Archive for the 'blown glass' Category
Most of us love beautiful glass or we wouldn’t be here on a glass web site. Duh!. So in addition to learning how art or collectible glass is made (which we show elsewhere on this site) lets also learn about collecting this awesome stuff! I will be adding articles, pictures, and videos here soon on the subject of collectible art glass. For today I have this charming video about a tiny family run glass factory in Southern Ohio. Enjoy the Boyd’s Crystal Art Glass video (just below this post). They have made thousands of collectible glass figurines in dozens of colors. The video is longer that usual (about 7 minutes) but it is well worth watching the whole thing, IMHO.
Jerry (webmaster, CraftingGlass.com)
Get ready to be fascinated at the Greenfield Village Glass Shop at The Henry Ford in Dearborn. Watch skilled artists craft a popular piece using techniques perfected over hundreds of years. What can you do with a 2,100 degree hunk of hot glass? Watch and see.
Duration : 2 min 24 sec
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Welcome to CraftingGlass.com! Crafting Glass features videos, articles, pictures, and blogs on making and caring for beautiful glass objects. Whether it is information on stained glass, etched glass, or glass beads you will find it here. The sources for the tools and supplies you will need for crafting and maintaining decorative glass likely will be found here as well. Tips on buying, installing, and repairing window glass are provided on this web site also. For a list of categories please look in the column on the left side of this page. Please feel free to comment (blog) on any article or video. I also welcome suggestions for new articles, pictures, or videos in the broad catagory of “glass” (use the “contact us/me” page), How awesome can glass be? Well, just look at the beautiful images below for some idea of the beauty and versatility of glass.
Central Train Station R10/O5, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Architectural glass by Derix Glass Studios (derix.com). Pictured is the Glass art ceiling and glass art pillars.
Narcissus Quagliata, artist
A small stained glass window in an near 100 year old home.
A hand blown and hand cut small glass vase. 
Agate glass pitcher 
Hi Everyone;
I’ve added three new videos just below this post. They are all good but I especially love the the Glass Blowing at the Henry Ford Museum one! And don’ forget to view the “Glass Artist Of the Month” article just below the videos if you haven’t seen it yet. It features Guy Kemper, a world famous artist from Kentucky.
Enjoy,
Jerry (webmaster CraftingGlass.com)
Crafters: Learn to make your own decorated and lighted Christmas glass blocks! Very beautiful and unique (See pictures and “click here” link below).
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http://www.adammsgallery.com, Charles G. Lotton has a passion for beautiful art glass. His work is in over 400 museum collections. Charles creates some of the most breathtaking colors in the world of glass. http://tinyurl.com/lotton
Duration : 3 min 13 sec
Hello Everyone!
Starting in October I will be writing an article on an artist in one of the glass categories featured on Crafting Glass. These categories are: glass blowing, dichroic glass art/jewelry, etched (and carved) glass, fused glass, glass beads, and stained glass. There will be no particular order (such as alphabetical) in which the artists will appear. I have several artists in mind for the first and subsequent articles. If you are an artist and want to appear here please contact me and be willing to let me use an article about your work or a video or picture of your work. New artists in the field of glass arts are welcome to apply also.
Thanks,
Jerry (webmaster, Crafting Glass)
www.MoltenArtGlass.com Molten Art Glass is a glass blowing studio in NC. This video reviews a few of the colors you can choose when having your 100% unique custom hand blown glass art created!
Duration : 0:2:30
Using an optic mold to make holiday ornaments demonstrated; learn this and more in this free arts and crafts video by a glass blowing expert.
Duration : 0:1:19
This is an instructional video on how Glass was made in the 1600’s
Duration : 0:7:34
Watch Mario Hausdorfer create beautiful blown glass holiday ornaments when the artist made a visit to Berlin in Amish Country.
Duration : 0:0:53