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Murano Glass Factory

Day 19: Friday, April 29, 2005
Photos by Pat Tyler


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The artisan heats a ball of glass in the furnace.


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And, Yes, they actually blow the glass.



For a container or tube of any kind, they blow through the hollow metal tube into the ball of glass to begin to shape the object.
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They roll the ball of glass on a metal surface such as the table on the left to give the ball the desired shape.

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He is shaping a spiral here.


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