It all started with glass beads. Those unassuming but pretty craft store staples that serve as the foundation of many a homemade necklace. Annalee Pickett loved the little round pieces of glass, and ...

For Kyle Meyer, glass blowing is more than just a hobby: it is the way he makes a living. Meyer, the latest manager of The University of Georgia’s Scientific Glass Shop, has been working there since ...

If you heard your university had a resident glass blower, what would come to mind? You might be thinking of someone who creates vases or artwork using molten glass. In the case of UW-Milwaukee, their ...

In this week’s Made in Connecticut, we meet a scientific glassblower – a decades old profession called on for work in research labs at institutions and corporations. Rob Wallace of Arch One Glass in ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - There is a real science behind the art of glass blowing that is helping University of Iowa Chemists. The man behind that art, Benjamin Revis, recently won a national ...

At the Mayo Clinic Glass Shop—a small basement-level nook in the Mayo Medical Sciences building where the counters twinkle with glass creations the likes of which we’d never seen before—Steve Anderson ...

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I attempted to recreate a simple ancient vase design, but made a top as well so it could be a perfume bottle if need be. As we are not really equipped for serious glass blowing here at Smith, I used ...

Through the window at his business on Third Street, you probably have seen him sitting at his desk. Unless you stop to take a closer look, you may not know that he is blowing glass and making holiday ...

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