WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Seated at his workbench, Jim Downey uses a blow torch to melt colored glass rods onto a second glass rod to craft a small sea turtle, drop by drop. He's focused, but with ...

A 30-foot glass sculpture weighing over 4,000 pounds was unveiled Tuesday inside the newly-completed student union building at the University of Tennessee. People packed in to see the massive, ...

Jake Zollie Harper thought he might want to be a photographer, but it didn’t quite work out that way. A successful artist and craftsman, he left photography’s world of captured light for the light of ...

WATERLOO – In lampworking, an oxygen-propane torch is used to melt and shape molten glass using simple tools and gravity. After three weeks in her first class in making lampwork beads, Rhonda Scott ...

Alfred University chemistry students will have an opportunity to add hot glass work to their skill sets, thanks to the efforts of senior chemistry ...

The school offers courses in glass blowing, hot sculpting, kiln work, fusing, cold work, torch work, neon, plate-glass work and other areas of glass-making. Students can study artistic glass work, ...

Skip to about 2:30 if you just want to see the action. Blowing glass is always so pretty to watch. The warm glow of the glass mixed with the light playing through the cool parts makes for a stunning ...

Co-owner Bruce Breslow uses rods of colored glass to add interest and depth to his spherical creations. “I think I look cool,” he said as the audience laughed. Breslow reminds people to not look at ...

2002-01-09 04:00:00 PDT Salt Lake City-- Like proud parents showing off a newborn, Olympic officials unveiled yesterday the towering glass cauldron that will hold the Olympic flame and immediately ...

Fire and glass, light and air. Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka explores the edges of the elemental in his latest creations – a torch and cauldron crafted from glass. The minimalist glass pieces, ...