Glassblowing

2. INTRODUCTION The artist Harvey Littleton was a prolific glassblower and vitreographer. Originally he went to school to be a physicist like his father, but instead switched to industrial design (Artful Home). He finished his bachelors and went on to get a Masters of Fine Arts in ceramics and taught at the University of Wisconsin, After a couple years of experimenting with various mediums, he tried out glassblowing (Artful Home). He went on to teach multiple courses on the subject and create many great works of art. He also received great praise for his vitreographs as well. He began to work with vitreography in his studio with other various artists (Artful Home). So he was a physicist, then an industrial designer, a ceramicist, a professor,…

During the first century B.C., the Phoenicians invented glass blowing "in the vicinity of the Palestinian coast" (History of Glass). Used for jewelry, decorative pieces, or vessels, blown glass has been a significant type of glass, having been practiced by numerous cultures across the world. However, glass blowing is a tedious task, requiring "extreme patience, tenacity, and dexterity" and is a long, multi-step process (Sacramento Art Glass). Over time, the difficulty of these numerous steps has…

14. How long have you been doing glass blowing? She said she has been in the studio for seven years already. In total, she has been glassblowing for 11 years, which four years were spent on classes. She always knew she wanted to do art, after a year of college and she went ahead and got herself a studio. She then spent the last three years of schooling to remodel it all from the inside and out, build all the equipment in the course of three years. She then open up a month later and has…

Before I went to watch glassblowing, I thought that it was just a hobby and it would be almost impossible to make a living off of it. Upon arrival to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, I realized that this art form has artists that are both doing this for a living and doing this for a hobby. Glassblowing is an art that everyone should know about but many people have never actually witnessed it. I had the honor of observing and interviewing Lino Tagliapietra, who is considered by most to be the…

Do you ever wonder how glass art is made? It is called glassblowing where artists known as glassblower/gaffers basically blowing air into a 6 ft long pipe that has heated molten glass at the end of it which causes the glass to become larger and shapeable. During this process they will continue to heat the glass in a furnace while in between applying steady rotation by rolling it on a table to to form a shape. Sometimes they may even add some color by rolling the hot glass different colorful…

4.2 Glass Blowing Glass blowing is a glass-forming process that encompasses inflating molten glass into a bubble, with the help of a blowpipe. A person who blows glass is called a glassblower or gaffer. A person who manipulates the glass with a torch or other tools is known as a lampworker. 4.2.1 Principle of Glass blowing Glassblowing utilizes a working property of glass known as inflation. This refers to the expansion of glass by passing a small amount of air into it. The property exists…

The ancient Romans have many achievements. Some of these achievements have positively affected our society today. Three of these achievements have to do with roads, architecture, and technical advances. One of the three achievements are their roads. Without the roads, the Romans would get stuck in mud. Once they made the roads, they would not get stuck in the mud. We followed their example and created roads. Romans created roads so that they would have something to drive on. We…

Dale Chihuly is well known for his glassblowing artistic skills, and his beautiful creations of glass art work. Chihul’s life is well marked by his wonderful glassblowing capabilities. Chihuly is having a wonderful life, even though early on in life he had a rough, miserable, and a grief filled childhood after losing both his brother then his father within two years. Chihuly also quit high school, and later on gained inspiration to go back and get a degree, then start work, and begins his life…

Cornell’s Johnson Museum has been blessed with a collection of a rarer variety. The “From the Dark Sea” exhibit displays a handful of glass invertebrate models created by the celebrated Blaschka family. The creative side of the Blaschka family consisted of Leopold Blaschka and his son, Rudolf. In the 19th and early 20th century, the pair produced blown glass replica of various marine life which they sold to museum and universities around the world. Cornell is one of a few academic institutions…

open-minded to the world of art and design. This is a problem because Art can bring hope to communities. The College for Creative Studies we know today was once a studio space for artists to work and develop their ideas. It was called the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts. Recreating an artist maker space/community center like the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts could really bring hope to a community that may be struggling. The idea is to build a studio space for artists that will also…