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Cold Techniques.
Glass cutting, Sand blasting, Hydrofluoric acid engraving, Polished glass, Adhesive Laminations, Stained Glass Windows.
 
Hot Techniques.
Manual or mould blowing, Sand casting or ceramic mould (ceramic fiber, lost wax)., Mould cast, Fussed, Glass Paste, Flame worked glass, Pressed.
 
Hot Decoration Techniques.
Enamels: Enamel colors are mixed with a glassy frit of finely powdered glass and agglutinated with water.
 
Different formulas for glass colouring .
From transparent to coloured, Yellow, Violet, Green, Blue, Brown, Aquamarine, Red.
 
Furnaces.
One of the most important devices in the glass fabrication process is the kiln, which also happens to have undergone great changes throughout the years.
   
   






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