Find Your Special Piece of Handblown Glass
Why We Love Funky Handblown Glass
- - Characterized By Originality And Modishness; Unconventional
- - No Two Pieces Are Ever Alike
- - Design Is In The Artist's Hands
- - Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
- - Glassblowing Actually Requires A Recipe
Glassblowing Wiki
Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating the molten glass into a bubble, or parison, with the aid of the blowpipe, or blow tube. A person who blows glass is called a glassblower, glassmith, or gaffer.
Glassblowing is a glass forming technique which was invented by the Phoenicians at approximately 50 B.C. somewhere along the Syro-Palestinian coast. The earliest evidence of glassblowing comes from a collection of waste from a glass workshop, including fragments of glass tubes, glass rods and tiny blown bottles, which was dumped in a mikvah, a ritual bath in the Jewish Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem dated from 37 to 4 B.C. Some of the glass tubes recovered are fire-closed at one end and are partially inflated by blowing through the open end while still hot to form small bottle, thus they are considered as a rudimentary form of blowpipe. Hence, tube blowing not only represents the initial attempts of experimentation by glassworkers at blowing glass, it is also a revolutionary step the induced a change in conception and a deep understanding of glass. Such invention swiftly eclipsed all other traditional methods, such as casting and core-forming, in working glass.
Beautiful By Design
Each piece is unique
Triumphant Spirit Blown Glass Figures
Beauty and colorful
Triumphant Spirit Blown Glass Figures
Wonderful fluid forms of glass express joyful interpretations of individuality! Each mini sculpture is independently created from blown glass with colorful glass canes intertwined to emphasize the flowing contours of the figures. As each is made by hand, very slight variations in the glass shape and color pattern should be expected - each is a distinct creation with a unique individuality. Each stands approximately 5" tall. Made in California.
Available in three variations Balance, Attitude, and or Grace (sold separately or as a set)
Handblown Pear
Beautifully Iridescent
Blown Glass Pear Ornament
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~ Beautiful Handmade Blown Glass Ornament
~ Dimensions: 4"H x 2.25"W
~ Comes Beautifully Packaged in Gift Box
~ Handmade in the USA; Comes with a Leaflet about the Artist
History, Museums, and More
Interesting Links

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Glass-Blower Rests the Molten Glass on a Stool While He Blows It into Shape Giclee Print
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- A Brief History of Glass
- A one page history of glass.
- Glass Art Society
- The Glass Art Society (GAS) is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1971 whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance education, to promote the appreciation and development of the glass arts, and to support the worldwide community of artists who work with glass.
- Glass Roots
- The GlassRoots studio at 10 Bleeker Street, Newark, NJ, provides area youth with opportunities to create glass art, and develop entrepreneurial and life skills.
- East Carolina University Glassblowing Services
- East Carolina University Glassblowing Services is located in the Science and Technology Building - Rm. 350 - Greenville, NC. Glassblowing Services offers fabrication, design consultation, instruction in scientific glassblowing, technical and material resources to all components of East Carolina University, the North Carolina University System, public and private schools, state and local agencies and the general community of East Carolina.
- Museum of Glass
- The Museum of Glass provides a dynamic learning environment to appreciate the medium of glass through creative experiences, collections and exhibitions.
- The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
- The CCGG is recognized nationally for its critically acclaimed exhibitions, lectures, conferences, classes, workshops, tours, and specialized library, archive, and research centre. It is home to an extensive and ever expanding collection of historical and contemporary Canadian ceramic, glass and enamel art which conserves and promotes a rich and active component of our Canadian cultural heritage.
- The Finnish Glass Museum
- The Finnish Glass Museum is a specialist museum focusing on glass design and the history of glass.
- The Corning Museum of Glass
- Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of New York State, The Corning Museum of Glass is the world's largest glass museum, featuring 35 centuries of glass artistry, live glassblowing demonstrations, Make Your Own Glass experiences for all ages and an international GlassMarket.
Come Sail Away
Nautical Themed
An invention that goes back centuries and still intrigues, baffles, and amazes. This great conversation piece is a handblown glass vessel with an elegantly shaped spout. A weather glass is basically a water based barometer that measure atmospheric pressure. Fill it with colored water to approximately one inch above where the spout joins the glass body.

Weather Glass with Wood Wall Plaque
The wood wall plaque transforms this hand-blown glass barometer into a wood and brass instrument, with a strong presence and lasting value.
It's All About The Ocean Blown Glass
Perfect for your home
Stunning and So Delicate
Ornaments for Christmas and more
Adding Some Beauty
Corning Museum of Glass Demo
Calling All Wine Connoisseur's
Uniquely Designed
Enhance your wine's bouquet and provide maximum aeration with this one-of-a-kind mouth blown glass decanter. The authentic workmanship makes this wine decanter not only a necessity for every wine connoisseur but also a wonderful, classic addition to any room.
Blown Glass Carafe's
Beautiful gifts for anyone's home
Rainbows and Iron
Bring happiness and light
lluminate your home with a touch of understated elegance from the Salamander Glass Studio Collection. From the Bellissimo line, this dramatic design features hand-forged iron that bends and curves into a stunning silhouette. Each lustrous, handblown amber art glass shade is formed into an elegant, fluted bell shape, and is then fumed to achieve an iridescent finish, refracting light in a prismatic rainbow of colors. Each piece is a distinctive, signed, one-of-a-kind collectible, handcrafted by skilled artisans.
Blown Glass For Your Home
Very unique
Display Your Blooms
A different look
You have a garden full of flowers, make them a centerpiece in your home. The farmer's market has fresh arrangements, create yours in this exquisite piece. Designed by Paola Navone for Arcade, the Flores Vases are hand blown in Murano by Maestro Simone Cenedese and then engraved with fine lines.
Set Your Blooms in Beauty
Learn How To Make A Glass Goblet
Each piece is unique
A Message In A Bottle
From your heart to theirs
Send the gift named Most Romantic Gift on the Web by Michael Webb on The Oprah Show!!
Who is your anchor in life...that someone whose love is a constant source of strength...and their love anchors you ...without them you would drift to and fro??
Send them your Timeless Message cradled in this beautiful Handblown Atlantis Anchor bottle that has sailed to us across the Atlantic Ocean.
More Designs


Talent and Exquisite Design
Very Italian
Giorgio Vigna, an Italian artist and jewelry designer, first encountered Iittala when he traveled to Nuutajarvi, where all iittala birds are hand-blown, to teach an international glass jewelry workshop. A connection was made, and iittala is proud to launch a new generation of sculptural birds designed by Vigna. Giorgio Vigna is proud of following in the footsteps of world-renowned Finnish designers, such as Timo Sarpaneva and Tapio Wirkkala.
"Each material has its own individual expression" --Giorgio Vigna

Iittala products are built for life.
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- MiaBellezza MiaBellezza Dec 5, 2009 @ 9:47 am
- I love handblown glass and really admire the artisans who make it! It looks way too hot for me to handle.
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- Ramkitten Ramkitten Nov 24, 2009 @ 10:35 pm
- I love watching people do this--blowing glass. We have a studio here in Flagstaff that gives demonstrations on First Friday Art Walk nights. And they recently held a workshop where, for $25, each participant would take home 2 hand-blown glass ornaments. My husband went to the workshop and brought me two beautiful pieces. Now we just need a tree to hang them on. Anyhow, beautiful things here and good information.
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- WordCustard WordCustard Nov 21, 2009 @ 10:39 am
- Lovely to meet you! I adore this lens and I so want those handblown green glass pears!!!! ;-)
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- SherryHolderHunt SherryHolderHunt Oct 30, 2009 @ 10:34 am
- Beautiful lens!
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Feb 13, 2009 @ 3:57 pm
- I love handblown glass -- Unica Home definitely has the coolest items! I would love to have many of the items you have showcased, but you know what? Our little Boots the cat has already broken two glass items -- she's always getting into things.
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In Closing...
Funky and Unique Handblown Glass
Index
- Why We Love Funky Handblown Glass
- Glassblowing Wiki
- Beautiful By Design
- Triumphant Spirit Blown Glass Figures
- Handblown Pear
- History, Museums, and More
- Come Sail Away
- It's All About The Ocean Blown Glass
- Stunning and So Delicate
- Adding Some Beauty
- Calling All Wine Connoisseur's
- Blown Glass Carafe's
- Rainbows and Iron
- Blown Glass For Your Home
- Display Your Blooms
- Set Your Blooms in Beauty
- Learn How To Make A Glass Goblet
- A Message In A Bottle
- Talent and Exquisite Design
- Glassblower.Info
- Thanks for visiting my lens...























