VERY VERY COOL BERKY=DUDE !!!...
.... flexible glass by the glassblowers 1 .... my sophomore year in college was with another sophomore who was
teaching masters classes in Ceramic Engineering @ Iowa State University... one brilliant dude .... anywho, he had all of the keys to the glass blowing kilns and tools .... maNY FOND MEMORIES OF .... BLOWING GLASS VENETIAN STYLE; AND MAKING GLASS BONGS !!!!
======= brief history...
Glassblowing is a glass forming technique which was invented by the Syrian craftsman in the 1st century BC somewhere along the Syro-Palestinian coast. The establishment of the Roman Empire provided motivation and dominance of glass production by this method, the use of blown glass for everyday tasks spread. The Phoenicians set up the first glass workshops on the eastern borders of the Empire, in the birthplace of glassblowing in contemporary Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, as well as in the province of Cyprus. Meanwhile, the glassblowing technique also reached Egypt.
By the middle Ages, Venice had become a major center of glass making. Then, the glass blowing industry moved to the island of Murano. The Venetian glassmakers from Murano produced cristallo, clear, fine glassware by employing glassblowing, in particular, the mould-blowing technique.
.... dude ... you had to go physically escape to Venice at the time of Roman Empire glass blowing Vigilantes... ....
.....because the Roman Government thought that the ...
"FLUID" KNOWN AS GLASS....
...would become the currency instead of gold and silver ...
...hidden articulate Artwork of a "liquid" craftsmen....
.... that is why they were executed and banished to VENICE...
This showstopper 80-inch-tall glass tree with seven Macaw Parrots is handmade by the master glass blower Zanetti on the island of Murano in Venice. Remarkably animated and colorful, these birds are made of solid glass and perch on a clear glass branch pedestal with green details in the leaves. The birds have small built-in rods that rest easily in a metal seat on the pedestal and the tree is in 3 sections for easy assembly.
• Material: Murano Glass
• Dimensions (in): W 19.5 x D 19.5 x H 79.95
• Dimensions (cm): W 50 x D 50 x H 205
• Handmade in Italy
.... the "fluid" known as glass.... this is "WHY" France's Notre Dame's Cathedral , Stain Glassed Windows, were thicker on the "bottom" than the top ....
Awesome short video of kiln/tool technique....below
....please push link below....master craftsmen ......
..... and my absolute "favorite".... "crackled unity" .... I made all of my glass "steam-rollers" out of them .... lol !
.... crackled unity .... sh-shattered .... and a big sh=doobie to the Carl ...