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  • June 30, 2017
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Making glass for Tiffany’s mosaics

One of the most exciting discoveries to be featured in the exhibition, Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics, is that Louis C. Tiffany’s glassblowers were instrumental in making a significant portion of the flat glass used to create the firm’s celebrated mosaics. Intriguing … Read more →

  • Posted in: Glassmaking techniques/process, tiffany mosaics
  • June 26, 2012
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Celebrity Cruise Scholarship recipient Gayla Lee learns murrine making techniques at The Studio

Gayla Lee was first entranced by glass at the age of eight when she encountered a glassblower at a Renaissance festival. Her fascination with the material eventually led her to an apprenticeship in a Baltimore glass studio at the age … Read more →

  • Posted in: Artists, Glassmaking techniques/process, The Studio
  • August 23, 2011
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Davide Salvadore at The Studio

Today’s post was written by Jordan Miller, who filmed Salvadore’s workshop at The Studio in May 2011. It was just another day at the office. Standing two feet from scorching hot glass and strapped to thirty-five pounds of camera gear.  … 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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