Glassblowing

Glassblowing is a glass-forming technique in which a craftsperson blows air through a blowpipe into molten glass, inflating it into hollow forms.

Blowpipe: A long hollow metal tube used to gather molten glass and inflate it by blowing. It carries the breath that expands the molten glass into a hollow form.
Syro-Palestinian glass: Ancient glass made in the eastern Mediterranean, including early blown vessels. The region preserves some of the earliest evidence for glassblowing.
Studio glass movement: A movement that established glass as a medium for independent artists working in small studios. It brought furnace glassblowing into contemporary art practice.
Glass casting: A process that forms glass by melting it into a mold and allowing it to solidify. Casting fills a mold rather than inflating a hollow gather with air.
Harvey Littleton: An American glass artist and educator who helped establish the studio glass movement. His workshops and teaching helped make small-scale glassblowing accessible to artists.
Glass furnace: A high-temperature furnace that melts glass batch and keeps glass workable for forming. Its sustained heat keeps gathered glass soft enough to shape.
Roman glass: Glass produced across the Roman world, including vessels made by blowing. Roman workshops spread glassblowing widely and developed varied vessel forms.
Glass art: Artworks made primarily from glass, using forming, decorating, or sculpting techniques. Blown forms are a major approach within glass art.
Glass pressing: A method that shapes molten glass by pressing it into a mold with a plunger. Pressing produces molded forms without a blowpipe.
Dominick Labino: An American glass artist and industrial glass scientist who developed materials and equipment for studio glass. His furnace and glass innovations enabled independent studio practice.

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