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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Glass Lover

It is true that warm glass has more to offer in a studio setting than just flat glass work, but look at the root of the matter. The stained glass industry knows that they are working with a craft which is fleeting. The normal student has one to three projects in them and then they are done.

By expanding into warm glass, we are able to offer a wider range of techniques and projects which helps to hold the students interest longer. But what we've done is change a three month customer into a 6 month customer. We still face a huge attrition rate. Being a lover of glass work, I am often shocked at the number of students who start class and then drop out without even finishing their first project. -----David Gomm-----

Glass History

As early as 4000 BC glass was used in the Middle East as a glaze to decorate beads. By 1550 BC, coloured glass vessels were widespread and used for cooking and drinking. The earliest known clear glass is a vase found in Nineveh in Assyria, dating from around 800 BC, which is now in the British Museum in London.

Until the 18th and 19th centuries glass was very expensive and was used for limited applications, such as stained glass windows for churches. Large-scale glass manufacture began with the industrial revolution with the mass production of glass containers beginning at the onset of the 20th century and glass light bulb production automated in 1926.

Glass sink

Glass sinks are one of the most beautiful home trends today. It can make your sink a positive focal point. Many wonder if glass sinks would be a practical investment, but the truth is, that these sinks are as durable as they are beautiful, and with proper care they will give you satisfaction for many years to come.

Glass sinks are typically the vessel style sink which is becoming increasingly popular for home design, but they can also be wall hung or pedestal style. Many of these glass sinks also incorporate light into the design. The light can be above the sink, below, or actually inside of the glass to enhance the luminescence of the glass.

CONCLUSION

Glass fusing is a hot and popular art. It is exciting and rewarding to design pieces of glass and then melt and mold these pieces into individualized pieces of unique art. There are other terms for glass fusing, such as glass art fusion, warm glass and kiln forming.