#art and crafts
From brittle beauties that can withstand the trial of fire, to thick ornate vases: there is nothing, it seems, that cannot be made within a glassblower’s workshop. At the heart of it all is the oven: a fiery, glorious pit where most of the magic happens. Heated to 860 degrees celsius, this is where glass is melted, made, and blown. The earliest recorded glass-like glaze was found in Egypt, presumably by the Badarian civilization in 12,000 BCE. Though it appears…
