| Blown glass, with its long and varied
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| | the medium. One of Littleton's most
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| history, has taken many forms and
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| | famous students, Dale Chihuly, began the
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| functions. Nowhere is this medium more
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| | Pilchuck Glass School, which continues to
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| impressive and inspiring than in the
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| | instruct and inspire artists.
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| beauty of a blown glass lamp. The
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| | Several contemporary artists are working
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| element of light adds an infinitely
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| | today to make an amazing array of blown
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| fascinating combination of luminous color
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| | glass lamps; a combination of form (the
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| and form.
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| | glass) and function (to provide light)
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| Glassblowing is a labor-intensive process
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| | inspires and delights aficionados
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| that involves a great deal of training
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| | worldwide. For example:
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| and skill. Described very simply, it
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| | · Venetian artist Eros Raffael, whose
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| involves the use of a metal blowpipe that
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| | creations are represented in the United
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| is dipped into molten glass. The artist
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| | States by Oggetti Luce, works with glass
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| blows into the pipe, creating a bubble
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| | canes to produce complex striations and
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| that is shaped with the use of a few
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| | dapples of color in his pieces.
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| simple tools, and is cooled slowly over
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| | · Guy Corrie of Union Street Glass,
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| several hours so as not to crack the
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| | whose glass seems to take on a life of
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| glass.
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| | its own, mimics organic shapes and
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| The process of blowing glass while in a
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| | patterns found in the natural world to
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| molten state first came into use around
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| | produce a wonderful variety of lamps and
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| the first century B.C.E. by Syrian
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| | lighting fixtures.
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| craftsmen. The technology was quickly
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| | · Lisa Schwartz and Kurt Swanson of
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| adopted, then developed, refined and
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| | Pinkwater Glass bring a whimsical and fun
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| distributed by the Romans. By the Middle
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| | element to lighting with their
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| Ages, the world capital of glassmaking
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| | distinctive, colorful, polka-dotted
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| was centered in Venice, Italy. It was in
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| | designs and almost-from- another-world
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| Venice and on the island of Murano that
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| | themes.
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| the secret techniques of glass artisans
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| | · Tracy Glover, who uses her blown
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| were closely guarded and fostered for
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| | glass primarily in the stems of her
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| several hundred years.
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| | lamps, creates simple, elegant and
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| Then in the mid-twentieth century, in the
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| | magical lighting fixtures that can be
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| United States, Harvey Littleton and
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| | used in a variety of décor.
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| Dominick Labino started the studio glass
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| | Celebrate the skill and artistry that has
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| movement. They brought glassmaking
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| | developed over the last two thousand
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| techniques to a smaller, studio-based
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| | years by exploring the rich variety of
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| scale that allowed more versatility with
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| | blown glass lamps available today.
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