| Art glass normally means the modern art glass | | | | Prior to the early 1960s, art glass would |
| movement inwhich individual artists working | | | | have referred toglass made for decorative |
| alone or with a few assistants to create | | | | use, usually by teams of factory workers, |
| worksfrom molten glass in relatively small | | | | takingglass from furnaces with a thousand or |
| furnaces of a few hundred pounds ofglass. It | | | | more pounds of glass. This form of artglass, |
| began in the early 1960s and showed continued | | | | of which Tiffany and Steuben in the U.S.A., |
| growth through the endof the century. The | | | | Galléin France and Hoya Crystal in Japan |
| glass objects created are not primarily | | | | and Kosta class=SpellE>Boda in Sweden are |
| utilitarian but areintended to make a | | | | perhaps the best known, grew out of |
| sculptural or decorative statement. On the | | | | thefactory system in which all glass objects |
| market, theirprices may range from a few | | | | were hand or mold blown by teams of 4or more |
| hundred to tens of thousands of dollars (US). | | | | men. In fact, the turn of the 19th Century |
| Thebest known of the moderns are Dale | | | | was the height of the oldart glass movement |
| Chihuly, who usesmany of the best independent | | | | while the factory glass blowers were being |
| glass workers to create his large and | | | | replaced bymechanical bottle blowing and |
| colorfulworks and Hans Godo Frabel,who | | | | continuous window glass. In the factory, |
| creates his art together with a team of | | | | everymember of the team does the same job |
| studio glass artists. | | | | repeatedly turning out dozens or hundredsof |
| | | | the same item each day. |