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  • July 26, 2018
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The Artisan’s Hand: Reflecting on craftsmanship

Over the past few years, our demonstration teams have made a concerted effort to create new demonstrations that support our featured exhibitions and help our guests gain a deeper understanding of the artisan’s perspective. This typically involves our glassworkers trying … Read more →

  • Posted in: Exhibitions, Glassmaking techniques/process, Hot Glass Demos
  • June 28, 2018
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Kung Fu at The Corning Museum of Glass

Here at The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG), it is common for Chinese visitors, after watching a Hot Glass Demonstration narrated in Mandarin, to give the “thumbs-up,” meaning “true Kung Fu” or “excellent Kung Fu.” One may wonder what the … Read more →

  • Posted in: From the Collections, Hot Glass Demos
  • December 8, 2016
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Investigations inside the box: Flabellina trilineata

Flameworker Jen Kuhn remembers the moment she discovered the sea slug. “I was browsing a copy of Susan Middleton’s book Spineless and was captivated by the nudibranch [sea slug] on page 24,” said Jen. Though Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka never made … Read more →

  • Posted in: Hot Glass Demos
  • November 30, 2016
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Investigations inside the box: Ulactis muscosa

Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka’s model of Ulactis muscosa, also known as a sand anemone, is quite photogenic. A large-scale photo of the model is featured on the entrance wall to the exhibition Fragile Legacy: The Marine Invertebrate Glass Models of … Read more →

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Object of the Week: Knobbed and Lotus-Bud Beaker, possibly Syria, Roman Empire, 1-99. 64.1.10. The knobbed pattern on this tall vessel was formed when a bubble of hot glass was inflated into a mold. Often described as a “lotus bud” because the knobs resemble the bud of the lotus, this pattern was very popular in the first century A.D. Such beakers were made in many sizes; this example is impresssively large at 20.2 cm tall and 8.7 cm wide.Object of the Week: Ionic Structure of Glass, Dominick Labino, Grand Rapids, Ohio, United States, 1979. Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. 80.4.30.American Studio Glass Movement pioneer Dominick Labino was born on this day in 1910. During the 1970s, no other American artist was fusing and casting glass of this size and complexity, and Labino never revealed his techniques. Ionic Structure of Glass was commissioned by the Museum to celebrate the opening in 1980 of its new circular aluminum, glass, and mirror building designed by the architect Gunnar Birkerts.Take your glassmaking skills to the next level this winter at The Studio! We still have spots available in Kathy Elliot’s coldworking class and stained glass classes with Joseph Barlett and Peter Young.Take your glassmaking skills to the next level this winter at The Studio! We still have spots available in Kathy Elliot’s coldworking class and stained glass classes with Joseph Barlett and Peter Young.Take your glassmaking skills to the next level this winter at The Studio! We still have spots available in Kathy Elliot’s coldworking class and stained glass classes with Joseph Barlett and Peter Young.

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