Is Glass Hot, Warm or Cold?

In the glass scene lots of terms are still used which formely -in order to be understood in the glass factories where they were originally used- had their own logical meaning. The Americans, with their craze for using snappy buzzwords, invented the term "hot glass" and so -on the basis that, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king- there presumably also had to exist something called "cold glass"! Nowadays, with the apparent need for the use of terminology in describing all forms of glass techniques, the situation is becoming something of a muddle. The time has now come -especially since the glass-working and glass-processing industry has already been using serviceable terms for many years- for us to learn to use them too!

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Angela Van der Burght Fenestra C.V Angela van der Burght is partner of Fenestra Ateliers, Industrial designer, art teacher andAuthor of articles and study plans for art education about art and glass. Art curator of seve-Ral expositions... Read more