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- noun Plural form of
glassblower .
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Examples
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Othoniel has explained that he purposely avoids the perfection and regularity that expert glassblowers typically seek: whereas glassblowers routinely reject examples of their work that bear traces of their creation, he chose to work with such accidents, asking the glassmakers to wound the glass before working on it, leading to irregular, marked forms, bearing scars.
David Galenson: Jean-Michel Othoniel and the Art of Fantasy David Galenson 2011
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Herz Aus Glas Heart of Glass, his story of a mythical cowherd prophet and a cursed village of glassblowers, opens with a short visual essay on the country in which he grew up, the Chiemgau Alps of southern Bavaria.
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People who have jobs but find as much or more fulfillment in being foodies and knitters and gamers and social hubs and bloggers and beermakers and glassblowers and decorators and travelers.
Fairyland yuki_onna 2010
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One of his glassblowers, Lorenzo Radi, spent much time during Austrian rule rediscovering the old methods and techniques that were used to create old Venetian mosaics.
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"We were at Venini," says Mr. Smeets, recalling time spent with Venetian glassblowers, "and you see all those macho guys, with walls hanging with pinups."
Out of the Gallery and Into the Home J. S. Marcus 2011
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Othoniel has explained that he purposely avoids the perfection and regularity that expert glassblowers typically seek: whereas glassblowers routinely reject examples of their work that bear traces of their creation, he chose to work with such accidents, asking the glassmakers to wound the glass before working on it, leading to irregular, marked forms, bearing scars.
David Galenson: Jean-Michel Othoniel and the Art of Fantasy David Galenson 2011
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One of these days, I'll have to tell you about the Japanese Milky candy that was popular with the glassblowers.
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After awhile, he heard we were glassblowers and offered to show us his secret room.
Archive 2008-04-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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After awhile, he heard we were glassblowers and offered to show us his secret room.
The Romance of Zenobia's Palmyra Heather McDougal 2008
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Then those designs areturned into glassy reality through the expertise of glassblowers Kim George, Brian Jones and NormanVeitch.
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