Techniques of Casting, Flame working and Glass blowing I

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. demonstrate casting of glass forms, flame working of glass tubes and glass blowing; and 2. demonstrate practical steps involved in casting of glass forms, flame working of glass tubes and glass blowing.

Casting glass forms. General laboratory flame working practice. Safety precautions fabrication of laboratory glasswork examples are: Funnels, test tubes, pipettes. Techniques for the individual laboratory glasswork; warming outing cane and slabs, clearing pre-heating, positioning rods and accessory tool handling. The free-blowing team “shop” stem preparation for goblet production.