free-blown

American

[free-blohn] / ˈfriˈbloʊn /

adjective

(of glass) blown and shaped manually and without the use of a mold.

Etymology

Origin of free-blown

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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Clouds Have Been My Foothold All Along shows his glass portrait heads of Picasso and Helmut Kohl, vitreographs from his Night of the Crystal Death – My Love to Anne Frank, a version of his monumental installation Narcissus and the Fountain of Youth, his "anti-functional" free-blown works, and paintings and drawings.

From The Guardian

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