Making Glass: The Glassblowing Bible

Learn the craft of glassblowing quickly and easily - and start making spectacular glass creations in less than 2 days - using this 'step-by-step', glassblowing information.

The tools and equipment that you need to perform glassblowing are: a furnace, three types of this are needed, the main furnace, the glory hole and the annealer; the components of glass, quartz sand, limestone, potash and soda ash; a blow pipe; jacks, straight shears, diamond shears, a paddle and some blocks for shaping; a marver that is a sheet of steel or marble; and of course some protective gears.

The art of glassblowing started as a legend said to be in Mesopotamia, an ancient civilization that well established its name for many discoveries and great people. Mesopotamian people was said to have melted sand and some minerals while cooking and produced glass. This was not proven to be true but the fact that sand is one of the components of glass; this legend was accepted for some time until researches had been made.

Before exposing yourself to the hot shops, you need to be prepared with the basics of glassblowing. Equip yourself with the basic knowledge in this art and have yourself ready to learn glassblowing.

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