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The Basics of Handmade Lampwork

Handmade lampwork is a form of working the glass, that combines tradition and modernism. Based on practices that have been performed for centuries, the glass can take really avant-gardist shapes. Lampwork consists in modeling rods and tubes of glass, with the help of a gas fueled torch. Nowadays, rarely do glassworkers use lamps fuelled with gas, but generically the craft is known under the name of lampwork, although you might also hear it being called flamework of torchwork. The principles are... read full story

By: John Kapps | Views: (119) | Comments: (0) | Date: 18-12-2009

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