand, with photographs and text.
Sowerby Glass information from the Virtual Glass Museum (Part One)http://www.theglassmuseum.com/sowerby.htm
Sowerby had a hand blowing workshop, initially staffed by workers brought from Italy, and making a range of Venetian-style glass. The jug on the left, from Sheilagh Murray's colle
Sowerby Glass explained in an article from the Virtual Glass Museum
Leerdam Glass information from the Virtual Glass Museumhttp://www.theglassmuseum.com/leerdam.htm
the hot glass before blowing it out further. The result is a decorative matt white cracked surface. After World War II the majority of glass designs at Leerdam were by Floris Meyd
Leerdam Glass from the Netherlands, an article by Ivo Haanstra
Glass Links from the Glass Encyclopedia and the Virtual Glass Museumhttp://www.theglassmuseum.com/links.htm
Firth's Revised Glassblowing Home Page , Hot Glass Bits (from Dallas) Network (Carnival Glass quarterly magazine; content & details from here) Press-glas Korrespondenz (public
Links to numerous glass sites on the Web. A very comprehensive website for finding out about glass, provided by the Glass Museum and the Glass Encyclopedia
Vintage and Antique Glass bottles - information from the Glass Encyclopedia and Glass Museumhttp://www.theglassmuseum.com/NZglassbottles.htm
Romans invented glass blowing, and made it possible to produce glass bottles in large numbers. For the past two thousand years glass bottles have been used as containers for all k
Vintage and Antique Glass bottles: information, pictures and references on vintage and antique glass bottles from the Glass Encyclopedia and Glass Museum.
How to Fail in Literature by Andrew Lang - Full Text Free Bookhttp://www.fullbooks.com/How-to-Fail-in-Literature.html
of the gem engraver blowing away the last particle of invisible dust, back to the earliest divination of the finished work to be lying somewhere, according to Michel Angelo's fanc
Detroit Memorieshttp://detroitmemories.homestead.com/index.html
who grew tired blowing up bottles, and told his boss "I'm too pooped to participate." His boss advises, "Then live it up up with Uptown!" You remember
You Know You're From Detroit If... Memories of metro Detroit in the '50s, '60s and '70s
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