Glossary

These are words accociated with Glass Blowing!!

A: B:
 * __Annealing Oven:__** The process of letting glass cool inside and out to make sure that it doesnt crack or break.
 * __Blowpipe:__** A long steel rod with a mouth piece on one end and molten glass on the other.

C:
 * __Chuncked:__** A piece of glass thatr is very badly damaged.

D:
 * __Double Overlay:__** A piece of glass that is coated twice.

E:
 * __Embossed:__** Raising or lowering a design or text into a piece of glass.

F:
 * __Fluted:__** Vertical lines or grooves in the glass.

G:
 * __Glory Hole:__** An opening in a furnace where the glass is heated, usually at about 2300 degrees farenhiet.

H​:
 * __Hand Blown:__** A piece that is entirely made by hade without machinery.

I:
 * __Iridescence:__** Spraying a shiny metal finish on hot glass.

J:
 * __Jack:__** A tool used to manipulate glass that looks like giant tweezers.

K:
 * __Knurling:__** A large band or bead wrapped around a larger project.

L:
 * __Lear:__** A large oven that is computerized.

M:
 * __Marver:__** A large steel plate used to pick up color chips.

N:
 * __Necking:__** Reducing the end of a blown glass to make a bottle neck.

P:
 * __Parison:__** The first bubble at the end of a blowpipe.

R:
 * __Rag:__** A thick pile of wet newspaper that serve as a cooling pad for the glassworker to shape the molten glass.

S:
 * __Sawing:__** Cutting glass with a rotating wheel with a blade that is usually diamond tipped.

T:
 * __Thermal Shock:__** The sudden drastic change in temperature whether it be hot or cold that causes the glass to break.

W:
 * __Wrap:__** The outside of a heavy glass bead.