A: Annealing Oven: The process of letting glass cool inside and out to make sure that it doesnt crack or break.
B: 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.
A:
Annealing Oven: The process of letting glass cool inside and out to make sure that it doesnt crack or break.
B:
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.