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