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Glass Reference Websites

Collected by: The Corning Museum of Glass

Archived since: Nov, 2019

Description:

The websites assembled in this collection were selected by Rakow Research Library staff and cover a wide variety of glass-related topics.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Society & Culture Science & Health

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Title: Antique Spectacles & Other Vision Aids

URL: http://www.antiquespectacles.com/

Description: This "online museum and encyclopedia of vision aids" contains a wealth of information about the history of eyeglasses.

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Title: Glassblower Information: Glassblowing, Photos, and Videos

URL: http://www.glassblower.info/

Description: This website is a chronicle of Tony Patti's journey into glassblowing. Through his online collection of text, images, and videos, he has created a valuable reference resource for glassblowers.

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Title: The Scientific Glassblowing Learning Center

URL: http://www.ilpi.com/glassblowing/

Description: A reference site that introduces the field of scientific glassblowing and includes glossaries, tutorials, and tips for troubleshooting common difficulties.

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Title: Roman Glassmakers

URL: http://www.theglassmakers.co.uk/archiveromanglassmakers/

Description: A helpful reference site on ancient Roman glass. Of particular interest is the Roman Furnace Project (2005-2006), which documents the construction of two wood-fired glass furnaces.

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Title: Glass Art Energy

URL: https://GlassArtEnergy.org (use link in the "Source" tab)

Description: an archive of primary resources for educational purposes and information exchange between glass makers around the world. It is intended to increase awareness of energy efficiency in glass making in order to encourage artists to make these adaptations in their personal practice.

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Title: Association internationale pour l’histoire du verre (AIHV) / International Association for the History of Glass

URL: https://aihv.org/

Description: International organization devoted to advancing knowledge about glass – its use, history and aesthetic qualities from antiquity to present times.

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Title: Ancient Glass Blog of The Allaire Collection

URL: https://ancientglass.wordpress.com/

Description: Ancient Glass Blog contains a wealth of images of glass objects in public and private collections, as well as links to those collections . It also documents permanent and temporary exhibitions of historic glass objects in museums worldwide.

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Title: American Scientific Glassblowers Society

URL: https://asgs-glass.org/

Description: Founded in 1952 and incorporated in 1954, the American Scientific Glassblowers Society began as a professional, not-for-profit organization of scientific glassblowers and suppliers associated with the field. The objectives of the Society are to further the education of its membership through the gathering, promotion, and dissemination of technical and scientific information concerning all aspects of scientific glassblowing.

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Title: Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website

URL: https://sha.org/bottle/

Description: Reference site to help researchers identify bottles and jars that were produced in the United States and Canada from the late 1700s to the 1950s

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Title: That Retro Piece: Your One and Only Guide to International PYREX

URL: https://thatretropiece.com/

Description: An online reference guide for identifying Pyrex produced in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Title: Vidimus

URL: https://vidimus.org/

Description: Online magazine devoted to medieval stained glass, published since 2006. Includes a variety of stained glass related links.

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Title: GAS | Glass Art Society

URL: https://www.glassart.org/

Description: The official website for the Glass Art Society (GAS), a non-profit organization founded in 1971 to promote glass arts and support glass artists worldwide.

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Title: Glass Bottle Marks

URL: https://www.glassbottlemarks.com/

Description: An online compilation of essential information about identification marks found on bottles, insulators and tableware made in the United States.

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Title: Glass Notes

URL: https://www.glassnotes.com/

Description: A reference website for glass workers created by glass artist Henry Halem.

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Title: International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass: Lectures

URL: https://www.lehigh.edu/imi/teched/GlassProcess/Lectures/

Description: Powerpoint decks and handouts from a series of glass techology lectures given in 2015.

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