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American Scientific Glassblowers Society

10/21/2015

The ASGS is an amazing organization that has a great deal of knowledge being shared on their facebook page over at https://www.facebook.com/ASGSGlass. The work done by these scientific workers push the boundaries of what is possible in glass. Most of the items they produce are custom fabricated for very specific purposes which either Borosilicate or Quartz glass are the ideal material due to purity and durability. Truly astonishing work, definitely worth checking out the resources they are posting up for all to see!

Don't try this at home.
Posted by American Scientific Glassblowers Society on Thursday, October 15, 2015

Team of researchers hope to implant a window to the brain. Thus, provide an opportunity for laser-based treatments of...
Posted by American Scientific Glassblowers Society on Monday, October 12, 2015

Check it out...The National Museum of American History's laboratory glassware collection contains more than one thousand...
Posted by American Scientific Glassblowers Society on Friday, October 9, 2015

Optical Glass Sculptures By Jack Storms

2/10/2015

A small window into the time and dedication required to cold-work large glass sculptures with insane attention to detail.

Mike Gnann - Scientific Glassblower

10/31/2014

We would like to thank Professional Scientific Glassblower Mike Gnann for documenting and sharing a number of his experiences making large-scale borosilicate glass used in scientific and laboratory applications.

The scientific glassblowers are responsible for crafting glassware for a wide variety of applications such as laboratory testing/research purposes, commodity production processes (including beer and other alcohols) and even in national defence weaponry! Without these very skilled and dedicated glassblowers, modern scientific research would not be where it is today.

Kiva Ford - Artist Spotlight

8/23/2014

Kiva is a very technically inclined artist with a foundation in scientific glassblowing and a keen sense of creativity on the artistic side. He is now focusing his creative talents towards stunning venetian style goblets, pendants and sculptural forms as well as complex encasement vessels. As an active member in the Scientific Glassblowing community, he also works on extremely complex scientific vessels and apparatuses for laboratory use.

The History of Glass Alchemy Glass Co.

8/17/2014

A large factor contributing to the spike in the borosilicate industry has been the expansion of the available colour palette used in our artwork. GA is one of the main companies for boro coloured glass production helping to push the bounderies for new and exciting compatible colours. We all owe a great deal of gratitude to a very few rather small colour production companies such as Glass Alchemy for keeping the industry alive with new and exciting material to work with as well as improvements on old products while keeping up with rapidly growing demand!

John Kobuki Demonstrating Solid Boro Compression Marble

7/22/2014

Artist John Kobuki does a wonderful job explaining the process of making a white flower compression marble in a class taught at the corning glass studio. The corning studio demonstrations series is a great resource for artists looking to learn new techniques and processes.

Murrini Master Loren Stump Tutorial

7/20/2014

Loren Stump is one of the most well known and talented living murrini artists and his work brings a next level of depth and detail to the world of glass imagery. A large number of the artists making contemporary murrini have taken a class of his to learn how to advance their murrini specific skills. This tutorial is a great explanation of the level of thought and preparation that goes into making detailed Franchini style (component based) murrini images.

Reticello Work with Patrick Lee

7/15/2014

Here is a great demonstration of a reticello technique through the eyes of the talented artist Patrick Lee. His stringer control is amazing for laying these long stringers and the diligence results in an amazingly crisp finished product!

Glass Micro Biology Luke Jerram

7/12/2014

This artist had the very creative idea to recreate glass sculptures of deadly human viruses and the results are beautiful. He did a series named "Glass Micro Biology" including viruses such as E.Coli, HIV, Swine Flu etc.

Vortex Marble with Honeycomb Backing By Vee Lamb

7/12/2014

Mr. Vee Lamb is a very talented artist and he does a very nice demonstration of making a large vortex marble with a honeycomb backing in this tutorial video.