Travel Photography > Photos tagged as glass
Within one of the small tombs in the Montparnasse Cemetary
Saw this neat sign on a building in Charlotte North Carolina, while coming back from playing golf.
The feature glass wall
Tiffany for the working class - this style of glass was popular, but became so overproduced they were given as prizes in fairs and carnivals
I'm not sure what these glass items on Naxos were, but they made a great pattern
Miranda's engagement ring
How interesting...
Stained glass in Cologne cathedral
Paul Joseph Stankard creates delicate glass flowers sometimes including root structures, using glass rods and gas flames, a technique called "flameworking", then encases them in a glass block.
In addition to displaying many types of glass objects by era and type, the museum includes very informative signage about the background, methods, history and sometimes uses and artists.
One of the early uses for glass in America was for nursing bottles.
Anthony "Tony" DePalma, who was a Wheaton glass artist for many years, invented a method to create a glass 'rose' inside a paperweight.
Mom had one of these, although with white eyes, that she inherited from here mother. It was one of her most cherished possessions, but met an unfortunate demise at the ruthless hands of a vacuum cleaner.
This was cast in Wheaton on 9/26/92. It is 7' 8" tall and has a capacity of 188 gallons.
This piece is at the entrance to the Museum and is one of their more popular pieces. The hands were cast from the artists grandparents, parents, then himself. The glass dripping represent passing down the glass making art from generation to generation.
This board shows the significant dates in glass history. I had to take it from the side to reduce glare, but is still interesting.
In the 18th and early 19th century, American glassworkers generally used local sand. In New Jersey, the sand included impurities such as iron, which gave the glass an aqua/green tint. This became known as "South Jersey Green" glass.
This is a replica of the first successful lightbulb created by Thomas A. Edison. Glass was so critical to the development of the lightbulb, the Menlo Park Complex included their own glass blowing operation.
There were many different types of glass and methods for coloring glass on display. I especially liked this color, which was also very popular during the Victorian period in England and America. The color is caused by Gold oxide.
The green color comes from impurities (iron oxide) in the south NJ sand. The swirl pattern was common for German glass makers as it made it harder for the bottle to slip out of ones hand.
This artist had a Jewish father and Catholic mother (I didn't take notes, so might have that backwards). Anyway, he created this chess set to represent the conflicting religions in his own background as well as in society in general.