| Art glass means the modern art glass movement | | | | hand worked variation than was allowed in pure |
| in which individual artists are working to generate | | | | factory work environment and every piece |
| works from molten glass in relatively small | | | | shows some of the lead glass worker's creativity. |
| furnaces of a few hundred pounds of glass. It | | | | Most studio glass workers also try to turn out |
| began in the early 1960s and showed continued | | | | larger individual pieces which might be the |
| growth throughout the end of the century. The | | | | corresponding of a master piece in the |
| glass objects created are not primarily serviceable | | | | journeyman system of guild and factory work in |
| but are projected to make a sculptural or | | | | addition to smaller production pieces. |
| decorative statement. | | | | Types of Art Glass: |
| Prior to the early 1960s, art glass would have | | | | • Blown Art Glass |
| referred to glass made for decorative use, | | | | • Cast Art Glass |
| habitually by teams of factory workers, taking | | | | • Fused and slumped Art Glass |
| glass from furnaces with a thousand or more | | | | There's one way to do it painlessly and easily by |
| pounds of glass. This form of art glass, of which | | | | annoying some of the hot new paint shades that |
| Tiffany and Steuben in the U.S.A., Gallé in | | | | are available at your local paint store if you're |
| France and Hoya Crystal in Japan and Kosta Boda | | | | looking to stride away of your interior design |
| in Sweden are perhaps the best known, grew out | | | | comfort zone. If you've already lived in your |
| of the factory system in which all glass objects | | | | home for a while, you can revitalize your walls by |
| were cast blown by teams of 4 or more men. In | | | | adding touches of bold colors. You'll find that paint |
| fact, the turn of the 19th Century was the height | | | | companies have made it much easier for you to |
| of the old art glass movement while the factory | | | | add drama to your interior walls. You'll be stunned |
| glass blowers were being replaced by mechanical | | | | at what a simple thing like varying the color of |
| bottle blowing and incessant window glass. In an | | | | your walls can do to brighten up your spirits and |
| art glass studio, "production work" shows more | | | | add a little more relish to your life. |