blown glass
Shaped by breath
Blown glass is glassware shaped by inflating molten glass through a tube, creating hollow forms like vases, bottles, and ornaments.
The technique dates back thousands of years and remains both an industrial process and an artisanal craft.
The museum displayed exquisite Venetian blown glass.
- paperweightsObjects anchoring loose documents
- sculpturesCarved or molded artworks
- culletRecycled broken glass
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
- millefioriGlass with embedded floral cross-sections
silica · vases · blowpipe · jacks · chandeliers · Christmas ornaments · fluxes · pipe dream · glory hole · ornaments · molten · breath · shape · delicate · fragile beauty · translucent · orb · furnace
- artisanal decorpottery, ceramics, macrame, textile art, embroidered pillows
- translucent artsun catchers, light boxes, shoji screens, tissue paper art
- artisan craftshandmade goods, fine jewelry, artisan crafts, handcrafted furniture, watchmaking
- craft fairpottery, jewelry, jewelry display, woodwork, candles
- fragile thingscrystal goblet, champagne flute, snifter, goblet, tumbler
- glassglassware, bottles, windows, mirrors, vases
glass-forming technique
blown glassmolded glass
Glass shaped by molds
pressed glass · cut glass · kiln-formed glass · pâte de verre · plate glass
material working method
blown glasscast metal
Alloy shaped by pouring
die-cast · ground glass · carved stone · forged metal · thrown pottery