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 For centuries glassblowing has been primarily a tem activity carried out behind closed doors in factories by groups of men working with balletic precision. The timing and dexterity of movement, the intensity of heat and color provide a dramatic and fascinating spectacle. The choice of a glasshouse as an intimation of Hell in Joseph Losey’s film version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni is particularly apt, for such it frequently is. Yet the glow of the furnace, the glaring heat and sweat on one’s face, the speed and rhythm of work, and the mounting tension as a piece nears completion, are addictive; these, together the exhilaration (or otherwise) experienced on opening the annealer to view the previous day’s work, contribute to its unique appeal.

 In the early days, at the outset of the studio glass movement, the ethic of truth to material as derived from studio pottery war fundamental. It was considered essential to handle the piece oneself from beginning to end, thereby rejecting the traditional separation between designer and maker. Although there are many artists who continue to adhere to the principle a gradual shift back to teamwork has occurred, as pieces have become more ambitious in scale and complexity. Assisted or collaborative work has become the norm.

 It has been said that to train a glassmaker to industrial standards can take ten years and even longer to become a “gaffer”, and this may well be true in the production of the repetitious, often dull, mechanical-looking articles that flood the market. Obviously as with other crafts, considerable practice in handling both the tools and the medium is required before one can develop the necessary skills to control shape and color to the desired consistency of quality. Nevertheless when the intention is to explore ideas through this uniquely responsive material, rewarding experiences and exciting results can be achieved in a remarkable short space of time.

 The term glassblowing causes some confusion in that it refers to furnace-worked glass and also to lamp work (or flame work) whose main application has traditionally been in the manufacture of scientific glassware, as well as of jewelry and glass animals. In recent year, fine decorative work has been made by lampworking techniques.

 Over the last two thousand years blown glass vases techniques and tools have altered very little, although there are considerable geographical and individual variations. In parts of Europe glassmakers work standing rather than sitting at a chair; in Scandinavia the parison in blocked while the blowing iron is rolled in one direction only, in Britain it is blocked as it is rolled back and forth, and in Egypt and Afghanistan the short blowpipes are rolled over the crossed legs of the blower as he sits on the ground; at least one Japanese has used a glass blowpipe, some makers prefer wooden blocks, other paper pads; sometimes, as in France, the marver is a small metal slab set chest high and sloping forward, elsewhere it is large, set lower and flat, and so on. The variations, combinations and developments in the basic areas of hot and cold working have multiplied in recent years to the extent where there now seem to be almost as many ways of working glass as there are people working with it. Highly sophisticated techniques exist for creating complex forms, patterns and color effects, in some blown glass vases requiring the use of multiple blowing irons.