- Glass Types/Techniques
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Glass Types
There are many different types of glass made in America, Germany, Poland, France, China etc.
» Antique (hand-made glass)
» Artique
» Baroque
» Cathedral
» Desag
» English muffle
» Kokomo
» Muranese
» Opalescent
» Sahara
» Waterglass
Apart from flat glass there are many types of shaped glass available such as nuggets, roundels, lenses, Aztec glass jewels, bevels etc.
Techniques
» Stained glass
- technique of making windows or panels using painting and/or staining and joining them together with lead cames.
» Leaded light
- technique of creating windows or panels using different types of glass and joining them together with lead cames.
» Fusing
- melting layers of (fusible) glass in a kiln. Various effects can be achieved through different temperatures in the kiln such as tack fuse, half fuse or full fuse.
» Slumping
- melting glass in a kiln using mold made of plaster, metal, ceramic fibre, etc.
» Glass painting
- vitreous paints and silver stain
- enamels
» Combination of techniques
This panel includes various glass types such as hand-made Polish antique glass, water glass, float glass and painting using brown vitreous paint, silver stain, and also slumping over the plaster mold using fusing glass.
