What is Glass Craft?

• It refers to individual works of art that are

wholly made of glass.
• Techniques for producing glass art include:
blowing, kiln-casting, fusing, slumping, pate-
de-verre, flame-working, hot sculpting and
cold working.
• The first glass vessels were made about
1500BC in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Characteristics
• Glasses are transparent
and look attractive.
• Delicious Taste comes
from glass bottles.
 Types of Glass Craft
According to how art glass is made?
• Hot Glass
• Warm Glass
• Cold Glass
 Hot Glass
• This artwork includes blown
glass, solid sculpted glass
and cast glass.
• Hot glass working involves
molten glass with a
temperature around 2000
degrees.
• Work such as glass
sculpture, hand blown
bowls, vases goblets and
ornaments
 Warm Glass
• Process that involves
heating the glass in an oven
or kiln.
• Kiln casting glass poured
into a mold inside the klin
• Casting with molds in a kiln
includes using crushed glass
or a powdery glass paste
known as ‘pate de verre’.
 Cold Glass
• It involves any
techniques done to the
glass that is not hot.
• Grinding, polishing,
etching, or engraving
can be examples of cold
working techniques.
 Flameworking
• Pre-made ‘borosilicate’
glass tubes ands rods are
typically used in
lampworking.
• Glass rods are heated with a
hand held or bench torch in
order to form the glass.
• Amazing glass sculpture and
artwork can be made with
this process
• Used for items such as
beads, jewellary, ornaments
and small figurines.