Glassmaking

Goblets, vases, bottles, bowls—in "East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries," some 70 vessels that once held drink, food and flowers now pour forth a tale involving European alchemists, Asian artisans, a Dutch Jesuit, French designers and a Chinese emperor with a penchant for the new and exotic.

Art, Technology, Design, Crisscrossing the Globe

Curiosities of Glassmaking, an exhibit in the West Bridge Gallery of the Corning Museum of Glass, is up until October 21st, 2007. at

Archive 2007-09-01

Curiosities of Glassmaking, an exhibit in the West Bridge Gallery of the Corning Museum of Glass, is up until October 21st, 2007. at

Wunderkammer Alert, again

Thanks to Morbid Anatomy for their mention quite recently of the Corning Museum of Glass 'Curiosities of Glassmaking show, a purely glass wunderkammer: a real, proper exhibition of curiosities.

Archive 2007-09-01

Thanks to Morbid Anatomy for their mention quite recently of the Corning Museum of Glass 'Curiosities of Glassmaking show, a purely glass wunderkammer: a real, proper exhibition of curiosities.

Wunderkammer Alert, again

The first three exhibitions to be shown at the Getty are: "Antiquity and Photography," featuring early photos of the Parthenon and the Sphinx, as well as some of the earliest Daguerrotypes; "The Getty Villa Reimagined," which looks at the models and designs which led to the current renovation, and "Glassmaking in Antiquity," which features highlights from the recently acquired Oppenlander glass collection which features beautiful exemplars of Jerusalem glass.

Tom Teicholz: The Getty Villa: The 'Wow' Factor

~ Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking Recreated -- Archaeologist have reconstructed a 3,000-year-old glassmaking furnace, suggesting that Ancient Egyptian technology was more advanced than previously thought.

Speedlinking 12/21/07

Glassmaking for the automotive industry provides an interesting example.

Lean Thinking

Glassmaking is however a very energy intensive industry.

3 Packaging materials

Glassmaking has long been associated with the forest - no surprise, given the region's nearly endless supply of timber, used for fuel - and a so-called Glasstrasse links Schott with other glassmakers in the region, as well as several museums and displays dedicated to the craft.

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