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Many colors and textures are available for hand blown glass, with the most admired being textured clears, ambers, ivory and milky white. Seeds, which are bubbles, or pockets of air trapped inside the glass are characteristic of hand blown glass. The density of these seeds can be controlled to a certain extent by the glass blower. Shards are thin layers of glass that are rolled up onto the hand blown piece. Transparency and opacity can be adjusted by the glass blower. Also the piece can be sandblasted to diffuse light once the piece is blown and annealed. |
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Frit is glass made from crushed and screened sheet glass and is available in a wide range of colors. Frit ranges in size from powder to chunks, so it can be used in many different ways. The look of the kiln fired art glass made from frit can vary widely, depending upon the temperature reached in the kiln. |
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Most bent glass starts with sheet glass, provided widely by the commercial glass industry, i.e. ¼” plate glass, and by the stained glass industry with textured and colored glass. Stained glass or sheet art glass is available in many varieties, colors, textures and degrees of translucency, and in all price ranges. Most popular are the textured ambers or clear glasses, either machine rolled or hand blown antique. Deriving its name from the antique methods used to obtain the appearance of glass made before the development of modern industrial processes, it is usually produced from large hand blown cylinders, which are then split and flattened. K Dahl Glass often uses hand blown antique glass to match the glass made in their own “hot shop, as it has the same characteristics, with bubbles and reamy areas, providing a truly hand made look. |
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K Dahl Glass Studios Crawford Colorado USA 970-921-6160 |
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