When you think of art, have you ever considered glass blowing and appreciated it as one of the time old arts which is notable to be amongst the world’s most beautiful mastery crafts that now lays dying at the mercy of modernization and it’s machining mass production skills? Truly a beautiful craft, hand/mouth blown glass is clearly identifiable from one that is machine made and is priced accordingly.
Glass blowing has been around for a really long time. It was developed by Romans back in the first century of BCE and over time developed into an intricate and delicate art famed by the skilled craftsmen of Venice and the island of Murano, although some historians would argue that Egypt and Eastern Mesopotamia were the first to create glass.
Glass as you know it, it eco-friendly simply because glass is a natural substance. Natural glass has existed since the beginnings of time. It forms when certain types of rocks melt through high-temperature phenomena such as lightning strikes, volcanic eruptions or the impact of meteorites, which then cool and solidify.
If not wrong, the earliest man-made glass was derived from the natural substance of nitrate and sand but soon developed into soda ash, lime and sand in the hands of the Italian masters. Today you’ll find that hand blown glass is a dying art and the crafted pieces are worth more than their weight in gold.
And if you were looking for the perfect and rare eco gift then I really would recommend you support the hand blown glass trade, especially where they use recycled glass as raw materials. And if you don’t know where to look, I would suggest Recycled Glass Cooperative of Cantel (COPAVIC) and if you are looking for something for the ladies, then recycled glass jewelry just might be the perfect gift for her.
But if you just want to stare at a master craftsmanship then you really must have a look at Roger Gandelman’s Elegant art glass perfume bottles with hand blown glass flowers suspended inside the crystal. They are truly breathtaking! Never again will you look at glass the same…hand blown glass, not just an art – it’s a legacy.
I’m very interesting in glass blowing and glass craft. Where I can get the tools and the simple course.
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I’m not sure this is something you can do at home but there are classes you can take although they won’t be very cheap – about $400 for a course I’d expect or $60 an hour. You can just look up “glass blowing classes” and a long list will appear. I can’t make any direct suggestion because I don’t know where you are based. Good luck and have fun!