Glossary of glass art terms

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A glossary of terms used in Glass art

• Cane, rods of glass with color, either single or multiple (see also twistie)

• Frit, crushed glass often melted onto other glass to produce patterns and color
• Graverre, The graphite or charcoal drawing is fused between layers of the glass sheets. The technique is ideal for capturing the spontaneity of drawing.

The term is composed of the part ‘Gra’ which stands for ‘Graphite’ and ‘verre’ which means ‘glass’ in French. Zoja Trofimiuk, glass artist created this technique in 1999.

• Incalmo, Italian decorative glassblowing technique

• Lampworking, technique of forming glass using a handheld heat source (formerly lamps)

• Latticino, Italian decorative glassblowing technique

• Lehr, a specialized, temperature-controlled kiln for annealing glass.^[1]

• Liuli, ancient Chinese glass art

• Mandrel, metal rod used to make the hole in a glass bead

• Marver, a tool used in glassblowing

• Millefiori, a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware

• Murrine, Italian term for patterns or images made in a glass cane (long rods of glass) that are revealed when cut in cross-sections

• Prunt, a small blob of glass fused to a piece of glass, often impressed with a pattern or stamp

• Reticello, Italian decorative glassblowing technique

• Rod, a rod of glass used as a raw material in forming and fusing glass

• Twistie, a cane formed out of different coloured glass twisted together

• Zanfirico, Italian decorative glassblowing technique

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