A History of Glassforming Hardcover - 2002

Name: A History of Glassforming
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Author: Keith Cummings
ISBN: 9780812236477

by Cummings, Keith

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From the publisher

The special qualities of glass--neither solid, nor liquid--have required glassmakers to develop special skills for transforming raw materials into finished objects. In A History of Glassforming, Keith Cummings approaches the history of glass through the practices and techniques of those who make it. This is a fascinating study of the nature of glass and the skills, techniques, and machines that have been developed to exploit its remarkable and mutable properties. As Cummings demonstrates, glass has evolved from a rare and precious commodity, to a familiar tool of everyday use, to an art form prized once again.

First line

Our current knowledge concerning the origins of glass in partial and confused, but it is still possible to speculate about how its peculiar behavioural properties affected the way humankind approached the problem of how to form it.

Details

Title A History of Glassforming
Author Cummings, Keith
Binding Hardcover
Edition First Edition
Pages 192
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, England / USA
Date March 2002
ISBN 9780812236477

About the author

Keith Cummings is a distinguished glass artist and retired head of the Glass Department at Wolverhampton University, U.K., where remains Reader in Research Studies. He has contributed to a number of publications, and his glasswork appears in public and private collections around the world. He is the author of The Techniques of Kiln-formed Glass, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.