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Sarah Atwell, Writer The Glassblower Series |
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Home | About Sarah | Books | Glassblowing | Glass Terms | Blog
| Glassblowers use a lot of exotic and wonderful terms to describe their equipment. Here are just a few samples. | |
| gather: | the glass you collect in the furnace on your blowpipe |
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diamond shears: |
jaw-like scissors to cut hot glass or to grip other hot objects
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frit: |
crushed glass used in many ways to color hot glass |
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jack: |
a metal, tong-like tool used to shape molten glass
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marver: |
a large, flat surface on which to manipulate hot glass |
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punty: |
the metal rod used to transfer one piece of hot glass to another |
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