BLOWING OF THE GLASS
On ART AND CRAFTSMANSHIP of 05/14/2008
The technique of the blowing of the glass allows to transform, calibrating the quantity of blown air and with the aid of pliers, a shapeless mass of glass in a delicate object and of great suggestion. The glass, was probably discovered by chance by the Phoenician ones in the first century b.C. which realized that the sand exposed to temperatures risen itself deep and it becomes glassy.
When it became then us account, that the blowing could entirely be or partially performed inside a die furnishing him so form and decoration, were used for realizing the first bottles.
In Italy we have artists and very good artisans of the glass, useless to stop on the fame that you have the Venetian laboratories.
Here The documented images refer to works of some European artisans. Following you will find the link of the Corning Museum of Glass of the Stao in New York, to the demonstration from these published on you tubas where you can see how an object realizes him with this technique.
One of the artists, among the greatest to world level it is surely Dale Chihuly, of which we insert the link.
http://cmog.org
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Au_lE6PY4&feature=related
http://www.dalechihuly.com
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