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- v. present participle of flamework.
Examples
“I am so excited to be attending the Appalachian Center For Crafts' glass flameworking class with Fred Birkhill and Shane Fero. woo hoo!”
“Hot glass glows as flameworking artist Corbin Fonville, 16, makes colorful marbles during the 23rd annual GrapeFest in Grapevine.”
“Pilchuck Glass School, where you can go to learn to make glass of all kinds: hot glass, flameworking, casting, kiln slumping, stained glass, Ravenna-style mosaics, you name it.”
“Both these kinds of glass-working can produce excellent results (or cheesy, depending on where you go, as I said above; beware the cheap ease of its shiny allure); but flameworking tends to be a solitary pursuit, in a small studio, and hot glass requires a large, noisy workspace with plenty of access to fresh air and loads of propane or other gas to run the equipment.”
“I took a couple of flameworking marathon sessions at the Mesa Arts Center, and I made more fish.”
“• Glass sculptor Hin Won Han will teach an intermediate flameworking class that will also include computer rendering; students will create 3D mockups of their pieces using a computer and then bring them to life in flameworked glass.”
“Among the highlights of the 2010 course offerings are classes that explore ways that neon can be powered with solar energy, flameworking with furnace glass and the use of digital technology in working with glass art.”
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“i just got back from "glass camp" at the Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, where I learned flameworking...”
“* (Editor's note: When I say "glassblowing", I am referring specifically to what is called "hot glass", rather than "flameworking".”
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reesetee In glassmaking, this is the technique of forming objects from rods and tubes of glass that become soft and easily manipulated when heated in a flame. The source of the flame was once an oil or paraffin lamp used with foot-powered bellows; today, glassworkers use gas-fueled torches. Nov 9, 2007